The Good and the Bad of Brandon's New Meds

We started Brandon on his new meds today. We are switching him from Adderall to Adderall XR. Hoping it will last him through school so he won't need to go and take pills halfway through the day. We decided to start before the new school in case we had any side effects. Good thing we did. Boy did he have some. First, sitter call and was worried about Brandon. Brandon was being very emotional. Not usual for Brandon. He was balling in the corner on the floor in the play room. He ended up cuddling with one of the helpers on the couch until he calmed down. Said he missed his dad and something about hearing his voice. Not sure. Very hard to understand what was going on. I know that being overly emotional is a side effect for the initial period. We'll see how it goes in the next few days.

OK, now for the good and bazaar. We had dinner. You know, that crazy active sport I discussed a few days back. Brandon sat through dinner. HE ATE ALL HIS DINNER. I don't think I can stress this enough. HE ATE AND SAT AT THE SAME TIME. He cleared his plate. Ate everything. Did you hear me. I didn't say "Brandon sit down and eat". Not once. It wasn't a fight. He finished with us, not 15 minutes later. Jim and I almost died when he said he was done and was and picked up his plate to CLEAR IT.

I hope this med works out. I could get really used to this.