I'm looking for a bit of advice.  After Gavin's latest meltdown this afternoon, I want to make sure to send a strong message,  without going overboard.  He's acting as though nothing has happened.  He wants to just pick up where he left off. I'm of the mind that when something this extreme happens,  that he spends the rest of the day in his room, alone and away from his brothers.  He can read or whatever, but he can't just rejoin the rest of us,  as though nothing ever happened.  Honestly,  I don't feel guilty doing this because we can make it a natural consequence and after disrupting the entire house,  we could all use the separation. Does this seem too extreme?  I do think think so, personally. I know Gavin…

Gavin just had another catastrophic meltdown. Right now we are trying to figure out what to do.  The whole thing happened because his play was getting darker and he knows he's not aloud to play like that with his brothers. Not only did he lie when we questioned him about this but he freaked out upon receiving the consequences for his actions. The punishment was that he lost the TV in his room.  That means we removed the Netflix box from his TV so it would be rendered useless. We told him he could still watch TV, just not in his room. All we did was take away a bit of his freedom.  That was it. We wanted to make sure that we had more to rake away,  should we…

You may recall that Elliott was waking up in the middle of the night for awhile.  While he sleeps,  sometimes his body purges excess energy.  It does so through shaking.  It's not actually a seizure but it does resemble one. The other bizarre thing that accompanies this shaking,  is the sensation that he's falling. This absolutely terrifies him. When he wakes up,  he will not go back to sleep.. In fact,  for the longest time,  he refused to go to sleep because he was afraid he would fall again.  We have been without incident for about 2 weeks now.  We increased his melatonin a little bit and that seems to be helping.  I meant to share this before but life has me pretty distracted anymore.  Better late than never..   :-)…

The last day or so,  Gavin has been doing pretty well.  We haven't had a meltdown in 48 hours. That's a positive thing and I'll take it. On the 22nd,  Gavin will be at the Cleveland Clinic to meet with one of their psychiatrists.  We're hoping to gain some more insight into what makes him tic. For right now,  I'll take whatever good days I can get.  After all, beggars can't be choosers. :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

Ms.  Bella goes back to the Vet’s office at 9am. This time with the hopes of actually getting the stitches, what's left of them,  removed. It's been a long 10 days,  with many trips back and forth. I can't wait to get these friggin things out of her and get back to normal. She wants so badly to run and play.  I want so badly to let her.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

After a great deal of time and effort,  I finally managed to get Lizze into the Cleveland Clinic for both the autonomic stuff,  as well as the migraines. I will also be making an appointment with rheumatology,  for the Fibromyalgia. It's high time we focused on Lizze and her quality of life.  It's going to require some sacrifice but she is soooooo worth it.  Her first appointment will be in September. I'm so excited to get this going and maybe,  just maybe,  she will start to feel better. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos.…

Gavin has had a really good day.  When he puts all his energy to good use,  than he can accomplish pretty amazing things. Today he focused his energy on his drawing.  As you likely already know,  he is obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog and has been for most of his life. Today he drew some game cases for two different Sonic games.  He did these freehand and nothing was traced. I think this is really impressive,  especially considering how much his hands shake anymore.  Great job Gavin,  you had a great day and drew some great pictures.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android,…

Elliott is having a really rough time.  He's so tightly wound right now that he freaks out over everything.  Lizze and I have spent all day putting out fires,  figuratively of course. He's crying over every little thing. Once he gets going,  he carries on perpetually. There is a huge difference between what he's doing compared to just being difficult.  My heart goes out to him because he is really struggling.  Having said that,  he absolutely tries my patience.  If he's not crying about something,  he literally bouncing off of everything going else. These anxiety medications can't come soon enough.  I would love to get this back under control before school starts. I think would be in his best interest.  **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please…