It's That Obvious, Huh?

Yesterday, I met with my therapist to discuss our youngest's behavioral issues. If you recall, she is the one who is stirring up the pot these days. She has the type of ADHD that includes explosivity, defiance, meltdowns, and the like. Now she is on Intuniv, the newest non-stimulant ADHD med, and showing some signs of improvement, which, we were told, would happen after about three to four weeks. We have taken her off of the Methlyn, after seeing that it just made her angrier, though focused.

Anyway, the therapist said that last week when Mae and I were in her office, that she noticed how differently I was breathing when I was in the room without Mae, and then when she joined us. She said that when it was just me, I was calm, relaxed, and breathing normally. But as soon as Mae was asked to come into the room, she saw me tense up and my breathing changed to basically holding my breath, and then exhaling in big sighs. Anxious breathing, she called it. My husband has certainly noticed it, and I thought I breathed like that all of the time because the kids were always noticing it too, but I guess that there are times when I don't breathe anxiously, apparently when I am not with my kids. Hmm....(breathing, breathing)