Now that was fun. M's anxiety was in high gear and I had to bribe him out of the door with the reward of two marbles for his marble jar and eating inside McDonalds if he went without a fight. So, out the door we went. By the time we got there, he was shutting down and refused to get out of the van. I had to physically drag/push him to the Dr's office. Once in the office, he hid behind some chairs, then proceeded to try to escape the office, where he eventually did run down the hallway and I had to chase after him and bring him back and baracade the door with my body. Eventually he gave up and hid under some chairs, after which the receptionist had me sit in another room and M stayed under the chairs.
The Dr started our appt an HOUR LATE which is always wonderful when you have an unstable child. By this point, M was tipping the chairs over in the waiting room which started to make the receptionist nervous that he would hurt the other patients. I think this Dr is leaning towards BiPolar...just my guess.
He wants to discontinue the Strattera, but because M's rages have been less frequent, more manageable, and more redirectable, I asked that he remain on it. The Dr said we could leave him on it for another week. Because of the degree of meltdown he witnessed in the waiting room, he decided to raise the dose of Seroquel from 200 mg to 400 mg. We're starting that tonight.
After the appt was over, M bolted down the hallway and hid in the office building for about 10 minutes until I found him. Fun.
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