Sad, Worries, Anxiety High...

Today was M's first day back at school, albeit a short one. I joined him on his field trip to my old high school's planetarium for a 1 1/2 hr presentation (how bad is my memory that I didn't even remember my school HAD a planetarium?). He begged me to stay at school and join him for lunch, but I declined. He is one a half day schedule at the moment, which he is a little anxious/upset/stressed about because he believes he is missing out on "fun" stuff like gym class, computers, and "fun work." I've tried explaining that the shortened day is to give him an easier time going back to school, but he can only focus on what he's missing.

He spent the late afternoon and evening at my parents so I could work on a presentation for work. He did NOT do his homework, in fact at this point he's not sure where he left it. He's not going to school tomorrow, since tomorrow is our in-take at the day program, so we'll worry about finding it tomorrow.

Speaking of the day program, his anxiety is very high over that! He started to go into meltdown mode this evening, refusing to take a bath/shower and almost refusing to take his meds. I got him to take his meds, which took priority over bathing, and I let the bath slide. We watched Deal or No Deal and he went to bed with no further argument. The kid is just stressed to the max over our in-take meeting tomorrow.

On a side note, I was thinking tonight about how the psychiatrist at the hospital was thinking of adding Lithium to M's meds, which can only mean she was thinking M is BiPolar (BP). During M's first admit in March, I had a phone conversation with her (Dr) and discussed my concern that M might be BP and she seemed surprised. I find it interesting how she came to what seems like a similar conclusion, yet refrained from speaking it out loud.

With that said, on the Seroquel, I haven't seen M really have any "highs." It seems to be keeping the manic episodes at bay and his rages seem, so far and knock on wood, to be more redirectable. I suppose this also could be due to the introduction of the Strattera...I'm not really sure the importance that plays in all of this. But, on the same token, M does seem more "low" than normal. I never would have described M as depressed. Could he RAGE? Oh heck yes! Chronically irritable? For sure! But sad? No. But, the past few days, M seems sad. Gonna have to keep an eye on that.