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First off let me say that it feels good to have found this forum because I know that I will get support from people that understand what I am going through rather than people trying to tell me that my son’s actions are normal “boy” behaviors. My son is 4 years old and very violent...

Hello! I am new to the forum. I stumbled onto the site while doing a google search while I'm at home waiting for my SO to get home with our difficult child (7, adhd, odd,cd, possible cobd). Over the last couple of months we had been seeing an escalation in difficult child's oppositional and aggressive tendencies which...

I'm feeling like dam*ed if I do, dam*ed if I don't.... Neuro has been telling me for months to give Vyvanse a try with difficult child. I took her off of stims because I felt they were causing her to be more aggressive & mean......even though she was on them for quite a long time with other positive...

So, last night was the first full night home for D. He had a good day at school and came home happy to play with his brothers. There was some tension with A, but I did see that D was able to compromise and work things out which is a major milestone!! But, as dinner time came along, things...

Hi: My son somewhat recently had his medications changed to place him on Risperdal. He was previously on Depakote and Clonidine. The psychiatric felt that Risperdal would adress his aggresive behavior better than the Depakote. When I read up on Risperdal though, it says it can increase agressiveness 26% of...

Woo hoo! That's the best news I've heard in a long time. We picked up difficult child after lunch today. First, we talked to the soc wkr. He was American and had no accent. :) He said difficult child's notable characteristics are that he is extremely impulsive, very stubborn, and that his intelligence was way up...

husband and I are coming close to the end of the line with-difficult child. We have all made so much progress, but we are all exhausted. difficult child will be going to public school soon, and that will help him immensely, but right now, husband and I need help. I lost my temper with-difficult child Mon while trying to help him with-math. I tried...

My 9 yo Daughter has been put on Depakote along with her risperdal and clonidine for her manic state. Is there anything that I should look out for? Does anyone have anything to tell me about Depakote? Good or Bad.

Smallworld's comments on my Neuro-psychiatric thread made me want to post now about our psychiatrist apt yesterday. Our Neuro-psychiatric feels that K, once stable,she feels K is stable, could use a tiny bit of an ADHD medication. She feels of course that this is between us and our psychiatrist. She was highly recommended...

:happy: Greetings! I'm Michelle... I have a 16 year old who has ADHD, ODD and Asperger's Syndrome (some forms of all but not all inclusive). Some days it's easy and others are a real challenge. The biggest obstacle seems to be his inability to effectively socialize properly. We've been through...

We saw the psychiatric this past Tuesday. It didnt take much observation to see how impulsive, hyper, inattentive, unfocused, non compliant, defying authority, difficult child is. I told the psychiatric that difficult child is like that all the time and throw in some aggressive meltdowns and explosions every now and again for...

Hi, I'm exhausted and fed up today. difficult child generally is doing much better these days, especially at school. He has made a number of friends (including a BEST friend), he is doing great academically, and his anxiety level is way down. But, he is still hitting and threatening husband, easy child, and me on a...

I asked him if he wanted me to explain what all of the pills did as I handed them to him. I started telling him which one was for allergies, fish oil, Vit C, probiotics, clonidine and 10 mg zoloft. These are all 2x a day. He started listening and then stopped and swallowed them all and said "na...

I honestly believe that there are times when people need medications rx'd to function normally. But, am I the only person that believes that sometimes medications are rx'd when they shouldn't be- just because a good therapist can't be found to deal with psychiatric problems so people start thinking medications MUST be needed?

If the Illinois legislature doesn't get their collective butts in gear THIS WEEK, my children will lose: *their psychiatrists *their therapists *their prescription drug coverage *the autism family resource center *half of their adoption subsidy Kanga's Residential Treatment Center (RTC) should be fine as that is...

It was just a matter of time. This is the end of the 2nd wk on Prozac. He's hot and is seeing black spots in front of his eyes when he tries to stand up. I think I can nip this one in the bud because I know what we're dealing with. Last time, with-Zoloft, I thought he was crying wolf. Live and...

when he's bad, he's very, very bad. Today we visited our "old" child psychologist. I had called ahead to tell them I would like to go over difficult child's psycho-educational test results. Dr R is an authority figure. And he can explain things very well--clearly and calmly. difficult child told me he didn't want...

First of,i am Alex and my difficult child is 6 and in Special Education for adhd,odd and borderline bipolar.In his IEP he is under emotionaly disturbance and other health impairment.We have had issius with him since he was only 2.To make a long story short,he has been medicated for almost 2 years now,but never on...

Some of you may remember the guy whose memoir I helped write. He is from Zimbabwe and an American citizen. He dropped out of sight while applying for university teaching jobs but had no luck. I emailed him to help tutor difficult child, or just play basketball with-him, and he emailed back! Ta-da! I don't know...

I have three sons ages 6,3, and 8 months. Both the 6 and 3 year old have been diagnosed with autism. Both were hyperlexic at 12 months, however neither spoke until 3 in sentences. Both the 6 and 3 year old are on IEP's and have been formally diagnosed with autism. My 6 year old is very...