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Aaargh! Awake at 4 a.m.
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 215034" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Terry,</p><p>Again the similarities between your difficult child and mine are so striking.</p><p>We found that difficult child's behaviour deteriorated so badly with video games. Even the ones that didn't wind him up and make him aggressive, tended to make him totally zone out. It was like he was high or something, after playing even for an hour.</p><p></p><p>We found he got the same way from watching TV. He would disappear inside his head, and then the rebound behaviour when he came back was truly AWFUL. Bouncing off the walls, rage, paranoia...again, like someone coming down from a bad drug trip.</p><p></p><p>We tried time limits, restrictions, playing only under strict supervision...nothing helped.</p><p>Eventually, we banned difficult child from watching TV, playing video games or using the computer at all. We reintroduced TV in small amounts, but we kept his Xbox locked up at his uncle's house (2 towns away) for over a year.</p><p></p><p>At the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), we started reintroducing video games as an experiment. With the additional control difficult child seems to have over his behaviour, we thought it was worth a try. In the last daily report, difficult child has been raging and defiant every time he finishes playing. So...I think the Xbox is going back into lockup.</p><p></p><p>Sorry you had a rough night. Hope today is better.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 215034, member: 3907"] Terry, Again the similarities between your difficult child and mine are so striking. We found that difficult child's behaviour deteriorated so badly with video games. Even the ones that didn't wind him up and make him aggressive, tended to make him totally zone out. It was like he was high or something, after playing even for an hour. We found he got the same way from watching TV. He would disappear inside his head, and then the rebound behaviour when he came back was truly AWFUL. Bouncing off the walls, rage, paranoia...again, like someone coming down from a bad drug trip. We tried time limits, restrictions, playing only under strict supervision...nothing helped. Eventually, we banned difficult child from watching TV, playing video games or using the computer at all. We reintroduced TV in small amounts, but we kept his Xbox locked up at his uncle's house (2 towns away) for over a year. At the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), we started reintroducing video games as an experiment. With the additional control difficult child seems to have over his behaviour, we thought it was worth a try. In the last daily report, difficult child has been raging and defiant every time he finishes playing. So...I think the Xbox is going back into lockup. Sorry you had a rough night. Hope today is better. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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