Alisonlg
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I don't know if it just seems markedly increased because he hasn't been home from the hospital very long or if it truly HAS increased, but my GOODNESS it seems like every 5 seconds this child is fixated on/obsessed about something and it's driving me mad! It was this obsession, this *need* for things that drove his two big meltdowns yesterday.
I just seems constant. First when he came home from the hospital he found a catalog that had a $500 blow up waterpark...he NEEDS it. So he went on and on and on about HOW could he earn it and WHO could he get to buy it for him? That was a 2 day obsession...he's still bringing it up occasionally. Video Games have always been a big obsession (trigger) because if he had his way, he'd play them all day long, but we have time limits on them and he NEEDS more time (that was his meltdown trigger last night). Yesterday afternoon, he told us how his friend has a Harry Potter computer game and he went on and on and on brainstorming about HOW he could get his hands on that game yesterday...could we go out and buy it? could we go to the library? could we go to his grandmothers library? could he get his other grandmother to take him to the store to buy it? could we buy it? could we order it online? HOW could he earn it? Could we get it right now? He NEEDS IT! Then he wanted Taco Bell when we had decided on Outback Steak House. When he realized that we were having Outback and he NEEDED Taco Bell AND Harry Potter's computer game, he had his major meltdown.
But, it just seems to be an all day, constant thing...one obsession to the next. I try my best to distract him, redirect him...but is there anything else I can do? Is there any chance either medication is contributing to this (Strattera & Seroquel)? We have our In-Take meeting at the Day Program tomorrow, but I'm not sure how much I'll really get to talk to someone of knowledge. At this very moment, we're in the transition between the psychiatric hospital and the Day Program (which will become our psychiatrist, I'm assuming), so I have no one to turn to but you guys.
Any suggestions?
I just seems constant. First when he came home from the hospital he found a catalog that had a $500 blow up waterpark...he NEEDS it. So he went on and on and on about HOW could he earn it and WHO could he get to buy it for him? That was a 2 day obsession...he's still bringing it up occasionally. Video Games have always been a big obsession (trigger) because if he had his way, he'd play them all day long, but we have time limits on them and he NEEDS more time (that was his meltdown trigger last night). Yesterday afternoon, he told us how his friend has a Harry Potter computer game and he went on and on and on brainstorming about HOW he could get his hands on that game yesterday...could we go out and buy it? could we go to the library? could we go to his grandmothers library? could he get his other grandmother to take him to the store to buy it? could we buy it? could we order it online? HOW could he earn it? Could we get it right now? He NEEDS IT! Then he wanted Taco Bell when we had decided on Outback Steak House. When he realized that we were having Outback and he NEEDED Taco Bell AND Harry Potter's computer game, he had his major meltdown.
But, it just seems to be an all day, constant thing...one obsession to the next. I try my best to distract him, redirect him...but is there anything else I can do? Is there any chance either medication is contributing to this (Strattera & Seroquel)? We have our In-Take meeting at the Day Program tomorrow, but I'm not sure how much I'll really get to talk to someone of knowledge. At this very moment, we're in the transition between the psychiatric hospital and the Day Program (which will become our psychiatrist, I'm assuming), so I have no one to turn to but you guys.
Any suggestions?