ADHD drugs can cause hallucinations in some kids? WTF????

So I go to the pharmacy today and get my kids ADHD drugs.  The new year started and I’ve yet to reach the deductible so I pay $500 for a 1 month supply.  Yep, $500!  And then I get a letter from the insurance company and they are increasing our payments from $417.00 to $499.79 per month.  So that really sucks especially when you don’t have any extra money lying around.  That is a difficult hit at the beginning of the year and we won’t hit the drug deductible until March.  This is a rough quarter for us. 

Then I come home and read about ADHD drugs causing hallucinations in some kids.  So, not only do I pay $500 for the drugs, but  the side effects can cause hallucinations.  I could use some hallucinations right now, but I won’t be getting my drugs until March!  (unless I become gainfully employed before then!) 

So, let’s talk about insurance companies…  They suck… OK, now let’s talk about Pharmaceutical companies… They suck…  OK now that I have got that all out, how about all these people killing themselves because they don’t have jobs even though they have excellent qualifications and the credit card companies keep harassing them…  So I have to say honestly that I get it.  And NO I am not going to choose to do that, but I do understand how you can be so down and out that you can’t see any other way out.  I understand that frustration.  Of having your kids look to you for answers when you just don’t have any.  Kids asking why they don’t have what other kids have…and having to say, well, we are poor. 

I feel for these people making these irreversible choices.  I understand why they did, but seriously, what changes???  The world goes on…  We all read the stories, feel sorry for those involved, and continue on with our lives.  There is no gain from it ~ only peace for the people who decide that they have no alternative.  And peace is quite enticing when you are looking for work and can’t find any knowing that every time the phone rings it is someone else wanting money from you while you don’t have any to give. 

This world needs some compassion for those less fortunate.   This country needs to stop bailing out all those big companies with uber rich executives and start bailing out the people who truly need it.  Why can’t the government take their 700 gazillion bucks and pay each tax payer $100,000.  I am sure someone much smarter than I would find a million reasons why that can’t happen, but just think about it for a minute.  Wouldn’t it equal close to the same amounts spent having to bail out these companies???  Wouldn’t people getting money spur the economy??  They could pay their bills and then some of these companies wouldn’t be in so much trouble.  People wouldn’t be loosing their houses, cars, or whatever else that they are loosing right now.    So why can’t the government do something that dramatic??  I truly believe it is called for these days.  Don’t send me $300, it doesn’t even cover a month of health insurance for my family.  Send me a real amount that can make a difference.  I need it now, and I have paid quite a bit in taxes over the years, damn it, I want my money back!!!!!

OK, off to make dinner now.  But think about it, why not as tax payers don’t we all demand more from the government and stop all this bail out crap of companies. 

Iz

Superbowl Sunday Already??? Time Flies, but I am not having FUN!!!!!!

So, I go to my in laws for dinner last night and they ask me what I am doing on Sunday.  Hmmm, not sure, but why are they asking?  So they say, “You are in your own little world aren’t you?”  Hmm, guess so, because I didn’t know that the Superbowl was on this Sunday!  And of course, I have no idea who is playing anyway!  But I love to watch the commercials.  I swear it is the best part of the game!

I wonder if Budweiser is going to have the best ones again.  The job search sites also have good ones, and Pepsi and Coke are usually pretty good!  My favorite from last year was the dog and the horse training to be in the parade.  That commercial just rocked!  So, I guess I should thank them for letting me know that my favorite commercial time is coming up.  It is the ONLY time I don’t mind the commercials and stay in the room for them.  Actually I rarely watch TV.  I choose to DVR the shows that I am interested in and then FF through the commercials. 

Which makes me think that our universe is moving a little fast isn’t it?  It’s already time for the Superbowl, and I could have sworn the season had just started!  Time moves very fast these days.  I wonder if it is because there is sooooo much stuff for us to do as opposed to when I was a kid.  I remember having only 3 TV channels, 4 if you count PBS and never getting to watch anything anyway!   We were always playing outside and didn’t have to worry about some freak offering us candy or needing help finding a puppy!  What has the world turned into? 

Times are crazy these days.  I remember not having anything electronic, and now, my kids have MP3 players, laptops, video games, and are still begging for cell phones.  There are so many things for them to do now days and they still get “bored” with it all.  How can they be bored with all that stuff??????   I have to wonder do kids just get bored no matter what?   I think so.  I remember getting bored as a kid, but usually we were thrown outside.  Now days thanks to “crazies” you can’t even do that.  My parents had it easy!!!!!  They would tell you differently, but I swear they did.  They had less to worry about, less information hitting them daily, and more time to spend with their kids.  (not that they did mind you – but I get that now!!) 

So this Sunday, I am going to sit with the kids and watch the commercials with no laptop, cell phone, mp3 players, or video games.  Just like when I was a kid ~ watching football with my mom and dad and screaming at the TV whenever our team made a touchdown.

By the way, who is playing???

Iz

JuiceBoxJungle – Sleeping Around??? Interesting!

So I found a new site since I’ve still got too much time on my hands.  JuiceBoxJungle.com  It’a cool site about parenting these days.  I just watched their latest video about letting your kids sleep in your bed.  Hmmm, interesting.  So here’s the deal.  My kids sleep in my bed every night!!!!!   Their dad travels and is only home on the weekends.  So, of course, they are in my bed every night.  And when dad comes home, our whole house is disrupted!!!  They both get annoyed at giving up their spaces for dad.  It’s kind of funny!  

Can’t say that it’s a good thing, after all, they are 11 & 8, but trying to get them out of my bed is like taking food from the dogs!  It just isn’t easy without suffering!  And yes I have tried many times to get them to sleep in their own rooms.  But my daughter is convinced there is a ghost in her room, and my son always sneaks back in my bed after falling asleep in his own.  Without fail, if I by chance get to sleep alone (Whoppie!!) I wake up in the morning to both of them.  I just don’t know how they do it.  I have even tried sleeping on the couch and in the morning, there they are!

They just don’t sleep!!!  I, on the other hand, LOVE sleep.   Once I am out, I don’t hear a thing.  So catching the sneaky little shi^$s moving in on my territory is just impossible.  My husband just hates it.  He tells me all the time to get them out of our bed, which is easy for him to say while he is away!  And quite frankly most of the time I really don’t care.  Sure I would love the space, but I don’t notice once I am asleep.  And they tend to sleep through the night without interruption when they are in my bed.  (At least I don’t think they wake up!)

There are times when I wish they would sleep in their own beds, but in the end, what does it matter?   I know that they won’t be sleeping in my bed forever, so why not let them sleep with me now?  In 10 years my son will deny that it ever happened, and my daughter will most likely have someone else to sleep with!  There will be plenty of time for me to sleep alone.  So, I admit it, my kids sleep in my bed!

Do yours???

Iz