Incredibly proud of myself.

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My doctor recently changed my prescription from Luvox to Risperidone, and it's working. Today my son had a mini-meltdown and it didn't even FAZE me, not even a little bit. I was able calmly to fix the item that had triggered the meltdown and wait until he was calm again. It surprised me how quickly he recovered too.

My sons are both autistic and utterly wonderful human beings.

Congratulations! I know how difficult it is to stay calm while they are screaming and kicking. After 11 years I am still not able to. I dont get as bad as I used to, but I still get upset. And yes, they respond better and recover easier if we stay put. I see that when my husband handles the situations (that is not as often as it should). I think they respond to our emotional state. Isnt that great?

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Congratulations on working with your doctor to find something that works!

It is amazing how important it is for us to take care of ourselves, to make sure we are OK, so that we can be the parents our kids need us to be. I'm pretty slow about medicating kids (haven't gone that route with either child) but much less hesitant if medicating me will help them. So glad you have something that is working for you!

Uh, why? Before I ever entered any school, I was reading Readers Digest, and Edward Rowe Snow's sea stories, and...

I'm so glad for you! We need all good that comes our way!! !!

Funny. My husband's first reading material was also Readers Digest, when he was about 4. I also loved to read the Readers Digest. I just do not like it anymore. But we keep about 30 or 40 old numbers, from the 60s, 70s, even 80s.

I do have to thank teachers, because I did not learn how to read by myself. I learned at school. But I do not have AS, so maybe thats why...

just something to say to show appreciation to teachers and all they do. Sticking with it despite the pay.

No need to be dicks about it. "Well, I learned how to read before most anyone else did. Look at how superior I am!" effing snot.

There's reading and comprehension and retention, a-hole.

Let's see, something to pick apart about your profile...

So??? It's likely that most who wander are lost. I had a wandering problem in school. Forever being told to sit down. It's part of my ADHD. Got a problem with that?

Ditto.

I wish in general the medication route were more clear, it's frustrating to hear/read so many adults struggling with types of meds, dosages, etc. and it's no small feat that you found something that works! Congratulations, and I'm glad for you that you're able to deal with meltdowns!

People on the outside often don't understand just how difficult it is to moderate your reaction to your child's extreme behavior. Before we knew what it was, when DS was just a toddler, I went to my pediatrician and said "my son is hitting me." His answer: "Don't get angry." While, even autism considered, this was probably the right answer - it helped me not one little bit.

As far as teachers are concerned, there are a very few good ones. But the world would be a better place if most of the teachers I had hadn't stuck with it. And most of my teachers were grossly overpaid. Let's start with the second-grade teacher who put a legally blind kid up in front of the class - repeatedly - and accused him (me) of lying when I said I couldn't read the page at a normal distance. She was my first horrible teacher; my first grade teacher simply admitted to my parents that there was absolutely nothing at all she could teach me, and settled for allowing me to read so I wouldn't disrupt the rest of the class. My second grade teacher (who was also the principal, by the way - and so over the top, by the end of the year, the superintendent of schools was advising my mother as to exactly how much she could get me excused without running afoul of state truancy laws, because he considered that a better solution that actually getting rid of an incompetent but tenured teacher) was neither the last horrible teacher I had, or even, quite, the worst.

As far as comprehension and retention, I understood most of what I read (the emotional content aimed at an adult level was more likely to go over my head) and retained it. Many of my teachers hated me simply because I was too smart. Does that make me superior? No, but it does mean I have little reason to ever thank a teacher. That trite little phrase is a constant irritant to me.

"Not all those who wander are lost" is a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, specifically from the poem 'Strider' quotes - about himself - when he is introducing himself to Frodo and his companions. I chose to adopt it as a sort of personal motto, since I consider myself to be on an unending quest of sorts. It has nothing to do with your or anyone else's wandering problem - although I'd argue that simply refusing to sit down in a repressive environment is only a "problem" in the eyes of those running the system. Of course, for those whose wandering endangers them, it is a very real problem - and, again, my quote from literature has nothing at all to do with that issue.

Thank you, everyone, for your congratulations and kind words. I can't wait until I can dispose of the Luvox completely and stay on the Risperidone.

about the teacher/reading thing:
Personally, I do have a teacher to thank for teaching me to read. I learned to read as a small child sitting on my mother's lap as she ran my fingers along the page and read to me. There's a tape of me somewhere reciting the alphabet at age three and I knew how to write my name before I went to kindergarten. My mother didn't try to teach me to read, just to pay attention and enjoy books.

However, since she'd taught school for ten years before I was born, I do have a teacher to thank!

I have to say, since we tryed with risset (the same med, different name)we sleep, and beating in the head/throwing and breaking things stopped so we can think of what next with more clear heads.let us hope it stays that way and wish you the same!!!love mamamoo