Wednesday, October 22, 2008

kids .. and medication

it's been a tough week here. Friday I got a call from the school saying that R had threatened to shoot a little girl with her brothers' 24 gun and his bazooka.

I immediately called her pediatrician and asked to have her taken OFF vyvase. The side effects (aggression, violent behavior, etc) were getting worse. The pediatrician agreed and we put her back on concerta. She's a totally different girl on concerta..it's been a marvelous week since.

The school did a threat assessment .. determined her to be LOW risk (I knew that) .. and gave her 3 days of afterschool dentention instead of suspension (or expulsion).

I am so relieved that this turned out the way it did and that it's almost over.

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