OOO wot a night!! Kaylia was a-twitchin and a-scritchin and a Nomi didn't sleep much! (I was downstairs after being kicked out to make room for the itchin, scritchin monster!) Kaylia was finally up and about at 5:30 with "pink iPad" and "big DVD".
Then she seemed to have a serious anxiety attack ... Naomi is the expert at calming these so it didn't last long.
These anxiety attacks are a concern .... they seem to be increasing in frequency ..... they're no where near as severe as the 'melt-downs' that she had till about a year ago when we got the medication balance right .... but even so, the episodes are hard for her ... and hard for us. I feel so powerless ... the only thing that seems to have any real effect is to take her for a drive in the car. Since this is what she is demanding, it means that we are giving in to her demands .... or perhaps we just need to accept that the drive is what she needs ... and go for the drive before the attack builds up!!
The trouble is that it is not always convenient or possible to jump in the car & go .... such as at 3am!
Later: She has a huge bruise on her leg ... possibly from hitting playground equipment. She also has a badly bruised big toenail .... don't know where that came from but it hurts ... if Kaylia says that something is sore, then we know it really is!
(her perception of pain still isn't good)
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