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14 year old step-son is scaring me
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<blockquote data-quote="recovering doormat" data-source="post: 282881" data-attributes="member: 5941"><p>others with more wisdom and experience than me will be along, I'm sure, to give a lot of advice, and they will also ask you some questions.</p><p> </p><p>Can you give us a little more info on who lives in your household? If you look on the bottom of our posts, it has a shorthand description of the members of our households, and what, if any, diagnoses and medications people are on. This biographical info is useful to see if our kids have had similar reactions to medications.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know much about Abilify, but I'm thinking if he's on the max dose and it's not helping, he needs a doctor-supervised medication wash (going off medications properly so the psychiatrist can see what the kid is like unmedicated). Many of us have had our kids exhibit extreme behaviors on different drugs and drug combinations. They all react differently but sometimes you see a pattern with kids acting out on certain medications. </p><p> </p><p>I agree with the others that he needs to be placed in a psychiatric hospital ASAP for evaluation. Has he ever had a neuropsychologist evaluation or an EEG to see if the brain circuitry is working okay? Sometimes kids who have had head injuries or concussions can act out or be aggressive. </p><p> </p><p>The first priority is the physical safety of any other children in the house, as well as you and your husband. I am hoping that dad is as concerned as you are. Is his mom resistant to him getting a more intensive level of help? I'm kind of surprised that she lets him stay at her house if he has molested her, unless she herself is overwhelmed by problems and doesn't know what to do.</p><p> </p><p>My son had damaged just about every room in my house, broken my things, threw tantrums, threatened me, you name it, and I twice I've called the cops to remove him from my house. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but I had to draw a line somewhere. Believe me, he doesn't do any kind of threat or vandalism now. He got hauled before a judge, is on probation, spent six weeks in a psychiatric hospital, and doesn't want to go away again. But he was just a spoiled brat with a diagnosis of anxiety. Once he realized that his dad and I were serious that we weren't going to put up with his s*** anymore he became very contrite.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck to you. I hope his father and bio mom are on the same page as you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recovering doormat, post: 282881, member: 5941"] others with more wisdom and experience than me will be along, I'm sure, to give a lot of advice, and they will also ask you some questions. Can you give us a little more info on who lives in your household? If you look on the bottom of our posts, it has a shorthand description of the members of our households, and what, if any, diagnoses and medications people are on. This biographical info is useful to see if our kids have had similar reactions to medications. I don't know much about Abilify, but I'm thinking if he's on the max dose and it's not helping, he needs a doctor-supervised medication wash (going off medications properly so the psychiatrist can see what the kid is like unmedicated). Many of us have had our kids exhibit extreme behaviors on different drugs and drug combinations. They all react differently but sometimes you see a pattern with kids acting out on certain medications. I agree with the others that he needs to be placed in a psychiatric hospital ASAP for evaluation. Has he ever had a neuropsychologist evaluation or an EEG to see if the brain circuitry is working okay? Sometimes kids who have had head injuries or concussions can act out or be aggressive. The first priority is the physical safety of any other children in the house, as well as you and your husband. I am hoping that dad is as concerned as you are. Is his mom resistant to him getting a more intensive level of help? I'm kind of surprised that she lets him stay at her house if he has molested her, unless she herself is overwhelmed by problems and doesn't know what to do. My son had damaged just about every room in my house, broken my things, threw tantrums, threatened me, you name it, and I twice I've called the cops to remove him from my house. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but I had to draw a line somewhere. Believe me, he doesn't do any kind of threat or vandalism now. He got hauled before a judge, is on probation, spent six weeks in a psychiatric hospital, and doesn't want to go away again. But he was just a spoiled brat with a diagnosis of anxiety. Once he realized that his dad and I were serious that we weren't going to put up with his s*** anymore he became very contrite. Good luck to you. I hope his father and bio mom are on the same page as you. [/QUOTE]
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