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I was curious to know if any of you began taken medications because of the stress/depression of difficult child'S? Is this common? If yes, what kind of medications and for what? Depression/Stress? Thank you in advance for your response. ME AND THE BOYS

I think we may be onto something! psychiatrist rx'd 5mg Lexapro for easy child/difficult child 3 because he thought that stress/anxiety was playing a role in her secondary enuresis that started about two years ago when her brother was very ill for several months. She's always been an anxious kid who holds everything in...

I noticed that a few of your difficult children take Lexapro for anxiety. I have posted a few times about my difficult child and his behaviors lately. I believe the Zoloft simply has to go. I called the psychiatrist's office yesterday about my concerns. I described the suspension for taking a knife to school, the slicing our...

Long story made short... my neighbor is a behavior specialist within our school district, most recently having worked in daughter's elementary school. I spoke with- her at length about Sam & his behavior issues, and gave her copies of all the material I have (evaluations, IEP, parent write-up). She...

We’ve been doing some medication changes for J now that school has ended. We finally got him off Depakote completely and haven’t seen a return of his mania (yeah!). He’s on 100 mg BID Lamictal and 5 mg Lexapro – and he’s still depressed. He’s lying around the house, not wanting to do anything but...

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, but I don't feel very Merry. Last night, difficult child wanted to open an early present, which is something we have traditionally done, so I told him he could pick one out. He did, and oh boy, there he went, whining and griping because it was something he...

I'm curious about how many of us, here on the boards, have started on anti-depressents after dealing with our difficult children? I was told that I have PTSD/depression. This was recently. I started taking Lexapro about a month ago. I was so depressed that I was just crying all the time. After about a...

with difficult child last night. Totally lost it. I had to leave for a few hours, AFTER I realized I almost hit him. My throat was sore from yelling, I just was out of control. Like last year. Which caused husband and I to fight, and I blamed it on difficult child. Day 5 of school: He had a lot of homework. I...

Hello and let me introduce myself by letting everyone know how desperate I am in seeking an explanation for my 2 year old daughter's behavior. My daughter is a beautiful little girl who is very sweet, intelligent and friendly but has an EXTREMELY volatile and unpredictable temperament. It has...

I need help, ideas, and advice, on staying calm in the middle of my son's meltdowns, rudeness, manipulations, and his attempts at blatantly pushing my buttons. I used to be the most calm mom, ever - and now I have lost whatever it was I used to have, and with just one button pushing statement...

I know I probably sound like a broken record, but I don't have a brick wall handy to slam my head against a few times so I vent here. The constant negativity is wearing me down. You all know the drill...if something doesn't work exactly like she wants it to or whatever. My mom and I went in...

Hi Everybody! I just found you today and am happy to have found you. My difficult child is 14 and has High-Functioning Autism (HFA) (high-functioning autism). I can deal pretty well with all of it but since he hit age 12 he has decided the way to deal with the world is by brute force. With DEX not around anymore I have had to be...

I prefer a Christian or faith based treatment facility... Has anyone had any experiences with places like these? I live in Texas so I'd definitely want something close.

and then a huge step back :( We go back to dinner as a family every Sunday night, unless the kids have been with their dad and sometimes even then depending on ow difficult child is acting. Yesterday was great, he was up early, ate breakfast, went out to do yardwork with M. At 12:30, he came in and...

This morning difficult child refused to go to therapeutic school. It seemed that nothing we tried was going to work. We took away all his things and he said he did not care, then he kicked me. DS called the police. They went upstairs and spoke with him to see if they could figure out what was going on...

Howdy!! I am so excited to find this message board. :applause: My name is Kandi. I am a mother to 3 amazing children. My oldest is 11 and he has a diagnosis of BiPolar (BP) and they are now looking into Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or AS. My middle child is 10, he is typical. My baby is 8 and she is typical as well and my heart. I...

I was just wondering what possible medication combinations would work for a child diagnosed with anxiety (social, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and separation) and ADHD, AS signs and the possibility of underlying bipolar. I have to get back into the psychiatrist because the prozac just made him more oppositional and hyper so I didn't...

Hi Everyone. New here, it's my first post. I am the Mom of a 14 & 3/4 year old son, Tim. I knew Tim had been sneaking out, riding his bike about 5 miles one way to see a 'girl' sometime between 1.00 am - 5.00 am, usually on weekends. I nabbed him coming in the door on a couple of...

I should have known, going through this twice now, the medication trial is going to be a huge PITA. But, silly, stupid me, I thought, just thought, MAYBE, just MAYBE, this kid will be different, and a small stimulant will take all the worries away. Hello? Who was I kidding? He's still ADHD...

I couldn't post this yesterday, I just couldn't. Yesterday AM difficult child refused to go to school (picture day) We have been noticing a pattern with rages and pictures. Got him into car unwillingly. When the bus came, he refused to get out. I asked the bus driver, if I can get him on the bus, will...