March 7, 2012

Wednesday

We had an appointment with Tyler's psychiatrist today. He told her that his visual hallucinations are gone, and they have been for a few weeks. He still hears voices, and they are not quiet voices, but the same volume as before.

He has violent tendencies - meaning he has urges to be violent for no reason. She asked him what he does when he feels this way, and he told her that he goes to his room and lays down. He tries to fall asleep. That's pretty scary. His counselor Scott told him this past monday to stay away from violent movies. He thinks they could be a trigger for his violent tendencies and hallucinations (duh! what have I been telling him all along??). He advised Ty to watch comedies. I told him at least Scott didn't say he could only watch love movies! haha

His fidgetiness has lessened considerably, but it is still there. He says he can't concentrate on just one thing. He has to have several things going at once.

He is doing good in school. He hasn't had to call me to come get him out of class early in 2 weeks now. He is caught up with his work, and is mainly bored and can't wait to be done this June. He can't wait to get a J-O-B.

If Tyler is late on taking his medicine, or he forgets to take a dose, the effects are immediate. He feels like he is in a dream-like state. He explained is as similar to when you are really tired and driving a car, and you are looking where you are going, but you're spacing out. Suddenly you "come to" and you're like "how did I drive this far already?" I think we have all done that. Kind of like when you are seeing, but your mind is far, far away.

A few nights ago, Tyler had forgotten to take his medication. When he saw it in the bathroom the next morning, he told me, "That explains why I had a horrible night last night!" He had trouble sleeping, and he was constantly hearing voices and seeing shapes.

Tonight was the first night of taking an evening dose of 2mg of Risperidal. About half hour after he took it, he said he was seeing a dark shadow in the corner of his eye. It was shaped like a man, but he couldn't make anything out. It didn't talk, and Ty didn't try to. He kept trying to turn to look at it, but it would just disappear. So he came upstairs and told me about it, and helped me give his baby brother a bath. The shadow quit after a while.

He is a LOT better today than a few weeks ago. His temper is under control. His mood is evened out. He is staying in school. I even ripped on his friends pretty bad yesterday, and he didn't get mad! Yes, I was in a bad mood, but I was kind of testing the waters at the same time. He passed with flying colors.