prome
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Hi, there...
Does anyone know if there are alternatives to medications (that never are a home-run anyway) for kiddos (age 12) with Asperger's and suspected Conduct Disorder? Our son has serious issues with control, manipulation, deceit and has recently run away from home (he's back now).
Background:
We have a quite healthy home. We don't use plug-ins, often air out the home, eat raw foods and smoothies, restrict High Fructose Corn Syrup/Caffeine/Sugar/Gluten, drink Almond and sometimes soy milk and Lactaid and lastly regular 1%.
We have tried lots of medications: Abilify, Seroquel, Risperdal, Focalin and some others I can't remember the names of -- Our son usually does "ok" with Focalin, but it's nothing to write home about, nor does it offer much relief for him.
We don't know if he is ever conflicted, remorseful (doubtful), but we do know that he refuses to accept accountability/responsibility or face consequences. The "system" has mostly just written him off .. he's been in about 6 different schools and is now entering into 7th. I don't want to blame the teachers, or have them blame me. We KNOW it's our son. Period.
I am just exhausted, heart broken, and at my wits-end. We can't get baby sitters as our community doesn't look lightly on his infractions, nor want the responsibility/liability if he were to disappear on them. He is not aggressive/violent, just manipulative and untrustworthy and with disdain. He looks at everything with a paranoia and obsesses over the values of things. He can't hold a conversation without you feeling worthless somehow by the end of it. His red-light/green-light does not bother him a bit. If you say "red" he goes "green" and vice versa.
....and puberty is underway.
Thank you and hugs to anyone out there who thinks they are alone. I do, too.
--prome
Does anyone know if there are alternatives to medications (that never are a home-run anyway) for kiddos (age 12) with Asperger's and suspected Conduct Disorder? Our son has serious issues with control, manipulation, deceit and has recently run away from home (he's back now).
Background:
We have a quite healthy home. We don't use plug-ins, often air out the home, eat raw foods and smoothies, restrict High Fructose Corn Syrup/Caffeine/Sugar/Gluten, drink Almond and sometimes soy milk and Lactaid and lastly regular 1%.
We have tried lots of medications: Abilify, Seroquel, Risperdal, Focalin and some others I can't remember the names of -- Our son usually does "ok" with Focalin, but it's nothing to write home about, nor does it offer much relief for him.
We don't know if he is ever conflicted, remorseful (doubtful), but we do know that he refuses to accept accountability/responsibility or face consequences. The "system" has mostly just written him off .. he's been in about 6 different schools and is now entering into 7th. I don't want to blame the teachers, or have them blame me. We KNOW it's our son. Period.
I am just exhausted, heart broken, and at my wits-end. We can't get baby sitters as our community doesn't look lightly on his infractions, nor want the responsibility/liability if he were to disappear on them. He is not aggressive/violent, just manipulative and untrustworthy and with disdain. He looks at everything with a paranoia and obsesses over the values of things. He can't hold a conversation without you feeling worthless somehow by the end of it. His red-light/green-light does not bother him a bit. If you say "red" he goes "green" and vice versa.
....and puberty is underway.
Thank you and hugs to anyone out there who thinks they are alone. I do, too.
--prome