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<blockquote data-quote="Last ♡ Hope" data-source="post: 415273" data-attributes="member: 11452"><p>He sleeps now, I guess I failed to mention in the book I wrote down there, lol. That first hospitalization they started him on Trazadone and it has been a Godsend. He started going to sleep on his own and staying asleep. It is the one medication that has never failed us. Sure the dose has been increased and decreased as needed, but when it's at whatever level he needs, it works beautifully. Unfortunately, sleeping thru the night did NOTHING to improve his daytime behavior like we all thought it would. </p><p></p><p>When the incident in the van happened we were heading home from visiting family. It's a 2+ hour trip and we got a late start and he was already over-stimulated before we even climbed in. Not good. In hindsight we should have skipped the Valentine's Day Dinner at my mom's church, which included lots of kids, which ALWAYS overstimulates him, but the rest of us really wanted to go. We so seldom go anywhere or do anything and it drives the rest of us batty...but I digress. difficult child was in full-gear annoying mode, kicking his older sister in the back of the head, kicking the windows of the van - anything to get a reaction from us. We had to stop at a little town just to let him get out and run a bit and keep his sister sane. While there he had to use the restroom and while in the gas station to do that, he attempted to steal a candy bar. We had to wrestle it away from him which made him furious so when we all climbed back into the van, he was worse. He began screaming at the top of his lungs, not crying, just screaming to annoy us. I told everyone to just ignore him, but the baby of course is incapable and he just started bawling from all the noise. Well we are all very VERY protective of our baby, and so older son became upset that difficult child made the baby cry and yelled "JUST SHUT UP [difficult child]!!!" at which point, faster than you can blink, difficult child smashed older brother in the face with said laptop. Just blood everywhere, we couldn't even tell where it was coming from. Horrible. difficult child knowing he'd crossed a very big line, just flipped completely. He says very mean things when he's freaking out and he was threatening to kill us all, etc. Oldest child had to turn around in her seat to watch him because he was out of his booster and belt, refusing to sit, yelling obscenities and I was driving as fast as was safely possible to get back to town calling the hospital as I'm driving telling them they better get a bed ready because in about 45 minutes he was going to be there. </p><p></p><p>He used to play his older brother's old DS, but it broke and I will not be replacing it. He gets so zoned in on the games that he pees his pants (something he already struggles with, hence the DDAVP) and gets very intense and freaky... like he can't stop. Plus he'd steal his older brother's games and hide them, which caused untold drama. So no more video games for him at all.</p><p></p><p>I strive for consistency, but it's hard sometimes. The rest of us aren't wired that way at all, we're very easy going, laid back, go-with-the-flowy, so I do try, but it doesn't come naturally for most of us under this roof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Last ♡ Hope, post: 415273, member: 11452"] He sleeps now, I guess I failed to mention in the book I wrote down there, lol. That first hospitalization they started him on Trazadone and it has been a Godsend. He started going to sleep on his own and staying asleep. It is the one medication that has never failed us. Sure the dose has been increased and decreased as needed, but when it's at whatever level he needs, it works beautifully. Unfortunately, sleeping thru the night did NOTHING to improve his daytime behavior like we all thought it would. When the incident in the van happened we were heading home from visiting family. It's a 2+ hour trip and we got a late start and he was already over-stimulated before we even climbed in. Not good. In hindsight we should have skipped the Valentine's Day Dinner at my mom's church, which included lots of kids, which ALWAYS overstimulates him, but the rest of us really wanted to go. We so seldom go anywhere or do anything and it drives the rest of us batty...but I digress. difficult child was in full-gear annoying mode, kicking his older sister in the back of the head, kicking the windows of the van - anything to get a reaction from us. We had to stop at a little town just to let him get out and run a bit and keep his sister sane. While there he had to use the restroom and while in the gas station to do that, he attempted to steal a candy bar. We had to wrestle it away from him which made him furious so when we all climbed back into the van, he was worse. He began screaming at the top of his lungs, not crying, just screaming to annoy us. I told everyone to just ignore him, but the baby of course is incapable and he just started bawling from all the noise. Well we are all very VERY protective of our baby, and so older son became upset that difficult child made the baby cry and yelled "JUST SHUT UP [difficult child]!!!" at which point, faster than you can blink, difficult child smashed older brother in the face with said laptop. Just blood everywhere, we couldn't even tell where it was coming from. Horrible. difficult child knowing he'd crossed a very big line, just flipped completely. He says very mean things when he's freaking out and he was threatening to kill us all, etc. Oldest child had to turn around in her seat to watch him because he was out of his booster and belt, refusing to sit, yelling obscenities and I was driving as fast as was safely possible to get back to town calling the hospital as I'm driving telling them they better get a bed ready because in about 45 minutes he was going to be there. He used to play his older brother's old DS, but it broke and I will not be replacing it. He gets so zoned in on the games that he pees his pants (something he already struggles with, hence the DDAVP) and gets very intense and freaky... like he can't stop. Plus he'd steal his older brother's games and hide them, which caused untold drama. So no more video games for him at all. I strive for consistency, but it's hard sometimes. The rest of us aren't wired that way at all, we're very easy going, laid back, go-with-the-flowy, so I do try, but it doesn't come naturally for most of us under this roof. [/QUOTE]
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