aggressive child

Sorry I've been absent for so long, we've been super busy and handling lots of changes. Recently we changed difficult child's medications from risperdal and depakote to abilify and a slightly higher dosage of depakote. The risperdal just wasn't working. Changing over took just under a month and we have been doing...

Hi! :) i tried the luvox last night for difficult child, it was a no go. i kinda figured her response would be same as years ago, increased mania. Yet i liked this medication, and truly wanted to give it a try. thanks goodness i only did 25mg and cut the original dose. I"m telling you i have soo many medications...

We have a very predictable Saturday morning pattern, and it starts with a massive rage by difficult child. He wakes up at the crack of dawn and starts demanding stuff of us - get up! feed me! take me fishing! now! etc. and when we don't do exactly what he says he goes into his screaming, crying...

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I've seen a few posts where people mentioned that their kids were not able to tolerate Strattera. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if my son is experiencing irritability side effects from Strattera, or this is just part of his defiant behavior. Can anyone describe their...

Got the following email as I left for specials. "Complained of being tired between 9-9:30am. 10:30 a.m. refusals of work, crying, banging fists on desk, some screaming. Removed to safe room. Once in safe room (where he alone, by the way) the following tallies were taken: Hit wall=39...

I'm sorry for taking up so much bandwidth with my melodrama when you all have enough in your lives. Yesterday between school and leaving the house, difficult child scribbled with a sharpie on our new wood floors. Today after work, I researched how to clean it off, and took some nail polish to test it...

Wee difficult child saw the neuro on Monday. They are weaning him off the Depakote. I know his psychiatric isn't going to like this, with the bipolar diagnosis, but part of the reason they put him on the depakote way back when was because it was also a mood stabilizer and I have never seen any mood stabilizing qualities...

difficult child 2 didn't take his Seroquel Tuesday night. He was up late and fell asleep Wednesday night around 7pm. I woke him and gave him his medications around 8pm. He has no memory of it. He slept all night in street clothes, shoes and jacket. Today (Thursday), he got pulled out of class by the principal...

Little Bear was put on a new medication yesterday by his Dr. because he had a major rage at school Mon. that lasted for 30min and included hitting, kicking, biting, bad language. He had to be restrained of course and was suspended for 2 days. I talked to his Dr. and she believes he is definitly...

I sit here like many before me with such a heavy heart. I discovered this forum the other night after a really bad day…..I was able to sleep just knowing that I would come back here and read and learn. After a few rough days I have been trying to find the time to post an intro. Due to the...

Not really, but to difficult child I did. Whew! She was in a great mood when I picked her up at the end of the driveway. She got elected class president for student council and was happy. We get in the house and let her know has 45 minutes to unwind from school. She didn't want to eat her snack and got on...

Do any of your difficult child's have this obsession and if so, what do you do about it? Sammy wants food 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Even right after eating a full meal he wants food. When we say no obviously we have a full rage. I was just interested to know everyones take on this and if any of you...

I have a few questions regarding hospitilizations and when that decision is made etc. Little Bear is only 5yo so I have went through a great deal to avoid putting him inpatient. I am struggling with whether or not we can do this by ourselves. We had a very bad weekend with Little Bear and he...

I'm very new to this whole world and I would love some advice from some seasoned parents. I know this is incredibly long and wordy, but I would love and take anyone's advice on how to deal with my situation. Here is my difficult child's background: My middle son, T, is 6 years old and currently staying in...

Any comments on the following: the medication (abilify 7mg) keeps things quite wonderful (except for some excess weight) most of the time but once every few days, when he's tired, he'll go into a mode where he wants to control everyone completely and then of course is frustrated and lashes out in a...

I just hate this. Manster got his 4th grade pictures back and he is just so beautiful. But this is the first year that I look at his pictures and he looks like a "fat kid". It's addiction related. He uses food to sooth his anxiety. I feel like it's my fault. I should have had a lock on the...

Well, what a year. I dont know when I was last on the board. Here is a brief update: In oCtober, Sammy switched schools too complicated and long to get into now. The new school is very structured and only 11 kids in the class. The problem is that Sammy ahs started acting out in the school...

We will be meeting to modify difficult children behavior intervention plan tomorrow due to continued outbursts at school (no aggression just raging, arguing and non-compliance). The unfortunate thing is that a lot of the behaviors are his response to the school' classroom management 'system'. difficult child will get a...

Discharge plan: individual and family therapy, monitor medications. difficult child didn't want to come home, husband said, "I tried to talk to him but he's not being nice to me and I was starting to get mad. Nothing's going to change." He's going to school tomorrow. There was another kid from his school in the...