Yesterday seemed to be much better. David still attacked Daniel a few times, but not like it was last week. Last week was horrible. Every time I tried to pack a box, I had to stop and run to someone’s rescue. I was barely able to do laundry!
By the end of the week I began to wonder if it was all a result of a growth spurt. Typical growth spurt behaviors involve spitting, violent behaviors, accidents (daytime and nighttime), and some other regressive behaviors. Last week all we saw was violence. But, he is getting older. David will be 6 at the end of September. We’ve seen evidence of his maturing in many facets of our daily life.
In the past, we handled growth spurts by increasing David’s Risperdal. So, we again decided to increase his dose. Typically David gets .25 mL three times a day. His last growth spurt we gave him .5 mL 3 times a day. And when the growth spurt was over, it was too much of a dose. It actually made him violent. I ended up keeping him off the Risperdal for a few days for it to work it’s way out of his body. This time we are giving him .38 mL in the morning and .25 mL for his other 2 doses. And beginning yesterday we are seeing an improvement.
I even was able to pack a few boxes AND do 5 loads of laundry.
Adventures of Chaos and Mayhem 
June 19, 2007 at 10:22 am
I hadn’t thought about growth spurts and accidents being related but i bet that was why my son had 3 last night!!
Hope it gets better for you 🙂
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June 19, 2007 at 4:29 pm
It could also be anxiety from moving. Change is hard for kids and especially children along the spectrum. Children also sense anxiety from their parents. it would be difficult to pack up and move across the country without a strong sense of where you would end up or what job your husband will have. Even though it may seem commonplace for you to move often it is always difficult for children. I see this a lot. We had a little boy last year who was very high functioning. He was moving and for weeks prior he would talk about the move and how upset it made him. This family had the luxury of visiting their new house, the school, and some children in their new neighborhood. The father talked about the move a lot to his son and by the time it was to move he still cried and was obviously anxious, but he was able to talk himself down by telling himself that even though change is hard he will still have his mom, dad, and sister their. His father reassured him that they would have communication with their friends and teachers from where they lived. The father even had someone mail him a newspaper from PA to California.
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June 19, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Sorry for the spelling errors (their/ there and capital I) it’s been a very long work day being my second 10 hour day in a row.
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June 19, 2007 at 7:29 pm
The amazing thing is, David is VERY excited about the move. It doesn’t occur to him that we are leaving his best friend. He asks daily if we’re ready to go to Grandpop’s house. He even talks about all the normal things that go on there in the summer. Celia is also excited, though she is sad about leaving her friends, especially Caedmon. She is still optimistic that they’ll be joining us in PA soon.
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June 20, 2007 at 8:36 pm
I didnt read it but I think you need a vacation….. do you
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