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<blockquote data-quote="MyHrt31" data-source="post: 256840" data-attributes="member: 6666"><p>We haven't gone to the judge yet but if he goes off of what the principal of the school says, she is making it look like EVERYTHING difficult child does is deliberate and not apart of his exceptionality. From what she has mentioned, the judge will make him sign a contract. If he fails to abide by the rules in the contract, he will end up in juvy. </p><p> </p><p>The psychiatrist seems to think he has conduct disorder (in addition to many other disorders) and they even mentioned this in his diagnosis in the hospital. He's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, ADHD, Impulse Control Disorder, and Aspergers. I haven't added them to my signature because I honestly believe that this is mostly Aspergers and Bipolar disorder. The medications that they've tried him on for ADHD do not work. They make him even more hyper and make his heart race. The drugs for the bipolar disorder do help a little but nothing seems to help much with his impulsivity. He's not an easy going kid, never has been. </p><p> </p><p>The stuff that I am told about my parenting can be annoying but I understand most people are just ignorant about mental health. They like to blame the kids and the parents because that's "old school" and before they knew about these types of issues. </p><p> </p><p>I take him to a psychologist (who definitely believes this is apart of his exceptionality and mainly relies on the Aspergers diagnosis because she has a lot of experience with Aspies), a psychiatrist (who thinks its Bipolar and Conduct disorder) and a therapist (who works underneath the psychologist and treats him for Aspergers). I have him on a schedule, I give him rewards and consequences and I role play with him. There is not much more I can do that hasn't been done already so hearing the principal say that I believe him because I love him kind of irritates me. Of course I believe him because I love him but also because I've educated myself on mental illness (I will have a Masters degree in Psychology in December) and I will do whatever it takes to help him. If this means to send him to juvy, then so be it. I will do whatever it takes, even if it hurts like heck to help him. I will not, however, let others dictate how I should hold my son accountable for ALL of his actions when he's got a heck of a lot of challenges that make it that much harder for him.</p><p> </p><p>I forgot to mention that when they put him on stimulants, it increases his aggression. He was put on Vyvanse (which seems to have the least irritability for him) a few weeks ago. I let his psychiatrist know that he's been pretty irritable lately and she's trying him on Trileptal as well. I may just request that he stay off of ALL stimulants because this seems to be when he is the most irritable and obviously does not help with his hyperactivity and impulse control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MyHrt31, post: 256840, member: 6666"] We haven't gone to the judge yet but if he goes off of what the principal of the school says, she is making it look like EVERYTHING difficult child does is deliberate and not apart of his exceptionality. From what she has mentioned, the judge will make him sign a contract. If he fails to abide by the rules in the contract, he will end up in juvy. The psychiatrist seems to think he has conduct disorder (in addition to many other disorders) and they even mentioned this in his diagnosis in the hospital. He's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, ADHD, Impulse Control Disorder, and Aspergers. I haven't added them to my signature because I honestly believe that this is mostly Aspergers and Bipolar disorder. The medications that they've tried him on for ADHD do not work. They make him even more hyper and make his heart race. The drugs for the bipolar disorder do help a little but nothing seems to help much with his impulsivity. He's not an easy going kid, never has been. The stuff that I am told about my parenting can be annoying but I understand most people are just ignorant about mental health. They like to blame the kids and the parents because that's "old school" and before they knew about these types of issues. I take him to a psychologist (who definitely believes this is apart of his exceptionality and mainly relies on the Aspergers diagnosis because she has a lot of experience with Aspies), a psychiatrist (who thinks its Bipolar and Conduct disorder) and a therapist (who works underneath the psychologist and treats him for Aspergers). I have him on a schedule, I give him rewards and consequences and I role play with him. There is not much more I can do that hasn't been done already so hearing the principal say that I believe him because I love him kind of irritates me. Of course I believe him because I love him but also because I've educated myself on mental illness (I will have a Masters degree in Psychology in December) and I will do whatever it takes to help him. If this means to send him to juvy, then so be it. I will do whatever it takes, even if it hurts like heck to help him. I will not, however, let others dictate how I should hold my son accountable for ALL of his actions when he's got a heck of a lot of challenges that make it that much harder for him. I forgot to mention that when they put him on stimulants, it increases his aggression. He was put on Vyvanse (which seems to have the least irritability for him) a few weeks ago. I let his psychiatrist know that he's been pretty irritable lately and she's trying him on Trileptal as well. I may just request that he stay off of ALL stimulants because this seems to be when he is the most irritable and obviously does not help with his hyperactivity and impulse control. [/QUOTE]
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