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Husbands

I have the most wonderful husband.  He does all the cooking, grocery shopping, laundry, takes the kids to appointments, goes on field trips and soooooooooooo much more.  But unfortunately, he has the most annoying habit. He can go days without having a conversation with me.  The minute I get on the phone or the computer or start reading a book, he wants to talk.  And talk he does.  About anything and everything.  And nothing I want to hear about.  If I ask about how the kids did, he will say ok.  If I ask what's for dinner, he will explain in great detail how he was searching the internet for a pie recipe and came across this recipe for a casserole.  He then relays the step by step instruction on how to prepare it. He is aware of this problem.  He even suggested that I blog about it.  Thinks it might help. So here I am blogging about his problem and he walks up and gives me step by step instructions on how to get to downtown P...

Living With Special Needs

I am feeling the frustration of having a special needs child and no one to help. I have a neurologist, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a psycho therapist, a behavior specialist, and a TSS. Then why do I feel this way? He has been diagnosed with Epilepsy and ADHD. They are looking at Asperger's. He is out of control. He is having break through seizures. His seizures are nocturnal which means he is not getting good REM sleep. This in turn causes his ADHD to go off the chart. He can't have medication for the ADHD because those medicines cause seizures, which he is already having. And so round and round we go. Oh, by the way, my sleep is interrupted by the seizures also. So, I tell my "support staff" and they just look at me like I'm the crazy one. I have a diary. I have kept it for 4 years. They read it once in awhile. Nothing happens. Just wondering if anyone is listening!!