Magillalove
New Member
Hi, I am new here. I just ran across this site in a google search.
I have 4 kids ages 20, 16, 8 and 6.
I have been married for 9 years to my husband but he has been with me for 14 so he has practically raised my older two.
My older 3 kids are what I refer to as tricks. because I never knew what I was getting into with number 4.
My first was a terrible terrible 2, I cried daily for 2 years when he was a toddler, but alas we made it through and he is fine and going to college now.
The middle two are far calmer, more piece of cake like.
Then came my little baby girl, she started her terrible twos at 7 months.
I actually took her to the pediatrician. and said, "Something is wrong here, she acts like a two year old." The Dr's answer was that she was precocious.
We have a family history of Bipolar disorder, and various other mental disorders. My older brother is Bipolar, as well as my grandfather, and I am as well, diagnosis, around 10 or 11 years ago.
We took her to a psychiatrist in November of 2007 when she had a massive panic attack, and had gotten to where she had absolute school refusal.
She has been in therapy with a psychiatrist for a few months before she saw the psychiatrist.
The Tdos was adamant that we take her to the psychiatrist for many weeks, but my husband being very into natural therapies, wanted to try everything we could before medication.
Then he saw her have a panic attack.
Fast forward, She has been diagnosed as having Early Onset Bipolar Disorder, and ODD.
we have tried many medications, but they only work for awhile before the side effects take over and she has to stop.
Right now she is so defiant, I don't know how she is going to go to public school by Sept. which we are starting an IEP for. Currently she attends a private school with a class size of 12.
I know this is alot of stuff, but not really anything specific.
But where I am right now, is I started crying when I read the acronyms page. I am so past my limit, I am at that place where I am not coming up with the best plans for her, because she has worn me down so badly.
What I need at this point, is some coping skills for her and myself.
some strategies, because I know a lot of what is going on with her is behavioral not chemical. Of course the chemicals are always a factor, but we have let her get away with so much for so long, its all spun out of control.
anyway,
That is my long winded intro.
Thanks for taking time to read this far
Traci
I have 4 kids ages 20, 16, 8 and 6.
I have been married for 9 years to my husband but he has been with me for 14 so he has practically raised my older two.
My older 3 kids are what I refer to as tricks. because I never knew what I was getting into with number 4.
My first was a terrible terrible 2, I cried daily for 2 years when he was a toddler, but alas we made it through and he is fine and going to college now.
The middle two are far calmer, more piece of cake like.
Then came my little baby girl, she started her terrible twos at 7 months.
I actually took her to the pediatrician. and said, "Something is wrong here, she acts like a two year old." The Dr's answer was that she was precocious.
We have a family history of Bipolar disorder, and various other mental disorders. My older brother is Bipolar, as well as my grandfather, and I am as well, diagnosis, around 10 or 11 years ago.
We took her to a psychiatrist in November of 2007 when she had a massive panic attack, and had gotten to where she had absolute school refusal.
She has been in therapy with a psychiatrist for a few months before she saw the psychiatrist.
The Tdos was adamant that we take her to the psychiatrist for many weeks, but my husband being very into natural therapies, wanted to try everything we could before medication.
Then he saw her have a panic attack.
Fast forward, She has been diagnosed as having Early Onset Bipolar Disorder, and ODD.
we have tried many medications, but they only work for awhile before the side effects take over and she has to stop.
Right now she is so defiant, I don't know how she is going to go to public school by Sept. which we are starting an IEP for. Currently she attends a private school with a class size of 12.
I know this is alot of stuff, but not really anything specific.
But where I am right now, is I started crying when I read the acronyms page. I am so past my limit, I am at that place where I am not coming up with the best plans for her, because she has worn me down so badly.
What I need at this point, is some coping skills for her and myself.
some strategies, because I know a lot of what is going on with her is behavioral not chemical. Of course the chemicals are always a factor, but we have let her get away with so much for so long, its all spun out of control.
anyway,
That is my long winded intro.
Thanks for taking time to read this far
Traci