Its nothing knew that Zack doesn't sleep well,he takes clonidine, .4mg, it was .5mg but the new pdoc we are seeing wants it lowered, he is very worried about a drop in his blood pressure. He wants to bring it down to .2mg my child will never sleep, hes already waking up numerous times a night crying and with school having started he is exhausted in the morning, crying when he gets woken for school. This new Dr. wants him sleeping in his own bed ( a nightmare as his anxiety is through the roof) he crys and screams and begs me not not to make him, so I give in perplexed and saddened by his great fear of sleeping alone. The new Dr.wont enterain new meds to help with his behavior until the current med is down and he is sleeping in his own bed. Im fustrated... he needs something to control his behavior, he has become hyper sexual and making very impulsive decisions, wanting to inflict hurt on anyone whom he perceives as treating him poorly, no talking about it just lashing out. The other day I caught him sneaking out of the house with a rubber band gun with the intention of ambushing a little boy who pushed his brother down... thats assult, he could get in real trouble, thank God I figured out what he was about to do. Last night he was becoming "weird" with his brother in the bath...guess its time for a shower alone. The fits of rage are just fustrating, I just let him cry and scream it out, and he is so remorseful after but is unable to stop when he is in the midst of it. I pray he doesnt get in trouble in school, hes usally stellar grades dropped at the end of last year and he spent the last 6 weeks of school eating lunch in the office because he couldnt control his behaviors in the lunch room, I felt so bad for him, I dont want a repeat of last year. We have tried so many drugs I have no idea what this new Dr. has in mind for meds as he wont tell me....but if it requires sleeping in his own room and less sleeping meds I dont see how we will ever find out as he just cant seem to do it. Any suggestions out there to help your sleepless child to get rest. We have a bed time routine but most nights he figures out a way to disrupt it. So not only is he up but so are the other 2 kids...sigh...just at a loss.
Love Zacks mom
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