meds in our heads

 today T2 and i took a day off

what has the world come to when a rest day is the day you don't take drugs

the ritalin certainly does help create a lazer-like mental focus and presence accompanied by a strange calm 

but i find it quite exhausting - the retreat into the fuzzy gentle chaos of my head was a welcome reprieve

T2 wanted to be able to go out tonight without the inevitable post-meds crash

i sent a request for feedback to her teachers - it was a unanimous response that my child seemed less aggressive, less frustrated and in one case even cracked a smile

T1 went to see her psychiatrist on... hmmm... a day that wasn't today...

she has chosen not to take any medication and has asked me to not inform anyone of her dual diagnosis - if she wants them to know she will tell them (stupid effin' boundaries)

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