Sick of the game

We're still waiting for the stupid clinic to contact us. Of course in the meantime we have to deal with a grouchy kid who still continues to hit, blow in people's faces, and yell in their ears. (At school, mind you).

The week before last was pretty great, after a week of switching Jack's Abilify back to the morning. This meant he was taking naps at school, but a sleeping kid is much better behaved! (*rolls eyes*) Then Monday and Tuesday I noticed a shift back into grouch mode. Either this was his "off" week, or who knows what. He still has a weekly goal in place- currently it's "Game Day", where he gets 15 minutes of time with a chosen peer, to play electronics or whatever. He really did look forward to the time he would get Friday, but because of his behavior on Thursday, it just wasn't in the cards. (Actually, I probably would have taken it away after Tuesday morning, but the Intervention Specialist gave him another shot).

On Tuesday, Jack was asked by another student to stop touching his chair. The student accidentally called him by the wrong name, so he got upset and ran out of the classroom, yelling at the teacher on the way out. Later that afternoon he got upset for not being called on. He claims that he raised his hand, the teacher called his name, but before he could say anything, the teacher called on someone else. (I'm not really sure it went down that way, but who knows). Wednesday wasn't great either, getting upset about being teamed up with other students he didn't like, and only being given a 2 on a writing paper. Thursday he ran out of the classroom for being asked to complete a difficult assignment. He thought that was a good time to take it out on the IS, by hitting her multiple times, yelling in her ear, and blowing in her face. Yesterday (Friday) was mostly a good day. He will still get a chance to earn Game Day on Tuesday afternoon, if Monday and Tuesday are both good. We'll see.

Since the doctor doesn't really want to mess with the dose of this Abilify, and the clinic is supposed to take over Jack's meds, we're leaving everything as-is. Even if it's not helping. Honestly, we don't know if it's doing anything because nothing has changed that I can see. This whole thing is such a mess. I am absolutely sick of it.