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Hello all - I am feeling as though the ground is being pulled out from underneath me by my son. He is in my face, shouting, threatening on a daily basis. He won't get out of bed until the last possible minute, which has made me late for work repeatedly. I even switched my hours at work to a...

didn't want to hijack any other treads, considering there seems to be alot of other difficult child's in the same boat as us latley. we saw a new psychiatrist on monday. 2 hrs away, but she spent 2 hrs with- us(double session)and started changing medications.(we have another 2 hr apt next week!) difficult child was nervous. he was...

We decided to take a quick weekend trip to the beach this past weekend. Our last hurrah you could say. While driving, difficult child and easy child were watching a movie and being very well behaved. husband and I were having great conversation and everything seemed to being going well. Anyhow, difficult child says, "...

I have a question fro everyone. Do our difficult child's ever "grow out of this" ?? My difficult child is 12 (13 in December) and although I now believe he has suffered from ADHD/ODD for many years I was not aware (in denial!) of it until 2 yrs ago. I dont know if I can handle the thought of this going on his whole...

After repeated tries to login after losing my password, etc. I decided to re-register! I was active on this board two years or so ago. Since that time my older daughter's behavior/mood has seriously deteriorated. She has a major tantrum about once a month (first week of every month for the...

difficult child 2 cannot concentrate, cannot sit still, cannot focus tonight on his homework. I asked him if he took his medications at lunch and he says he did. But he's acting like he didn't, and he shouts at me "Mom! I'm BUZZING!" (our term for hypomanic symptoms like racing thoughts). Tomorrow morning he...

I haven't posted on here for a long time as things seemed to be going well with my difficult child. Or so I thought. She's recently developed what I think may be Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). She has obsessive thoughts that worry and scare her, and some are of a sexual nature. She feels that she has to tell me every thought that...

hi to u all. i have a 6 yr old son who was diagnosed with odd last year while in kindergarden-every other day he was trouble for kickin pushin hittin u name it, he had several in school suspensions and almost got expelelled two days from last of school. now this year hes in diff school, better...

So our difficult child got out of inpatient, was put on stratterra because we've tried stimulant medications and we don't like the side effects nevermind they increase his aggression. Our difficult child is covered by medicaid, well after discharge upon taking the prescription to the pharmacy we find out that in our...

I am so glad I found this site today during a search for advice and guidance on the Internet. I am in search of and in need of advice related to my daughter. She has awful outburst that are most of the time out of my control. Let's just say I have my hands full. I've tried everything possible...

I've just joined this group and am thrilled to find others going through many of the same things our family has. As an introduction, I'd like to give a brief recount of our son's life thus far. "E" as we call him is now 5 years old. He was difficult from birth....developmentally delayed...

Hi all. I am the mother of a 7 year old daughter who was diagnosed with ADHD when she was 6. She began having problems at school almost as soon as she entered kindergarten. Her teachers would complain that they could not get her to participate or respond and that she would "shut down" when an...

My autistic son of 17 years was percribed Risperdal which he took for 3 months. During that time he balooned in weight and wanted to sleep all the time. We told his doctor that because we did not see enough benefits and my sons self esteem was very low, we wanted him to come off it. He has been...

I'm looking for some help here on how to help difficult child 2 who seems to get very stuck on one way of thinking or in some emotion. When he had his neuropsychologist testing done the tester obseved that he had the highest number of attempts she had ever seen on this one test (moving pegs?)--he persevered...

Hi, I am new here and have never infact been on any forum. I have 2 kids (boys) aged 8 and 2. 8 yr old has been diagnosed ADHD/ODD borderline CD although I honestly doubt if he is borderline. I dont know what to do with him or for him. Everyday it is a battle to get ready for school, to do...

.....really? Before my difficult child's medications kick in in the morning, every morning, I have to suffer "mommy abuse". When does this end???? He KICKS on the bathroom door while I shower (trying to do something productive to get away from him). He refuses to eat the eggs and toast I make him and if I turn...

Hi- I posted once a few weeks ago. I mainly lurk but just that makes me feel a bit better that I am not the only one dealing with a difficult child. My ds or difficult child is 10. He has a history of being very defiant( at home), occasionally aggressive with husband, brother, and I, very moody (can change in a...

Just curious about what I'm seeing in difficult child 2 today. For anyone who read my latter post in the thread about ripping the classmate's jacket... difficult child 2 had a lot of energy after school today. He was really happy and upbeat. While waiting to pick up difficult child 1 in front of school, he asked to get out of...

I'm posting this over on the news page, too.

New to this sight but far from new to the frustration,pain,heartache,anger,confusion of a child with a mental disorder. My son was dignosed at 6 with ADHD and medicated. I thought oh thank God my son is back he could sit still, learn and be productive in his class. 8yrs later he has been thru...