What the IS did mention is that this week, Jack has been saying things that are more fantastical than real.. like how he has used a rocket ship to blast through the walls of the school, but that he has magically been able to come back. (This is amusing since he hates school so much.. wouldn't it be the opposite of magical?). He tries to use the trampoline to jump out of the ceiling. (Don't think that's gonna work). He also attempted to climb out of a window.. he says he was just bored, and that it was an idea he got from a dream he had. (Though his sister informs me that Calvin does this a lot in the Calvin & Hobbes comic books). Uh.. looney tunes!! (No, not the Warner Bros. kind).
To be real honest, at this point I'm waiting for that moment when I get fed up enough and have the necessity to have him put on a psych hold. Do I want this to happen? NO. Do I think this could help him? Well, if it gets real doctors to keep him in long enough to "fix" him, then it's better than doing nothing. Do I think I should be ashamed of myself for thinking this way? Step in my shoes and you tell me what you would do.
His behavior this week at school has been pretty disturbing. Another boy needed a minute to cool down, and Jack decided to get "all up in his business" by repeatedly looking at him, making comments about how funny it was to see the other boy in misery. (What the hell kind of ... sigh. This is my son, and I love him, but WHAT THE HELL). I mean, it just really boggles the mind. I don't know. I would hate to see how he would be if I'd just cut him off of the Abilify completely, instead of weaning him off like I am. I'm probably taking him off too quickly. The problem with this damn drug is not even the concern about physical withdrawal symptoms, but also psychological ones. He could have some kind of episode. Are we seeing that? I don't know. I don't see anything more bizarre than he's ever done, so maybe not.
One thing we're now dealing with is a $3,000 deductible for prescriptions. Until we meet that deductible, well, I didn't even ask how much the Abilify would be. I do know that the new med, Strattera, is going to be over $450 a month. That's for 60 pills, since apparently the doctor at the clinic wants him to be on 1 pill/day for a week, then go up to 2 pills. Then the Intuniv, which we will have to wean him off of if he's on the Strattera, is $245.. so it will be good to ditch that. He still needs his inhaler, though. That's not quite $150 a month. The Clonidine is so cheap.. a one-month's supply is basically the cost of a student lunch.
We take Jack back to the clinic tomorrow, where I will let her know about his behavior this week. Since all we're doing is taking him off of the Abilify, and no other meds have yet to change, she can't really come to the conclusion that it would have been better for us to just cut him off. She's an older doctor, though. I'm seeing that they often think differently about things.
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