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<blockquote data-quote="Ronni" data-source="post: 93369" data-attributes="member: 850"><p>Thanks again to everybody who responded. Well, up until this week, my difficult child was only making it to school maybe one day per week, and so far, there hasn't been any real consequences from the school. I met up with the school psychologist and difficult child's counselor a couple times and they are very aware of his truency problems. I was told to let the school handle it, I didn't need to call them when he refused to go to school, only when I was excusing an absence. So that is exactly what I've been doing, basically nothing. In a way, that's probably worked for me because all this has really taken an emotional toll on me, and I don't know that I was cabable of doing much more than that. But alot has happened this past week.</p><p> First of all, I have been prescribed celexa from my own Dr. and I can't believe the difference it has made in my attitude. It no longer seems like the end of the world. Secondly, my difficult child had an appointment with his Dr. Monday, but at the last minute refused to go. So I didn't want to just stand the guy up, so I went alone, and was able to give alot of information to him on what I observe at home from my difficult child. When difficult child goes to the appointments, he usually doesn't answer the questions truthfully because he doesn't want the Dr. thinking he's bad, or judging him. He says it's none of the Dr.'s business what he does or how he acts, and when I would try to say something, he'd kill me with dirty looks. So when I went to see his Dr. by myself, I was able to talk openly about difficult child. Well, his Dr. thinks that difficult child is bipolar based on his past behavioral history, and what I told him about his current behavior. </p><p> So he prescribed Abilify, and so far, difficult child has been cooperative in taking the medications. I didn't tell him that it's for bipolar, cause he would fly off the handle, and then he'd refuse to take the medications. He thinks they're just to help with his moods. (Same thing I guess) You know how teens are with being labeled. He doesn't want anybody to think he's crazy or that there's something wrong with him. I guess I don't know much about bipolar, and have been reading up on it to understand it better. I'd appreciate hearing from anybody who has a difficult child with bipolar, and what I can expect. I realize that everybody's different, but I don't know what I'm dealing with here. </p><p> This past week, he made it to school 4 days, so that's good. I don't know if it's the medications or what, but I'm happy and hope that this continues. His Dr. said to keep him out of the alternative school if at all possible cause he's too smart for that, but we will just have to see how this year goes. He's planning on going to the alternative school next year. </p><p> I have to take easy child to a football game, but will check in later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronni, post: 93369, member: 850"] Thanks again to everybody who responded. Well, up until this week, my difficult child was only making it to school maybe one day per week, and so far, there hasn't been any real consequences from the school. I met up with the school psychologist and difficult child's counselor a couple times and they are very aware of his truency problems. I was told to let the school handle it, I didn't need to call them when he refused to go to school, only when I was excusing an absence. So that is exactly what I've been doing, basically nothing. In a way, that's probably worked for me because all this has really taken an emotional toll on me, and I don't know that I was cabable of doing much more than that. But alot has happened this past week. First of all, I have been prescribed celexa from my own Dr. and I can't believe the difference it has made in my attitude. It no longer seems like the end of the world. Secondly, my difficult child had an appointment with his Dr. Monday, but at the last minute refused to go. So I didn't want to just stand the guy up, so I went alone, and was able to give alot of information to him on what I observe at home from my difficult child. When difficult child goes to the appointments, he usually doesn't answer the questions truthfully because he doesn't want the Dr. thinking he's bad, or judging him. He says it's none of the Dr.'s business what he does or how he acts, and when I would try to say something, he'd kill me with dirty looks. So when I went to see his Dr. by myself, I was able to talk openly about difficult child. Well, his Dr. thinks that difficult child is bipolar based on his past behavioral history, and what I told him about his current behavior. So he prescribed Abilify, and so far, difficult child has been cooperative in taking the medications. I didn't tell him that it's for bipolar, cause he would fly off the handle, and then he'd refuse to take the medications. He thinks they're just to help with his moods. (Same thing I guess) You know how teens are with being labeled. He doesn't want anybody to think he's crazy or that there's something wrong with him. I guess I don't know much about bipolar, and have been reading up on it to understand it better. I'd appreciate hearing from anybody who has a difficult child with bipolar, and what I can expect. I realize that everybody's different, but I don't know what I'm dealing with here. This past week, he made it to school 4 days, so that's good. I don't know if it's the medications or what, but I'm happy and hope that this continues. His Dr. said to keep him out of the alternative school if at all possible cause he's too smart for that, but we will just have to see how this year goes. He's planning on going to the alternative school next year. I have to take easy child to a football game, but will check in later. [/QUOTE]
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