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I am so distraught about everything with-difficult child 1. We've been on the Risperidone since 12/1. While we've seen some improvements, they're not nearly what I'd hoped for. I know I've mentioned here before how absolutely sick I am about difficult child 1 being on this medication. I'm worried about her gaining tons...

Can anyone tell me about Lithium? Today my son had an appointment with his psychiatrist and he was totally himself during the appointment. His psychiatrist got to see him in true form today! MH was argumentative and disrespectful to me. He “corrected” me and spoke to me as if he is my equal and not my son...

He's 12yo and currently diagnosis as conduct disorder. He's shown some tendencies toward sexual inappropriateness before like laying on the other kids or asking them to lay on him. He once told our daughter to open her mouth and act like a baby and to swallow the rubber snake toy he had in his hand...

Carson's younger brother (6) was playing around and went to put an empty box on Carson's head. Carson was watching TV and flew into a RAGE!! He attacked his brother. Then when I sent Carson to his room and Brother to his sister's room (the boys share a room) Carson screamed more. Hit the door...

My 11 years old aspie attacked his 17 years old sister and used a kitchen knife to damage dining table and threatened to stab himself. I called 911 and had them bring him to the hospital. After waiting 4 hours here, without even seeing the resident psychiatrist, thru the social worker, the...

It seems to be happening about an hour or so before bedtime. I can't even remember what started it last night. I decided to follow through with a consequence, that's right, nothing big, I just got my firmness on lol and he reacted. He went on and on about how I disrespect his feelings. Oh and I...

Need some ladies.. difficult child is currently on vyvanse. Thanks to DHs insurance, it costs 160 bucks per month. We just can't afford it. BM refuses to help, despite their court order. Doctor is trying to get Adderral approved, but that's the same price. Pharmacist said we might want to give ritalin a...

If a child takes Ritalin or any stimulant and it "works" - ie the child is not so hyperactive or can concentrate better - does this necessarily mean the child is ADHD? Although I have been (to my surprise) pondering about the possible beneficial effects of stimulants recently, this question...

OK - I have my copy. Update... this was done in Dec/Jan 2012. difficult child is now 14 and starting 9th grade this fall. VCI 114 82% PRI 117 87% WMI 102 55% PSI 83 13% FSIQ 108 70% Then, on another page titled Table of Scores...

I'm new to the site, but I am hoping to get some words of encouragement/advice.. I guess I'll start from the beginning.. When my step-son was about 2 1/2 yrs old we noticed he was very defiant, got into a lot of things (baby proofing was useless), destructive, etc. We thought it was just...

difficult child 2 has my bug, and I don't know if it's because I'm letting him sleep more because he's sick, or because he's had a decongestant the last two nights (phenylephrine hydrochloride), but he is taking a really long time to settle down and get to sleep. He's also been more tempermental -- not sure...

OK, I know difficult child doesn't want to take it, and I do understand that. But... This is what I am concerned about... twice this weekend, once as she was falling asleep Friday night, and then again to day when she woke up from a nap, she was talking gibberish. The first time it happened, I assumed she...

I seriously cannot hear those words out of V's mouth anymore without getting upset. "I'm hungry" all day long. And then the endless battle during meal time to finish his plate. It does not make ANY sense. And I'm talking about food he likes. I don't even battle anymore about foods he does not...

Hi! Wondering if today was the day for the psychiatrist. How did it go????

I booked an appointment with-a local psychiatrist for difficult child, just to shake things up a bit and get a 2nd opinion. I'm sick of being on 2-mo waiting lists for 5 mo's and just booked with-someone in a practice where I had already met a cpl people. I can't tell if there's a mood disorder on top of the Asperger's...

Hi! I posted once a couple of months ago and haven't been back to the forum in awhile, things have just kinda been going downhill and continue to do so. I had posted about my adopted son, Dill, and his behavior and anger issues. They are getting worse and we have tried everything under the...

Hello everyone!! I am new to this process, but I would love some input on what I'm dealing with. I have a 13 yr old son who was diagnosed ADHD when he was 5, then at age 7 he was also diagnosed with Bi-Polar. Things were going ok till about age 9, he changed drasticallly. He was admitted into...

Hi all. I am new on this website but not new in this subject. I would appreciate any advice given, so please feel free to comment My son is 12 years old and is living with me, my daughter (15) and my Fiancee. Since he was a toddler, he has had a history of bad tempers, even so far as to...

I admit this is sticky for them and I sympathize. What do I do with a kid who is actually unable to stop saying things, sounds an inappropriate words. Warning: this post contains graphic language, but it is in an attempt to explain...dont read if offended by naughty words He has this new one...

I got a call from the school at 2 pm. Its the school therapist. She has difficult child 1 in her office and says he has something to tell me. (Of course I'm thinking he did something bad.) He gets on and it sounds like he is about to cry. He tells me that X hit him on the head on Friday. He is supposed to go to...