You may have noticed that The #Autism Help Forums are down.  Unfortunately, the database didn't survive the server migration.  I'm pretty upset about this and I'm truly sorry that this happened.  However, I will be rebuilding the forums and will simply start over.  Like many of you I don't relish the idea of starting over again but I'm going to use this as an opportunity to learn from my mistakes and make The #Autism Help Forums even better, this time around.  I would also like to announce that TapaTalk has agreed to sponsor the forums and provide a custom mobile forum app.  This is huge and will make things so much more accessible from your mobile device. Please be patient and I will get everything back up and running in…

If you're reading this, than the migration to our new server is almost complete. Welcome to Lost and Tired and thanks for you patience during this period of transition. :-)

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?

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…

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…