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Hello all. I hate that it's been a while since I've been on here and now I pop in asking for advice. :( I'm at my wits end and I don't know what to do. I'm hoping someone on here will have suggestions. I'm currently waiting for a return call from my son's psychiatrist and in the meantime I'm just...

First, I have to say that I have found so much information and support in the last month, just from reading the forum. I am thankful to have one more resource in helping my child. Long story short, my son is 8 and was diagnosed early-onset bipolar disorder at age 5. He fit every symptom...

:grrr:Many of you know about the incident last October that ended difficult child 1 in the psychiatric hospital. Well.......I got a summons in the mail TODAY that the local cops are pressing charges against difficult child 1 for XXX against ME. The cop was an a** (don't get me started on him again) and the "Incident Report" he...

I know this is a lot to read.. but please do! Background: My daughter was the easiest of all my children. She didn't require much. We started noticing difference and she started exibiting some strange behaviors. She was getting up at night and taking things to her bed to tear apart. When she was...

Alright. Here it is, in black and white. His diagnosis's are the following: Aspergers Syndrom, ADD inattentive type, mood disorder not otherwise specified, PTSD, ODD, and Anxiety. He had come out of a 5 week hospitalization where they weaned him off Seroquel onto Risperdahl. While her was in the psychiatric hospital, he went from a mens...

difficult child has been on Depakene (500mg/day) since July of last year, risperdal from July until April and Abilify (2mg/day) from April to now... well until a week ago actually. I had made the decision to remove difficult child from her medications for several reasons; finding out exactly who is under the medications, fears of...

Hi again. I've not been around in the last month. School is keeping me very busy and difficult child is sliding downhill as well. I was reminded yesterday that she's a 6-7year old in an 11 year old's body. So it could be that everyone might be asking more than she can handle?? We just had her IEP on...

I know some of you with difficult child's with extreme anxiety and a tendency to get physical have emergency prn's. We normally use the clonodine or tenex that *usually* knocks our difficult child out, but it doesn't always work. I am looking at taking difficult child on a trip with me (to see the baby). He is doing really...

Hi there. An introduction and seeing if this would be a good place for sharing our story. I have a daughter who's been diagnosed with atypical mood disorder, anxiety disorder, ADD (which I don't believe) and we're still thinking possibly bi-polar or depression. She's been tested for many things but...

Morning all.... My Doctor told me to give my difficult child bynedryl every night before he goes to bed and it should help him fall asleep.. What does other people think about this. My son is 10.

Is there a way to tease these diagnosis's apart? Do you think someone could be in such a sensory disordered state that it could appear like mania? Do you think someone could be in a sensory disordered state and it look like adhd?

Yet another day trashing everything in difficult child's room. It's like a quarterly thing around here for years. She's taken more money from my purse and stolen all the change husband has from his (deceased) bro. Plus some other stuff. It's been a very tough day and I hate having to do this to difficult child. I'm sure...

I rec'd 5 calls from school yesterday while I was at physical therapy. kt, apparently, went dissociative & was placed in the safe room. She was exhibiting some self harming behaviors - mostly, though, she was agitated & simply "not there". Didn't/couldn't (?) respond to any of school/day...

Hi, i need some ideas bigtime. difficult child is having major social issues. yes it is a work in progress at this point. have appointment. with dr. on tuesday night to discuss medication's again since thorazine wans't an option for me. am waiting on call back from a therapist that i want her to see. we stopped...

The medication merry go round. The Zyprexa made her angry all the time, instead of just half the time. Very aggressive, irritable, raging, irrational and all the other adjectives. doctor tried 2.5 mg of Prozac. Makes her hyper out of her mind. Today, her troop leader pulled me aside and told me that...

Totoro posted about a child on Prazosin. I have never heard of this so I googled it. WOW!! This is a medication that has been used for a long time. The side effect profile is fairly well known. It is fairly safe, at least as compared to many other prescription medications. This medication works to...

difficult child has not slept all night but once this week he says he doesn't want to be alone he's been awake since 2 am and doesn't get any medications until 7 am he gets 2 benadryl & a 1/2 clonodin every night at 5 pm any later and he has trouble going to sleep by 9 pm i'm at my witzend please help

Any words of advice for me in regards to getting my eight year old easy child daughter to stop picking on her nearly eleven year old brother? I knew this would start up eventually; she is sick and tired of getting bullied by her brother every chance he gets (she can't even go to the bathroom without...

Hello, I am here with difficult child who is soon to be 6. He has diagnosis' of Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP), ADHD, ODD, sensory processing disorder (SPD), Separation Anxiety, and celiac disease. He will choose to not eat for days, and literally starve himself. He has had a feeding tube until this last August and we are praying to keep it out. difficult child is...

I’m sure there is a whole chapter in ’Successful Parenting for Dummies’ about how you are not supposed to be almost giddy from relief and pride when your nineteen year old, living on his own, supporting himself, intellectually gifted son is able to handle a doctor appointment appropriately all...