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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son (15) has developed some strange new behaviors over the past few months.

He hasn't been sleeping like normal lately. In the past couple of weeks, I have been woken up by walking around the house at very early hours. I'm not sure what he has been doing. I'm thinking about installing an alarm system on the house/windows, but I haven't heard him exiting. We live in a safe area in NoVa, so I haven't been worried about this until now.

I've also gotten emails from FCPS from his teachers expressing concern about his absences and/or his lack of energy/paying attention. He's normally a motivated student, and I worry about what's keeping him from class.

Along with his disturbed sleeping schedule, I've noticed that he's lost some weight. This popped up at the doctor's office earlier last month. We took him in because we were worried about some mood swings and irritability, alongside his insomnia, that he was having. His vitals seemed alright, aside from an elevated heart rate.

What should I do? Should I take him to a therapist to get evaluated?[/quote]

OP, when you hear him walking around in the night, what do you do? I would get up and go talk to him right then and see what’s going on/why he’s up.

The emails from teachers are very concerning. I used to teach high school. I only emailed or called parents about very serious behavior issues/times I was extremely concerned about a student. I had 140 students so I just wouldn’t and couldn’t enail or call parents for every little thing. This is a BIG deal and you need to take it very seriously. Arrange to meet w teachers/admin if needed.

Weight loss for a teen boy is very concerning too. What did the Dr say about that? [/quote]

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