feeling emotional

[Brazilianmom]

My son (age 6) starts on medication tomorrow (Guanfacine 1mg) . I am so emotional about it . I know he needs help and I so hope we gets positive results .

I was already feeling emotional about that then I open up Facebook and saw that one of the mom’s posted photos of one his classmate bday party and everyone seemed to be there , except my son . It really hunted me , like a lot.. I am glad he doesn’t know .about it . I hope the kids don’t talk about at school and he feels the kind of hurt I feel on his behalf right now

Anyways , wish us luck .

[Onthemove1971]

Thanks for your post. It is wonderful you have the drive to help him. Trying medication "should" open many doors. Please know if the first one (which helps a lot of kids) doesn't work know there are others that should help.

Many of us have been there, now we have success..

We are always here for you. Please update us and let us know. If it work we celebrate, if it doesn't and you have to change it we will still be here and you will try something else.

Wishing you the best.

[Imakecutebabies]

I feel you on the birthday parties. In kindergarten, my son got invited to one. All year. And that was the one where they invited the whole class. ):

[Trying1978]

Hi there again! Glad you finally got in somewhere; I remember some of your posts from a while ago. That sucks. That happened to us last year. Social stuff was a nightmare. It seemed like I was my son's only friend. We didn't even dare have a bday party for our son.

A year later, after a year of therapy, meds, different grade & teacher, etc & we just had a big one w/ almost everyone from his class this past wknd . So things will get better, I promise. & grade school parental politics are really annoying. Hang in there.

[Hidden]

You are at the beginning of this journey with medication. It is very scary for any parent but you will get it right for him.

Just be strong for your little man. Don’t give up even if the first medication you try won’t agree with your kid, just try another one until you find something that helps him.

[Brazilianmom]

thank you all for the words of encouragement. I appreciate all the support

[anirush]

My grandson finally has a good group of friends to hang out with and he is 18. Lots of years of anxiety and shyness kept him from making friends. It is hard to deal with. Other kids often see them as different and don't understand. He had a friend here and there but nothing steady until recently.

Counseling really helped him understand that he could reach out to others and nothing horrible was going to happen.

[Brazilianmom in reply to anirush]

Thankfully I have friends with kids his same age and they adore him . We had a busy fun weekend with those friends . It’s in the classroom setting that he keeps being excluded :

Ima glad your grandson found his core group of friends .

[anirush]

Just to clarify, my grandson had neighborhood friends when he was young. As they get into middle school and high school they often go into their own pursuits, like football, which my grandson was not into. Then they hang around with their new peers. And he did not make new friends to replace them.

[MNmom99]

Hi, thanks for your post and sharing . I can relate to how you feel I had my first anxiety attack the day we decided to move forward with medication for our 5 year old (at the time) after all the therapies seemed to not help by much. We had to, he’s 7 now and have moved to other medication a few times. It’s a tough time for any parent for sure! It’s a hard journey especially trying to navigate what may be side effects from medication or the conditions he is taking the medications for. Hang in there and know you are a great mom and doing great for your child. Sending hugs your way ❤️

[Brazilianmom]

UPDATE : So we started on Guanfacine 1mg daily in the morning 10 days . The first 2 days he was very tired but still himself. No major side effects to repost. I alerted his teachers. Neither his teacher nor us have seem have seen any improvement when it comes to his impulsivity. The is being very helpful and its reporting how he is doing daily, which feels kids discouraging, I explained to her that non stimulants dint work immediately and so on. We have a follow up with his psychiatrist on Monday (he will be on medication for 2 weeks by then).

If you have any experience with Guanfacine? when did you see any results if any ? if not what were the next steps ?

Thanks in advance

Cibele