Maria, is good. I'm reminded I get lucky in having a kooky family and a people who will marry into it, and the awesome kids that come from that. Aunthood is awesome.

Like most of the drugs that started out as antipsychotics (but are now marketed for other indications), Erin, it can cause a lot of weight gain, has been linked to (due to the weight gain but also maybe other reasons) diabetes, and can cause a lot of other stuff. Apparently mostly its big effect is sedative. (I know of it from working on schizophrenia drug studies, as a bunch of the people in the studies were either taking it in comparison to our drug, or had taken it in the past)

Thanks, meara. I am taking it now for the sed affects with my current AD. We shall reevaluate after a few weeks.

We shall see if it conquers the insomnia beast!

Happy birthday, Plei!

Today was a day. There were some lovely and yummy parts, but there was also a HUGE load of MommyFAIL! moments. Starting with my 6:30 am wake up call: "Mommy! Mommy! The tooth fairy forgot to come!"

I suck.

Erin, I take Seroquel and have been for several years now - wait no, more like 7 years. Your doctor should be suggesting you get blood work done a regular basis to make sure everything is okay (and you aren't increasing your risk for diabetes).

I see my shrink 2x a year so I usually get blood work done once. This time he's adding a Vitamin D check.

Evidentally I'm taking a really high dose 200 mg/day so we're going to try to back me down to 100 mg and add a med to help me sleep.

It's pretty much been the key to helping me stay stable and get where I am controlling my bipolar disorder, it will be nice if I can lower the dose. Especially since in the last 10 years I've gone from needing anti anxiety meds daily, taking a mood stabilizer and Seroquel (or an antipyschotic like it) AND something to help me sleep to just the Seroquel.

I'll be really happy if I can get to 1/2 my current dose, even if it means taking meds to help me sleep.

Starting with my 6:30 am wake up call: "Mommy! Mommy! The tooth fairy forgot to come!"

I suck.

No you don't.

For future reference, "Did you look under the pillow? Yes? Maybe you knocked it down on the floor? Oh look, here it is! You just knocked it off the bed when you were looking for it."

On Medium, the solution was that the tooth fairy stuck the money under the wrong pillow.

What is the going rate for a tooth these days?

DH had a really interesting encounter this morning. We were down at the parade grounds getting ready for the event and a sales rep for the company was complaining how the sole corporate sponsor for the event didn't get enough mention in his local paper (about 30 miles away). He asked DH, "It's a real shame. Who was doing the marketing on this thing?" To which DH had to reply, "I don't know that we've been fully introduced. I'm the Director of Marketing."

Have I mentioned how much DH hates working in Marketing?

aurelia, I wanted to sest the rate at $1 but once, DH forgot to put the money under the pillow while I was away so he gave Owen a coupon for a DS game ($30!) Thankfully, Owen doesn't realize the value of money yet so we should be able to get away with $1s in the near future. He lost two bottoms so far but hasn't lost any others.

Guh. I just finished taking this test and it was pretty flipping awful. BUT, it's over now, and no one in the whole world cares about my grade, so..... yay test is over!!

Sorry about the awfulness. Which level are you up to?

$1 seems reasonable. Coins or bills? Do kids still have piggy (or other shaped) banks?

I have a vague recollection of getting a quarter for a tooth.