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Today is Friday, 5pm. We are at home relaxing. The girls are playing the Sims in their room and talking up a storm together and being very imaginative. Ewen is Face-timing with a new friend from his school. They are playing on the same Minecraft server together.

I gave Ewen his first Guanfacine tablet this afternoon at 4pm, only a 1/4mg. I gave it to him an hour ago and just asked him how he feels... if he is tired at all? I suppose it shouldn't start working immediately anyway. I'm curious if he will sleep better/longer tonight. He was up at 5am this morning after going to sleep at 10pm. I want it to be the miracle pill although I know they don't exist.

But he had a good day at school. He teacher said he is very happy and does his work, takes direction well and plays well. I think that is good that he has already found a friend to play Minecraft with on the phone.

So things are good with Ewen I suppose. He still huffs all the time and he still wants things to be exactly comfortable. When we stopped by my parent's house on the way home he couldn't just hang out without turning himself upside down on the couch and huffing a lot. That is not what he used to do before this all happened. He is very dissatisfied with any situation which isn't "fun" and the perfect conditions for him. He doesn't just do this in a normal kid way, he is super uncomfortable and buzzing until he gets to his computer and can sit down and relax with his video games.

Anyway, this post is actually to say that things are looking up. His tics seemed to now just be the huffing, possibly the muscle tightening but that isn't very apparent anyway. I'm so relieved that he seems happy and comfortable in school. He has been teamed up with a girl who is doing 6th grade math and given all the advanced work. He told me that the kids are calling him the "smart kid". I think that he is in a really positive and friendly environment. Thank goodness he is there.

p.s. I spoke to a friend last night (age 40) who told me that she is also on Prozac and has been for the past few months. She said it has helped her tremendously with no side effects unlike Zoloft. I thought that was interesting.


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