An eventful week. On Wednesday my son hit his teacher and was expelled from school. This, of course, is the special special ed. school that is supposed to be able to deal with him in his basically non-functional state. So he's stuck at home until Monday. The psychiatrist suggested we start the Neurontin and keep up with the Remeron.
So he's still taking the 30mg or Remeron (once a day) and the 100mg of Neurontin (Gabapentin) twice a day. He seems marginally more at ease but he still paces, wanders and talks to himself ceaselessly. He hasn't been aggressive to us but that is not really predictable. It could happen anytime. He has started to do things like look at workbooks (math, reading, etc), try to sit down and color and wear old clothes that don't fit him. He has no ability to focus on any of these attempted activities but I think he's using them to try to get back in touch with "his old self".
The most obvious effect we see from the medication (the Remeron, I guess) is that he sleeps at night. It is not clear to us we are seeing anything else as a direct effect. It might be the case that his attempt at activities is a hopeful sign and a result of the medications but it's hard to tell.
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