still short - still haven't had more than a few seconds online lately. We went for the neuropsych report yesterday and while he does seemingly have a pretty significant ADD component based on one of the tests, his neuropsych evaluation did rule out any kind of cognitive or brain problem. The neurophysician said that ADD is more than just a set of test results, though, because what impairs people on a test is not the same kind of pressure or interest level that impairs people in day to day functioning.

So, his conclusion is that we already have the right 'team' in place - our psychologist, the ADD coach, and a psychiatrist - and we're going to have to focus on the emotional and psychological components to what is holding him back. All 3 of our 'team' have called and are very interested in the results of the report, and that makes me feel sooooooo relieved that it's not all on my back anymore. I felt so alone when he hit his first major depressive episode after failing out of engineering school when we first moved to our city and didn't know anybody.

I'm really proud of my husband. He was very open during the whole session (and remember that he is very much an introvert), and while he usually is pretty sensitive, he didn't take anything that the neuroMD said the wrong way.

Things are going much better now than they did last weekend. He isn't caught up yet, but he's only behind in 2/5 of his classes. I'm going to suggest that perhaps he take less classes next term. He's back on Strattera (which I just learned was first developed as an antidepressant -- did you guys know that?) and is working his way up to a higher dose. He got some dispensation at school and has some extra time to make up the work he missed. I'm not relaxing just yet, but I'm glad he's back in school and feeling better about himself, anyway.

On the flip side, my insurance company denied my Lexapro prescription In fact, the pharmacy wouldn't even fill it for me, for some reason. My doctor is calling the insurance company to find out what is going on. Maybe it's for the best if I'm not on it anyway, but that was the last thing I needed to hear the other day Ah well, onward and upward as I usually say...

Thanks again, to my dear friends here