to be continued.....

November 16^th

Today was a perfect day for Ben, I haven’t been able to say since he was a baby!  He was well behaved at school and at home.  He has been co-operative, reasonable, his emotions were in balance. I was able to have a very heart felt conversation with him about his feelings since starting Vyvanse.

He feels he doesn’t have as many friends since starting, because he is no longer being silly the kids are not laughing at him as much. He does like that he isen’t getting in trouble anymore though.
I explained that it is okay to be silly still at recess or on lunch break or free activity time, but during class time it’s not. I told him that the kids do like him, and that a girl name Jade who doesn’t even talk to him because of shyness considers him her best friend in the class (she told her mom) and that all the kids in the class come up to me in the school and always have good things to tell me about him. I encouraged him to move his desk back with the other children so he can feel more part of the group, and be able to make friends easier.
Ben has also started reading from the Bible, and really is enjoying it! He looks forward to finding the scriptures using his simplified version of the Watchtower magazine. It seems that he has turned some of his Hyperfocus onto this, which delights me!  He even argued with me at the Kingdom hall tonight when we had to leave early..he wanted to stay!  We also talked about him joining the Theocratic Ministry School and he is excited to do so! Amazing is the word!
He took his meds around 8 today, and the effects seemed to last until bed at 9pm.

November 17^th

Ben had an okay day at school today, however did have a small problem with the teacher and expected work completion. He was prevented from eating his second lunch until he completed an assignment. As a result Ben hid under his desk for the afternoon, as he was mad at the teacher for not allowing him to eat.

He said he received 6 out of 7 stars on his behavior reward chart.
He received his meds at 8:00 am and the effects seemed to last until approx. 7pm. At this time you could see Ben’s become increasingly more active and unable to control it. But seemed to be able to fall asleep by 9:30pm.
I have noticed since starting Vyvanse Ben is talking in his sleep nearly every night.