The Best Laid Plans….
I decided after last night’s epic meltdown–the kind of tantrum where when you give in and do what the kid wants she gets more out of control–to change Diva Girl’s dosing schedule in an attempt to avoid the twelfth hour crash we’re currently experiencing. I have been giving her the pill between 7:30-8:00 so that it has time to both kick in before school and wear off before bed, but clearly that’s not working out so well on the homefront. Or maybe a little too well. I don’t know. I just know that I’m not prepared to deal with a toddler in nine year old clothing much longer.
I figured since the meds are quite obviously wearing off after almost exactly 12 hours, I would push back the time I give them, thereby getting more at home benefit: If I gave them at 8:30 instead of 7:30, we’d only have a half hour of unmedicated time to deal with, versus the hour and a half of holding on by our fingernails (or not) that we’re doing now.
So, today was to be the dawn of a whole new era in calm. Diva Girl would have the tools to be her charming, funny, in control self, I would be relaxed and easy going with the tantrum alert level reduced to a pale yellow, and everyone would join hands, sing kumbaya, and get to bed on time with no whining.
Things were on track for that, too. I reached for the pill bottle at 7:30, just like usual, and then remembered my new resolve and put it back to wait another hour. And then I forgot about it.
Yep. You heard me. Instead of giving Diva Girl her meds an hour later, I just didn’t give them to her at all. Which, I suppose alleviates the whole crash issue, if not exactly in the way I’d planned. Good thing she doesn’t have any tests today. Or oral reports to do.
Yeah, as an ADHD mom, clearly I RULE.
Comment by Kira
DS used to be on a 4 hour pill, and got one in the morning and one at lunch. I’ve had days where I’d forgotten to give it to him in the morning and spend the morning dreading the phone ringing, until 11:30 when I knew the nurse gave him his at school dose… you arent’t he only one who forgets.
Posted on June 22, 2008 at 1:59 pm