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[quote=Anonymous]	Why would you leave your child alone with your husband who you say is a loving dad and needs this medication? Does part of you think he could or should help more at night? Your comment re him "snapping in frustration" scared me. If this is truly a side effect of the medicine (and maybe it could be) then see if a friend can host your child overnight.  No way would I stay in a house with someone's husband who she believed to be capable of "snapping in frustration". I certainly wouldn't take on the care of a child in such an environment, not for a child that wasn't mine with a man who wasn't my husband. Remember, you see "loving dad" I'd see crazy man who may harm his child. I don't want to spend my time and energy in court explaining how and why I ended up in whatever situation caused a husband to snap and a wife to literally go out of town.  Your other option is to just stay home and not leave your husband. You say he's a loving dad, so stay home with him and enjoy your husband and child.  View it as the cost of doing business in order to have the family that you want with the members of your family that you love. Realize that what you think should work, and what may work for other people simply doesn't for you. Another option is to talk with his doctor and do a deep dive into the medicine. Is it truly the only game in town? How do you know? Would medical marijuana help?  What about other therapies like drumming? Why not post the medication name, I'm sure some of the medical "lab rats" could give you some talking points if you need them. You are on an anonymous board, and if this medicine is legal, you've got no reason not to post the name.  To answer your question though, no way in hell would I leave a child alone with an adult who I truly believe is "liable to snap with frustration".   [/quote]

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