Well, we back to school and things are in full swing again at Little Leaps
Deqlan has had a couple of real frustrating days. We had to leave Ciara's party early goes Deqlan was just so upset and frustrated without an obvious reason to us? He was so upset the ipad nearly lef the car through the car window...
Deqlan did not sleep well on Sunday evening - waking up asking us for the light to be put on, to see my phone, to watch mnet series, then crying - and eventually fell asleep
When i fetched Deqlan from school on Monday, he started crying , which he has done before , but escalated into a full blown meltdown. The entire afternoon was spent crying and screaming in frustration - Deqlans entire body was so tense, his hands and feet pulled tight as strings - Nanna, Grandpa and I tried various things to get him to calm down, find out what was wrong - he kept wanting what his eyes saw ' You wanna crocodile" give him the crocodile, then crying again " You wanna Ipad" give him the ipad, then crying again " You wanna Mama's phone" and crying again and so it went on and on
I decided to try and get him into the car to get him home - still crying and resisting, but eventually the straps of the car chair , that deep pressure, seemed to calm him down. Deqie played on his ipad for about an hour , while Nanna and i sat with him, parked in the driveway. And something popped into my thoughts.......
Could the Vibrocil nose spray, Deqlan was on to clear his sinuses, cause this behaviour change?
Bingo! Lightbulb went on in Nanna's eyes and she went to fetch her MIMS book - a medical book with detailed information on medication and dosage and side effects, and this is what it says :
- TROUBLE SLEEPING
- ANXIETY
- FEAR
- HEADACHE
- DIZZINESS
- POUNDING HEART
- HEADACHE
- RESTLESSNESS
- CONFUSION
- IRRITABILITY
- WEAKNESS
- PYSCOTIC STATES
The ingredients include a from of ephydrine - a substance found in cold and flu medicine , that makes you shake and gives you that buzz? students also rely on it to keep them studying through the night
Just to check if my theory was right, we didnt give Deqlan the last dose
When i collected him from school yesterday, he was calm and happy - we waitied for him to be ready to leave , and when he said ' Now its time for Mama's car" we happily got him in the car back to Nanna's house
He had his afternoon nap, he slept last night, he was clearer in what he wanted yesterday
So im almost sure it was the nose spray - it sorted the sinus issues out but caused havoc on Deqies behaviour
My poor boy probably didnt understand why he was feeling so buzzy and out of control.....
Deqlan reacts to alot of meds - even herbal ones - so we got to try and test and put them on the list of NEVER AGAIN MEDS.
