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Side Effects
We started Greyson on his anticonvulsant, Trileptal on Friday evening. Saturday morning, we gave him the second dose 12 hours after, as directed. Derek and I did not notice any changes Friday, but Saturday morning we experienced a strange side effect from the medicine. Greyson seemed to have lost the feeling/control in his legs, stumbling…
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A tic or not a tic….that is the question.
About a month ago, Greyson began doing a strange flopping behavior where his upper body goes completely limp and he does a little twitchy jerking motion. In the above video right around 9 seconds, you can see G approach the cube bookcase and go limp, then jerk around. If you missed the movement in the…
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Dear World,
I see you staring at me. I feel your judgmental eyes looking at me in the grocery store, the park and at the doctor’s office. I know you see the tears in my eyes as I am running after my child, who is throwing himself around on the floor and screaming. I understand why you…
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You win none, you lose many.
Whether or not you have a child, spouse, significant other, etc., I think anyone can relate to this post. We all know the saying, “You win some, you lose some”, but my twist on this is, “You win none and you lose many.” Naturally I’m talking about friends. We all (hopefully) have them, and any…
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I saw the sign
I used to loathe Ace of Base. My sister Amanda used to play the CD on repeat and it drove me crazy. I was always more of a Spice Girls kind of kid. I would set up my parent’s front porch as the stage and forced everyone to sit in chairs on the front lawn,…
La Vie De Autism 