I suspect my thinking cap is just a smidgen away from going up in flames. I am mentally exhausted.
Today had 3 appointments for DS9 and the two doctor appointments for DS9 have me a bit overwhelmed by their recommendations. I need time to process and research their recommendations before I am comfortable implementing them.
** The pediatrician recommended giving DS9 the Tourette meds 100% of the time instead of just when his tics are at their worse. This recommendation is different from the pediatric neurologist who recommending only giving the meds when the tics were doing physical harm to DS9. Everyone agrees that it is 100% fact that the meds will not cure Tourette but they are just used to reduce the severity of the tics. Anyway, today the pediatrician saw DS9 with his tics at probably the worst they have ever been. The pediatrician doubled DS9 prescription for Tourette which I wasn't comfortable with but he was firm that it wasn't overdosing DS9. He said it would be okay to triple or quadruple the dosage. Ugh. I really REALLY like and respect this pediatrician but he is also the one who prescribed the ADHD meds to DS9 that kicked off the Tourette 3 year ago. I don't blame him but I admit to being way more cautious than he is. I am reluctant to give DS9 any meds ....period. I did take DS9 new prescription to the pharmacy to get it filled but they didn't have those meds on hand so it won't be ready until tomorrow. Although I haven't decided to give it to DS9, I do want to have the prescription meds on hand so I have the option to give it to DS9 or not.
** Had a conversation with chiropractor today about trying CBD oil on DS9. I am undecided and need to do further research.
** I also met with the Speech Pathologist and signed paperwork closing out DS9 IEP.
** I did some research and found a new doctor that I want to take DS9 to. I want to try CBIT (Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics) and went looking for a qualified doctor to guide us through this process. I am pleased with who I found and will be making an appointment ASAP.
In between all these doctors appointments I bought a vehicle. I called the car salesman told him I was ready to buy the vehicle but was in a time crunch. I ask him how long it would take. He told me that we could have it done in under an hour. I told him that I was calling him from the car parking lot and was starting the timer NOW. I was impressed with their effort. 54 minutes later we pulled out of the car lot with all their paperwork signed and done. Of course since I hurried through the car purchase process I didn't get trained on how to use all the features. I am clueless about 50% of the car do-dads. I did take time to get hooked up to onstar (free trial), got my phone & vehicle connected via Bluetooth, transferred my contacts to the vehicle and configured the phone app that controls the vehicle. The other features & do-dads will have to be figured out later…..or sooner depending on how important they are On the way home the vehicle car seat kept vibrating on one side of the seat and then at different times it would vibrate on the other side. At first I thought the vibration was my phone but then I realized my phone wasn't' in my pocket so I was becoming concerned that I had bought a lemon of a vehicle. DUh! Then I realized an icon was flashing on the vehicle dashboard each time the seat was vibrating. I did a quick search when I got home and found out the vibration and icon flashing was because I was crossing lane markings without using my signal indicators. I love technology but I am clueless about most of the do-dads and have a bunch of learning to do.
I also did a Sam's list buying trip. It was a long list of food items ($300+) but they easily fit into the vehicle.
I am going to kick my feet up and relax the rest of the day. I don't have the brain cells left to tackle anything else today.