At the end of April over Easter weekend we had an experience in impulsivity and lack of filters....
As I said Danny's been calm and almost pleasant most of the time the past 2 weeks. We are at my best friend Barb's for Easter weekend. He helped Nick dye eggs last night just a little. Couldnt get him to really participate. He went back to bed. Well when Nick n I went in to bed, Danny is sittin there with a bottle of Robitussin DM that was on Barb's bedstand, readin it. He started askin me how much he should take n I was telling him none. He kept persisting. I tried to ignore. Nick n I got in bed. Well then he took the lid off n said he was gonna drink the whole bottle. I started to get outta bed saying I was gonna tell Barb then. He stands up and splashes/pours almost the whole bottle on Nick n I cuz he was mad and irritated that I wouldnt let him have the medicine and was gonna tell Barb. What a mess. Hadda wipe us off, change the sheets etc. He felt alittle bad and was in the bathroom with me trying to wipe off my neck n hair with a wet washcloth. It was so sticky and hard to get off. Nick didnt cry, but he had this awful sad and kinda mad expression and told me he is afraid Danny will "do something" to me. I tried to explain impulsivity with brain injury...how for example he might FEEL like dumping a glass of milk on his 4yr old niece when she pisses him off, but that our brains stop us and tell us its inappropriate, but the TBI person often loses that control or ability to judge what is correct to do. IDK. I wasnt expecting it. I wonder what today will hold...Still planning on a nice weekend and will deal calmly with whatever.
