****Wild Wednesday Roll Call****

Good Morning Peeps,
I am up, barely, and gonna try to stay up.  I slept a little too much yesterday, and was tired the whole day.  Not sure what that was about.

Anywho, I am heading to my AA meeting and then home to try to get a grip on this apartment.  I have crates for school, and my children and I have to finish organizing this week.  I go back to the old grindstone in less than a week.

I will also hit the pool sometime, which is more and more enticing.  I met a woman I know from my AA meetings at the pool yesterday.  She moved into my complex this summer.  It's nice to have a friend nearby.

Nothing exciting.  My life can get boring, at times. 

Hugs,
Trish

I too am up way to early.  Waiting for the sun to come up so I can go for a walk.  Had my first experience with a prissy pouch yesterday.  Not sure why.  I might have drank my shake too fast.  A little rest and some mint tea seemed to make her happy later in the evening.  Nothing much planned for today.  Still on lifting restrictions.  Just going to walk and sip. 
Kathy K

Good Morning ALl - I'm up early too but that is because of the alarm clock blaring telling me it was time to get up for work! I am here until 4 then off to purchase a new food processor - yay!! After that just headed home to make dinner and off to bed early. My allergies are driving me bonkers and I just want to sleep. Last night I couldn't though so I am extra tired this morning.

Have a great day all!

Is it Wednesday ready??  Wow, well I just saw a very graphic video about some teenagers texting in the car.  Many folks died because of this kid.  We need to seriously talk to our kids about cell phone dangers.

Anyway, went to an interview yesterday and I seriously am seeing my library job as a gift.  I can do that job but this other one, well, back breaking work is not for me.

Happy hump day! I'm up and tired, but in a pretty good mood today.  My new friend came over last night to watch the Phillies game.  Even though the ending of the game sucked, it was nice to hang with him. 

Today has me working 7-3:30.  I think I need to enjoy the normalcy of this schedule because next week, I will be going through a training for a special project that is going to bring OT to my schedule.  The work day will be tough, but the extra $$ will be really nice!

At some point tonight, either before my appt with Rocco or after, I need to go to the grocery store because I didn't get there yesterday.   I also never made it to the gym yesterday because my friend was going to come over right after Siehara's appt to catch the beginning of the game so I wanted to be sure I was home.  Turned out he didn't come until after 8, so I could have gone.  That'll teach me to let a man control my schedule.  From now on, if I have somewhere to be, that's where I'll be.  The man can come over later.  LOL.. but serious too.

After Rocco, Siehara has appt with her psychiatrist for a med check.  I still think she needs something to control her moods besides just counseling, but I'm not sure how to approach this so he understands where I'm coming from.  He seems to think I just want to sedate her.  But, that is not the case.  I just want something to help.  I am convinced that she has depression of some sort and needs something.  Any ideas?

That's it for me.

I am not a part of my sons counseling. He goes in with her in private. He speaks to her privately. And I don't ask any questions to him about his session.

However, when I felt there wasn't much progress, I asked her to include me in some time one session. So once I got in there, and told MY side of the story....he confessed to many behavior issues. He had been pulling the wool over her eyes and painting quite a pretty picture. Had I not made that effort, she was going to release him from care.

I guess I should have done that from the beginning. But I truly did want him to feel like it was a private session where he could speak freely. Now, her and I know to touch base more often.

Are you part of her sessions? I can't imagine if the therapist knew the extent of her mood changes that they wouldn't want to help her. But I am not sure what type of therapist she goes to. Good Luck!

Thanks Jo for your input.  We do have family counseling sessions once per month.  Last night was one of them.  The psychologist knows what's going on, but there seems to be a disconnect between her and the psychiatrist.  Maybe after everything I told her yesterday about what has happened over the past week, the psychiatrist will have that info for tonight.  I am ALWAYS in the room with the psychiatrist.  He seems to only do a med check and saves the counseling for the psychologist.  I am going to make sure he is aware of the events of the past week tonight and hopefully we can get something.  I hate that she needs to be on meds, but there is major family history of mental illness and I would rather get control of hers now before it gets worse.  

Well good luck. I know my son actually thanked me for talking to his therapist. He said he was afraid to bring up certain things, so once I got them out in the open, he felt better about talking. So it's helping. So I hope you guys get some help too. It's hard sometimes to figure out how to handle these things.

If Siehara sees a therapist, and a psychiatrist, then discussing your concerns with both of them, and having them consult each other should help.  Kids learn early on how to split and get adults to disagree about them.  I see it at work, with parents vs. teachers because of the student telling one thing to the parent and one thing to me.  I also see it at the hospital I work at.  Also, it might help to document ea*****ident of behavior, and mood disruption, like a journal, to be able to show a pattern of frequency, as well as cir****tances leading up to the behaviors. 

Just out of curiosity, how old is Siehara?  Her age could be a factor in moods as well.

Good luck.

Hugs,
Trish

she's 10 (11 in October) and I know puberty is a big part of it, but it's been going on for a long time.  We've been seeing different counselors on and off for a couple of years already.

I definitely need to start journaling her behaviors because as was proven to myself yesterday, I couldn't remember what triggered her melt downs over the past week.  I WILL begin to write everything down.  I have to if I want to help her properly.

THANKS!