Well, I’ve definitely had an interesting start to my April Fool’s Day. I woke up to the “reminder alarm” I have set on my iPod to start looking for Brianna’s bus – instead of my regular morning alarm – I had problems getting to sleep last night … I guess my body was making up for it this morning. So, we rushed around so I could take Brianna to school. Before we even left the house I was taking my medicine & went to pop 3 pills into my mouth at once. One of them fell on the floor & has yet to be found. I’m really hoping one of the dogs doesn’t find it & if they do I’m hoping a 10mg Singulair tablet won’t hurt them. Delaney & I were in our slippers & I was still in my PJs. 
Then, I get home and fed the dogs – Delaney dropped Jackie’s dish & food spilled on the floor. I went to heat up my coffee (since it went cold because I slept late) and when I put my sugar in I forgot to wait a couple of seconds & it “boiled over” the cup & I had coffee all over my counter.
I still have to shower & get dress, but first I have to upload shopping cart product updates & website changes for a client first (HAS to be done this morning). After I’m done with that and dressed I have to load Delaney up & go pick up prescriptions for me & Brianna at the doctor’s office then run them to the pharmacy to get them filled. Oh yeah, and we need milk.
Wish me luck with the rest of my day – I hope I don’t slice an artery when I’m shaving my legs this morning. <sarcasm>
Tags : April Fool's Day, Brianna, Delaney, Sherra, sleep late
Today I gave Brianna both doses of her Adderall. The only thing I’ve really noticed is she was not hungry during the day until about the time her 2ns dose was probably wearing off. I say “probably” because at this point I am not seeing a difference in her ADHD symptoms. About 45 minutes after her morning dose she & I were sitting down having a conversation and she COULD NOT sit still, kept interrupting & trying to finish my thoughts for me. So, I’ll give it a few more days here at home & a couple of days of her being in school to get a better evaluation, but my thoughts at this point is that the 5 mg dose isn’t going to cut the mustard.
It was also my 2nd day on my increased dose. I didn’t do much that required concentration today, so I can’t make much of an assessment for myself. Basically I only took down the Christmas tree, cleaned the kitchen some, watched a movie with the family, cleaned the play room & the girls’ bedroom & closet.
Tags : add, adderall, adhd, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, Brianna, Sherra
Well, it’s about a quarter til 10 at night and around 4:30 or 5:00 I started feeling tired and yawning a lot (I took my Adderall at about 9:30 – so about 7 hours). If I had taken it earlier in the day (around 6:30 when I normally get up), then taken my 2nd dose again round 1 or 1:30 after lunch I’m guessing my “let down” would come around 8 or 9 PM when I’m starting to wind down my day.
The sweating seemed to subside later by early afternoon, so it wasn’t so bad. I’ll update again tomorrow when I’ve had a full day’s worth of meds. Plus, I’m seeing my therapist tomorrow.
Tags : add, adderall, adhd, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit disorder, Sherra