Results from the Past Few Days

Thursday, August 27th, 2009-
Today, he didn't want breakfast. Made me sad. I don't know why he just doesn't eat sometimes. He didn't have any ADHD medicine left in his system that would affect his appetite.
I packed the same lunch for him as before. He seems to like it and says he's eating it all at lunch.
I let him have tacquitos for dinner, but he didn't want to eat again. He had left his ADHD patch on and had no appetite. :o(
Same supplements as previous, except at dinner I gave him double. He can't get to sleep at night.
I still think he's doing a bit less, but it's not getting better. The not sleeping at night is bothering me. He needs his rest. Also, Joel said I need to add that we have all his clothing in our room and he has to come to us when he wants to change clothes. He still isn't changing as much, so I don't see how that really matters.

Friday, August 28th, 2009-
Finally, an appetite again, though not as great as he had been having. He ate rice chex with rice milk and a tsp. of sugar.
We were out of ham and Frito's, so I packed him gluten-free vanilla cremes and a Smucker's naturals peanut butter sandwich with Polaner All Fruit grape jelly on the gluten-free homemade bread. Almost out of bread, so I'll be baking this weekend. :o)
He ate dinner at my neighbor, Becky's house. I think she said roasted chicken breast, fruit, and vegetables. She had called to clear it all by me.
I doubled the dosage of the L-Theanine (to 1000 mg) and the L-Huperzine A (to 400mcg) at breakfast and after dinner. The N-Acetyl Cysteine I kept the same at 1 dose at breakfast of 500mg.
He still can't get to sleep at night and I don't like giving him Tylenol PM each night. One of these, I think the L-Theanine is supposed to help you sleep better, so I keep wondering why he can't get to sleep? I ordered Kanna today, it's the one supplement I was leary of, but I think we may need to give it a try. Still no more change as far as frequency of hand washing and clothing changing this week. :o(

Saturday, August 29, 2009-
I made pancakes with Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free pancake mix and served pure maple syrup instead of the corn syrup laden Log Cabin syrup we usually use. I don't even like pancakes.....OMG! They were delicious! Katie said she loved them too and gobbled them up. Alex ate a little, complained that they were terrible and that he "hate(s) my Gluten-Free diet!". Oh the drama! I think he's just moody this morning. He had already been screaming and yelling at Katie over something silly and the two of them fought. I gave him the same supplements....500mg N-Acetyl Cysteine, 1000mg L-Theanine, and 400mcg L-Huperzine A.

I gave in for lunch and let the kids have a Happy Meal from McD's. I made a deal with Alex that if we did, he could only change clothes at bedtime into pj's. He has stuck to it. Also, he only washed his hands 3 times from lunch until now and it's almost 7pm. Good results as far as I'm concerned. Maybe the supplements are helping more than I thought?

I made oatmeal raisin cookies for a treat. Alex was finally happy about something Gluten Free! YAY! :o) Everything was your normal oatmeal cookie recipe except for the Gluten Free Rolled Oats and All Purpose Flour. Everyone liked them.

For dinner, I made pizza with the GF Homemade Bread Mix from Bob's Red Mill that I like. The recipe was on their website and it was easy. It wasn't Mellow Mushroom, but it was nice to have pizza. Katie and I thought it was good and said she liked the crust (so did I). Alex just smiled and Joel said he can tell the difference, he'll eat it, but he's not excited about it. He will keep his thoughts to himself though and eat it because we are doing this for Alex. I put tomato sauce, canadian bacon, pineapple chunks, and mozzerella cheese on it. Honestly, I have made homemade pizza before and I thought this was better than them all. Think I'll try different toppings for Joel and I next time. I think we both like a little more on our pizza...Hawaiian just happens to be the kids favorite.
I gave Alex 1000mg L-Theanine and 400mcg L-Huperzine A again at dinner.

As far as the OCD goes....I think it's been a pretty good day. I noticed his hands are looking less red and they feel softer. Last week they were like sandpaper. I bought him this special hand soap at Bath and Body works to help with the dryness and cracking. I thought that was it, but he said he doesn't like the smell so he's been using a bar of Dove instead. So, that would probably help too. Last week he had issues with bar soap and had a meltdown......what can I say? There is no rationality with OCD. He still has a spot on his ear he keeps picking at and making it bleed. I know picking can be an OCD thing. Now, I notice that his nostril looks raw around the edge and he is prone to nose bleeds. I noticed him picking there earlier today. Are we trading one OCD behavior for another? I guess we'll have to see......