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The ADHD Experiment: The first day

Elliott's been medicated for over 10 hours now and it's safe to say that the medication has worn off.  He's bouncing off the walls again and definitely not as calm as he's been for most of the day, prior to now. Lizze was saying that he may need a maintenance dose at some point during the day. We'll have to talk to the doctor next week and see what he says. I think I'm going to call today a success.  Elliott seemed happier today and that's got to count for something, right?

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October 13, 2012
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How often do you see this?

While I was driving to @Sprint this morning for the phone issues, I was able to snap a picture of this.  There is a dead deer, strapped down on the trunk of a family car. This dude was flying down the freeway and to be honest, I don't know now that hell that deer was attached to the trunk. This just struck me as odd.... I thought I would share this with you all and see if someone could come up with a great caption.... Have fun and give it your best shot...    

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October 13, 2012
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The ADHD Experiment: 8 hours later

Elliott has officially begun medication to weed out his ADHD symptoms.  We are about 8 hours in and so far so good.  ADHD medications are very fast acting meaning that they begin working almost immediately. It looks as though Elliott may have ADHD.  We have noticed a pretty significant change since this morning.  He's still anxious and full of worry, which is to be expected since we haven't gotten to the anxiety yet.  However, he's much calmer.  I keep asking him if he's alright because I'm so used to him literally bouncing off of everything in sight. Instead, he's actually just sitting down and even using his walking feet.  Our doctor explained to us that if it's going to work, we'll see a significant change the first day.  At this…

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October 13, 2012
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Defying Gravity

I wanted to share something that I thought was pretty amazing....   Elliott, my 6 year old with Aspergers absolutely loves the Glee version of Defying Gravity. What I truly find amazing is that he really likes the words of the song. He says it makes him feel better to listen to this. I think it's pretty deep for a 6 year old to recognize that a song has a message that fits his life. This is one of those truly profound moments that really amaze me as a parent. I really think it's cool that Elliott can relate to a song's lyrics. In my opinion, I think this song absolutely describes Elliott and I can understand why he relates to it so much. For a little boy, asked to cope with way…

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October 13, 2012
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My very special award :-)

Elliott came home from school yesterday with a thing of stickers.  He already knew who's was who's.  I was awarded Best Daddy in The World. I was given the Hat from The Cat in the Hat.  It's quite an honor to receive an award like this from your child.  :-) Even if it doesn't fit.  ;-)

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October 13, 2012
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@Sprint, you continue to disappoint me

Lizze and I have been experiencing really bad service with @Sprint since we switched back in May. I've been working with their networking department to figure out what's wrong.  I think it's common knowledge that @Sprint has a network that is crippled,  why the pretend it's otherwise is beyond me.  They decided that it was best to send me a replacement phone because there was nothing wrong with the network. Yeah right.  Anyway, the phone they sent me had problems with the screen and I had to take it to the @Sprint store to have it looked at.  The problem with the screen is that there are really dark black splotches and lines, all over the screen.  This is a known issue with AMOLED screen and it can't be fixed. …

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October 13, 2012