thycamom63
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I am new here. A little background for you. husband and I adopted our son when he was 8 yrs. old from fostercare. He will be 15 in a few weeks. We have made huge progress in his behaviors. When we first got him he had never been able to stay in school for an entire day and spent most of his day in the time out room because of aggression. Now 6 years later he no longer is in a behavior disorder classroom and actually only gets Special Education help for math and reading. His teachers tell us he is so polite and well-mannered. Unfortunately that is not the child that I bring home from school everyday. I bring home a mouthy, rude, disrespectful kid. Everyday after I pick him up we argue. He yells at me, calls me names, swears at me, makes fun of the dogs, and sings at the top of his lungs. Usually the songs are not nice, usually about killing or drugs or sex. This goes on for a couple of hours then he apologizes and turns nice again. It is exhausting to deal with. If I ignore him he just gets louder and we live in an apartment, I'm surprised the neighbors haven't called the cops. No matter what I tell him to do he is totally defiant. Also he will sometimes get this crazy laugh, like Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". I think his medications are off or just not working. He's on 600 mg lithium 2x per day, 15 mg abilify 2x day, and cogentin to counteract the abilify side effects.
Any suggestions on how I can deal with him? Do you think his medications aren't working? His actual diagnosis is psychosis-not otherwise specified and ptsd.
Thanks,
Any suggestions on how I can deal with him? Do you think his medications aren't working? His actual diagnosis is psychosis-not otherwise specified and ptsd.
Thanks,