This is Gabriel... This is Gabriel on Clonidine

Today I took Gabriel to his doctor's appointment. We are trying to get him on a medication the will help him calm down without making him so sleepy like his current medicine Clonidine does. They had tried putting him on a pill called "Adderall". I looked it up on the internet to see what it was and it is for ADHD kids to help them focus better. It had some other things it did like cause weight loss... it seems a lot of college students love it because they can pop a pill and stay up all night studying and really stay alert. WOW!!! This sounds like the drug for me!!!
How this drug affected Gabriel: It did nothing to slow him down. He was bouncing off the freaking walls like a tennis player at Wimbledon AND he was more FOCUSED about it! That was the week he broke the oak cabinet doors and set the fire alarm off, remember?

Well I mean...if it didn't work for him, could it work for me?

How this drug affected me: I washed 3 loads of clothes, cleaned the kitchen, got breakfast for the children, mowed the lawn, trimmed the trees, weed-eated the yard, did the same thing in my neighbors yard with Roger's help, and came back to rake my yard (in the rain), cleaned the pool, went to the grocery store, made dinner, cleaned up after dinner, took a shower... and ate 1 meal all day! I started thinking how great it was and how I could tell Gabriel's doctor what a great drug it was, and how much it helped him, so I could keep my supply... Did I mention it gave me more patience?
Yeah well, I told the truth. No more "Adderall" for me. I took it only 3 times and it seems you would need to up the dosage. That's all I need is to be a druggie...
I didn't give Gabriel any medicine today before his doctor's appointment so they could see how he was. He "of course" didn't show them everything but they saw enough to give me a referral to a behavioral specialist.
After we left, I went by Sallie's Beauty Supply on Hillsborough Ave. I went to replace Katherine's French manicure set that he poured down himself. He sang and repeated movie parts. He started singing Boy George's big hit from the 80's ... Do you really want to hurt me, Do you really want to make me cry? While he was singing this he was trying to get lip gloss sticks out of a display and spitting on a customer and the floor. The sales people were giving me a hard time because I caught them trying to over-charge me. MAN, Where's My ADDERALL!!! Clonidine take me away...