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[anon4now]

So a few weekends ago, I witnessed an "energy drain" from DS. He was happy go lucky, watching TV, playing with Kid Sister and helping me clean up the house before we went out to see "Walking with Dinosaurs." I asked him to bring up some folded laundry to his room to put away, and he just fell to the floor and couldn't move from exhaustion. I can't think of any reason for this. My first instinct was to get mad for not listening to my request, but instead I decided to let it play out. I checked his sugars and they were perfect and so I sent him to his room with his laundry. He dragged it up the stairs and laid on his floor while I busied myself for 5 mins. Then I suggested he lay in his bed for a little while until his energy came back. I had to carry him to his bed, and talked to him about his energy levels going up and down and it will take a minute but it will go back up. I left him alone for about 3 mins when I heard him fall out of bed. So I lifted him back up and told him to stay in bed until he felt better. He came down about 10 mins later still drained, but not as bad. About 5 mins later he asked for a snack and was back to normal. Of course I suspect faking, but he insists it was real. So I called his psychologist and she said that it didn't sound mental, but physical. So I took him to ped and she said it didn't sound physical but mental. <sigh> But she ordered an EEG to rule out seizures.

So Tuesday night, I kept him up until midnight, and then promptly woke him up at 5AM. We went to the hospital and he did the EEG test. I won't have results for that until next week. I hate waiting, but I'm going to think of other things to keep my mind off of it.

That afternoon, we took a nap when the baby took hers, and while I was sleeping, the psychologist called to say she has apt with a psychiatrist for Thursday at 6. So I'm taking him tonight, and I'm a little anxious. I'm hoping she hears everything I have to say, and promptly starts him on medication.

This morning (he doesn't know about the apt yet) he woke up very cranky. I don't know if it's because he's still catching up on sleep or what. But he was slamming his breakfast around, then laying on the couch punching his legs and head and pulling his hair. I sat with him and told him it was ok to be upset, which he responded, "I'm not upset!" so I told him it was ok to feel the way he feels, to which he responded, "I'm not upset!" So I had to walk away and watch from afar.

I'm super tired today. I think I'll have to pick up some coffee this afternoon to help me get through the night. Wish me luck with the psychiatrist tonight. I'm sure I'll be on to tell you how it all went.

Anon

[charliegirl]

If they don't fine anything with the EEG, you might want to get a kit to measure his blood pressure at different times of the day. The fact that he was active and then suddenly drained makes me wonder. You can't just take him to the dr for a bp check because your bp does fluctuate throughout the day. You need a normal baseline number and then to see what his rates are at when he is active, at rest and especially when that energy drain hits.

Is he currently taking any meds?

[anon4now]

I talked briefly with ped about blood pressure and she didn't feel it was the cause. I figured figuring (huh, does that work?) that out would take monitoring at home, so maybe we'll try that just to rule it out. He's not on any meds at this point. (We should start each post with age/meds/current diagnosis/suspected diagnosis information lol)

Anon

[jj]

Well, it sounds like you are taking all the right steps to figure this out. I hope you get to the bottom of it soon. Him falling out of bed would be the thing that made me take it seriously. Othewise I may have been suspect of him faking it. (It's amazing how the thought of "chores" can exhast kids. LOL) But in this case it sure doesn't sound like he was faking it.


Oh, and Anon. Feel free to put that info (age/meds/current diagnosis/suspected diagnosis information) in your signature, if you want. In fact, I wish everyone would do that because we aren't known around here for good memories.

(Profile, modify, and scroll down to the signature box and type away) It may save you from answering the same question over and over again.

[anon4now]

Ok, hows that? I knew it was around somewhere, but couldn't find it.

*Oooh, it's so tiny. I'll play with it tonight

[jj]

I see you figured it out. You mean the text is tiny or the box to type in? If you want to change text size and color you can see how here.... Clicky

or just do this:

[size=2]Your info goes here[/size]

You can change the size to what you want. O.K. Sorry, I seem to be hijacking the topic.