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Wednesday, Almost 8 weeks on Prozac

So last night I took an Ativan and finally was able to have a good night's sleep. What a difference to wake up rested. I heard Ewen get up and start huffing but I had promised myself not to panic when I heard that. He was in good spirits and up for anything. I dropped him off at my mom's house while I went to a Dr. appt. He brought his book and instead of going on the computer and watching Youtube videos (per my instructions) he read the whole time, with a bike ride break in-between.

Right now he is at soccer practice. I really hope it is going well since DH didn't go this time.

Tomorrow he will shadow at the local private school. I have been messaging his teacher back and forth on Facebook since we have been "friends' for a few years since she was Amira's teacher. I hope no one makes fun of him with of all his huffing and patting his leg and whatever is around him. That has got to be exhausting to do that all day long too.

Today was better. I have been very stressed out seeing him so twitchy and jittery. But today I became a little more comfortable with the fact that he is happy in spite of the side effects that got worse when we put the dosage up.

I have been phasing out the propranolol since the Prozac seems to be taking care of the panic finally. So now we are on 0 Propranolol and just a little bit of Inositol. I will put some in his water bottle when he goes to Brentwood tomorrow. I suppose I will just send him to shadow at the school with a pencil? Maybe I'll give him a folder and some paper too...and his book since he always finished his work early and gets bored.

The Dr. never called me back about it when I left a message for him. Maybe that works out but still...


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