As we tried to get our lives back to 'normal', whatever that is, we expected Joel's behavior to start improving. His behaviors merely escalated to a point that we had to do something. I had been on the internet researching behavior problems in children and hadn't thought it was anything more than him adjusting to his new life as a big brother. I had been researching on 'How to make the older sibling more accepting of the baby,' transitioning from one to two, etc. It wasn't until January that I felt like something was really wrong. This is when the migraines started.
My migraines felt like someone was blowing up a balloon inside my skull and the throbbing was like the balloon pushing against the inside of my skull. I remember lying on the floor wishing and praying for either relief or death. I started taking a lot of Excedrin Migraine. Then eventually that stopped working so I doubled up on the dose. My headaches got so bad I remember driving to work and at every stop light opening the door to throw up. I went to the doctor and he urged me to stop nursing and I wasn't ready yet. It wasn't even 24 hours later that I decided that he may have been right, as I tried to nurse, I kept getting sick...this time on the baby.
That night I had been up half the night in pain and throwing up. The next morning I had my husband bring me to the ER where they could give me something. I just wanted to know why I was having such headaches. They gave me something for the pain and I eventually learned to manage the pain. I was on a regimen of taking 4 ibuprofen every six hours and 4 Tylenols in between that. I eventually got used to the throbbing and reduced the amount of medication that I needed.
All the while I kept researching ADHD, Anger and Aggression in young children, etc. I kept praying that God would guide me and show me where I needed to go to get Joel help.
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