HI everyone,
I used to post here every once in awhile and was a frequent poster on the primary page a few years back. My difficult child has huge anger issues and has aways been violent when enraged. We have tried almost every medication. with less then adequate results. The best we have managed is a decent month here or there and then things stop working. I have a question and wanted to ask the experts, those who have been there done that, so to speak.
As difficult child grows, restraining him is becoming increasingly difficult. It has now become a wrestling match and I am really afraid someone is going to get hurt.
If we do not restrain him when he is enraged, he will come at us kicking or hitting. He picked up a kitchen stool once and attempted to throw it at me. He head butted me and gave me a black eye on another occasion. If you walk away from him, he will damage property and break things.
Ideally, we would like to prevent the issues leading up to this, but it happens instantly. Today, I asked him to sit down and eat lunch. he immediately began screaming, knocked over a chair and came at me with his fist raised.
Anyway, the question I am trying to get an answer to is this...
What can I do when he is out of control and dangerous?
Once I called an ambulance, he had calmed by the time they got there but we went down to the emergency room anyway. While we were waiting to be seen, he had several more screaming episodes and the nurse came in and told us he was scaring other patients and to keep him quiet! Of course it was the weekend so thy got the p'doctor on call and he suggested upping serequel which did not help.
Do I call the police when he is hiitng and kicking me? I hate the idea of putting on a show for the neighbors and I am afraid that by the time the officer would get to the house things will have calmed down and they won't do anything. What will they do?
If my husband was violent towards me, everyone would urge me to leave him and not look back. If you kid is hitting you, do you just have to put up with it? What if I hurt him while trying to get him under control. is this child abuse?
I called CPS to ask them what I should do and they directed me to the mental health association. We are having counselors come to meet with us so I guess that's a start but my question still remains.
What do I do in the moment when my son is violent and out of control? Anyone else ever been driving while having objects hurled at them from the back of the van? I love this little guy more than anything but I've had it!
If you're still reading this long, ranting post, thanks for listening and I'd love any advice or insight you can offer.
Thanks,
Christy
Mt
I used to post here every once in awhile and was a frequent poster on the primary page a few years back. My difficult child has huge anger issues and has aways been violent when enraged. We have tried almost every medication. with less then adequate results. The best we have managed is a decent month here or there and then things stop working. I have a question and wanted to ask the experts, those who have been there done that, so to speak.
As difficult child grows, restraining him is becoming increasingly difficult. It has now become a wrestling match and I am really afraid someone is going to get hurt.
If we do not restrain him when he is enraged, he will come at us kicking or hitting. He picked up a kitchen stool once and attempted to throw it at me. He head butted me and gave me a black eye on another occasion. If you walk away from him, he will damage property and break things.
Ideally, we would like to prevent the issues leading up to this, but it happens instantly. Today, I asked him to sit down and eat lunch. he immediately began screaming, knocked over a chair and came at me with his fist raised.
Anyway, the question I am trying to get an answer to is this...
What can I do when he is out of control and dangerous?
Once I called an ambulance, he had calmed by the time they got there but we went down to the emergency room anyway. While we were waiting to be seen, he had several more screaming episodes and the nurse came in and told us he was scaring other patients and to keep him quiet! Of course it was the weekend so thy got the p'doctor on call and he suggested upping serequel which did not help.
Do I call the police when he is hiitng and kicking me? I hate the idea of putting on a show for the neighbors and I am afraid that by the time the officer would get to the house things will have calmed down and they won't do anything. What will they do?
If my husband was violent towards me, everyone would urge me to leave him and not look back. If you kid is hitting you, do you just have to put up with it? What if I hurt him while trying to get him under control. is this child abuse?
I called CPS to ask them what I should do and they directed me to the mental health association. We are having counselors come to meet with us so I guess that's a start but my question still remains.
What do I do in the moment when my son is violent and out of control? Anyone else ever been driving while having objects hurled at them from the back of the van? I love this little guy more than anything but I've had it!
If you're still reading this long, ranting post, thanks for listening and I'd love any advice or insight you can offer.
Thanks,
Christy
Mt