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<blockquote data-quote="P-nut2004" data-source="post: 421715" data-attributes="member: 11740"><p>Thank you guys for the warm welcome, I have been reading other members posts and I am so happy to find that I am not alone. </p><p></p><p>HaoZi- I have placed an order for The Explosive Child & Im looking forward to reading it, thank you for the suggestion. We do keep a lot of things locked up but it seems the list of things to lock away keeps growing, its very frustrating not to mention time consuming. I have tried talking to P-Dr about switching/ adjusting medications but she's very brief (we have 15 minute meetings once a month) and difficult to deal with. Perhaps its the P-Dr we need to adjust?</p><p></p><p>Marg- I would be thrilled to switch places with husband. I am almost finished with 2 bachelors degrees, one in Criminal Justice & the other in Psychology, it has been a long hard road taking classes while dealing with difficult child and I have been out of school for 2 years now, trying to go back this fall. If I thought for a second he would go for it or could manage to do half the things I do every day, I would jump at the chance. Unfortunately I will most likely finish my degrees and do nothing with them for now because I cant work and care for difficult child and be a good housewife and mom to the other two girls, its just too much for me to juggle. I already know from past experience that me working will not make him feel obligated to do more either and while he is a 'fun dad' he is not so great at the actual parenting and has to have my constant input to handle normal daily routines.</p><p></p><p>Sharon- husband does not read anything but car magazines LoL he claims to be unable to 'absorb anything he reads' and therefor will not try. He does occasionally come with me to p-dr & therapist but seems to think they should be able to give him a formula to fix everything. He didn't want to put difficult child on medications to begin with and now that the medications seem to be doing very little he thinks this has proven his point. He does accept difficult children diagnosis to some extent because I made a point of going to the best place in our area for a full panel of neurological & behavioral analysis. However, he thinks if we can just 'figure out how to deal with her' she will be ok. As for 'me time' I am just now learning (thanks to group therapy for PTSD) to make some time for myself & haven't yet mastered not feeling guilty about it. Right now this is my me time LoL and so far it seems to have lightened my mood today to finally find other parents who are dealing with difficult children of their own.</p><p>Thank you all again for the welcome and the advice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="P-nut2004, post: 421715, member: 11740"] Thank you guys for the warm welcome, I have been reading other members posts and I am so happy to find that I am not alone. HaoZi- I have placed an order for The Explosive Child & Im looking forward to reading it, thank you for the suggestion. We do keep a lot of things locked up but it seems the list of things to lock away keeps growing, its very frustrating not to mention time consuming. I have tried talking to P-Dr about switching/ adjusting medications but she's very brief (we have 15 minute meetings once a month) and difficult to deal with. Perhaps its the P-Dr we need to adjust? Marg- I would be thrilled to switch places with husband. I am almost finished with 2 bachelors degrees, one in Criminal Justice & the other in Psychology, it has been a long hard road taking classes while dealing with difficult child and I have been out of school for 2 years now, trying to go back this fall. If I thought for a second he would go for it or could manage to do half the things I do every day, I would jump at the chance. Unfortunately I will most likely finish my degrees and do nothing with them for now because I cant work and care for difficult child and be a good housewife and mom to the other two girls, its just too much for me to juggle. I already know from past experience that me working will not make him feel obligated to do more either and while he is a 'fun dad' he is not so great at the actual parenting and has to have my constant input to handle normal daily routines. Sharon- husband does not read anything but car magazines LoL he claims to be unable to 'absorb anything he reads' and therefor will not try. He does occasionally come with me to p-dr & therapist but seems to think they should be able to give him a formula to fix everything. He didn't want to put difficult child on medications to begin with and now that the medications seem to be doing very little he thinks this has proven his point. He does accept difficult children diagnosis to some extent because I made a point of going to the best place in our area for a full panel of neurological & behavioral analysis. However, he thinks if we can just 'figure out how to deal with her' she will be ok. As for 'me time' I am just now learning (thanks to group therapy for PTSD) to make some time for myself & haven't yet mastered not feeling guilty about it. Right now this is my me time LoL and so far it seems to have lightened my mood today to finally find other parents who are dealing with difficult children of their own. Thank you all again for the welcome and the advice! [/QUOTE]
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