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I’ve been off #Paxil for a month and the nausea is still a problem

It's been about a month since I took my final dose of Paxil. To say it's been an easy process would be a boldface lie. Frankly, it's been an absolute nightmare. Slowly lowering my dose over 90 days was rough but it didn't truly suck until the Paxil was completely out of my system. Having taken my last dose about 30 days ago, the medication has been out of my system for about the last 25 or 26 days. It's a very short half life and that's one of the reasons it's so hard to come off of. For the first week or two, I was completely overcome by emotion. It was like Paxil had been functioning like a dam and when it was gone, the emotions it had kept…

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April 4, 2018

Elliott / My thoughts / School / Today's Victory / Victories

A MAJOR Victory flew under the radar yesterday

Yesterday was a rather challenging day for me personally, but I muddled my way through it. In all the frustration, stress and otherwise chaotic events of yesterday, something didn't get mentioned that should have. For years we've struggled with Elliott and homework. It didn't matter what it was or how much he had, it was a nightmare. There were plenty of times I was hanging on by a thread because the whole homework thing was too much. I don't know what happened or when it actually began but Elliott's attitude towards homework has changed. He does his homework right away and without issue. In fact, lately he's been working on his homework on the way home from school, like you see in the picture above. This deserves to be mentioned…

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April 4, 2018

Autism Parenting Struggles / My thoughts

My kids with #Autism never fell asleep last night

It's been the longest night ever, well at least recently anyway. For the second night in a row, Elliott hasn't slept. Monday going into Tuesday, I think he got about two hours and that's it. He did okay at school the following day but last night was really rough. This time however, Emmett was awake to join him. Elliott never went to bed but Emmett woke up from a nightmare and was too afraid to go back to sleep. When 7 AM rolled around this morning, they were both so exhausted that there was no way we could send them to school. They would be setup to fail and that's not the right move. Both boys went to bed and are currently sleeping. Our goal is for them to make…

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April 4, 2018

My thoughts

Life is NOT easy be we have a great deal to be thankful for

The boys had a pretty good day. They got off to school without much problem. I was pleasantly surprised because Elliott only had a couple hours of sleep. He's been struggling to sleep the last couple nights and we may have to speak with his pediatrician for advice because Melatonin isn't helping. I went back to bed cause I wasn't feeling well, still due to the whole Paxil thing but I felt better when I woke up and was able to get quite a bit accomplished. One of the things I'm really struggling with is taking in enough water, especially since herthis whole Paxil thing. I'm making a concerted effort to fix that but the nausea is pretty rough at times and I don't want to think about eating or…

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April 3, 2018

Inspirational Posts / My thoughts

I will NOT be swallowed up by the negative in my life and here’s why

I'm so stressed out that I'm feeling sick to my stomach. Truthfully, I'd be sick to my stomach anyways cause of this stupid Paxil withdrawal but stress makes it so much worse. Rather than continually being swallowed up by the negative, I'm working to focus more on the blessings and here are a few examples of what I mean. It's all about perspective and the following are things weighing very heavily on me but there are hidden blessing in each situation. ☺ Our house sucks and the neighborhood is dangerous, but we have a roof over our heads. There are people out there who don't even have that. The car is literally rusting through, falling apart, no longer worth fixing and is too small to fit everyone without causing problems.…

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April 3, 2018

My thoughts

I desperately need to vent

This is one of those posts where I will completely open up and share things that are going on in my life that have me feeling the way I'm feel this morning. This is only meant to provide insight and context. These are just some of the many things weighing on me thus morning. I'm just venting and I haven't even proofed the post. Please forgive the wordy mess but it needed to come out. I woke up this morning feeling nauseated again because that's been the status quo for the most part since taking my last dose of Paxil almost a month ago now. The journey to get off of Paxil has been horrible and took over ninety days to complete. I learned the hard way, just how horrible…

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April 3, 2018

Announcements / My thoughts

I’m glad you asked…

I'm back again. It's been a frustrating couple of days but I'm on my new server and have finally got most everything buttoned-up. There are some cosmetic things that need work and again, you will need to register again for security reasons, but this has been a positive move. During the move, I lost all the previous settings I've been using for the last few years. As a result, I've decided it would be a good time to scale back and keep things running as lean as possible. I want to keep things a bit cleaner and easier to manage. I'll probably revert to a very simple commenting system and avoid too much distraction. You may be wondering why I moved. The answer comes down to control. I was on…

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April 2, 2018

My thoughts

I think I did okay

I took Elliott and Emmett clothes shopping on Friday. I've always been a hands on Dad and been extremely involved in the day to day things with the kids. Shopping is relatively new for me. I took the boys to Sears and got Elliott three pairs of pants, three shirts and a jacket. Emmett got three pairs of pants, a jacket and I got a new pair of jeans. The total was just under $160.. Does that sound like a decent deal? If I got ripped off, don't tell me.. ☺

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April 1, 2018