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Constant Distratction

(4pm Prozac 4ML's, no Clonodine for the past 3 days! 250mg Zithromax)

Ewen went on his class trip and he and Mike were gone from Wednesday night to Sunday afternoon. The class trip ended on Friday and they went to the next hotel for Ewen's soccer tournament. He was pretty beat when he got home and asked to stay home from school on Monday. I said we would see. I let him sleep in this morning until 9:30am when he woke up, then I took him into to school at 10:30. I texted his teacher and she was fine with it. I even got him breakfast at Starbucks. But at 2:15 I got a phone call from the school that Ewen was't feeling well and I needed to come pick him up.  When I picked him up we got him the car and he told me he just needed a break from an overwhelming 5 days. This irritated me because he wasn't sick and he only had about an hour left of school that he didn't stick out. When we got home he went to his computer and I started to worry if he just couldn't handle not being entertained at every second. I booted him off his computer and he immediately said he was going for a bike ride around the neighborhood. I told him he could go in 10 minutes after he had some down time. This made him upset but I told him that I wanted him to practice not having his mind occupied at every second. He grumped but hung around on his bed for a few minutes. I noticed he didn't have any tics. Then he got his phone and went off. For some reason I was more nervous about him going on a bike ride than usual and tracked him on my phone most of the time.

He seems to be doing better but the urgency to be constantly distracted is still worrisome for me. He used to be able to hang out and be OK. I saw him in a video recently where he was younger and we were all hanging out in the front yard. He came over and sat next to me, just to hang out with me for a while. That doesn't happen these days. He doesn't just come to hang out...there has to be a reason...something to do at all times.


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