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<blockquote data-quote="cathyw1970" data-source="post: 116764" data-attributes="member: 4471"><p>If I can offer some input. My difficult child was diagnosed with adhd when he was 4 and bipolar disorder when he was 9. Around the age of 12 everything changed. The warning signs of mania coming on, heck everything changed. Before then I had found ways to curve the mania. His would always start with night terrors leading to him afraid to go to sleep which would lead to a full manic episode. So what me and husband would do is when the night terrors started we would have him sleep with us and he felt secure enough to sleep and that stopped the mania. After he turned 12, that was about the time puberity set in, we no longer had any warning signs. I know what u mean by him being cruel one minute and smiling the next. Been there done that wayyyy to many times. And not sure if your difficult child is like mine but behavioral mods were a total joke. I think you are right about the odd part but I also think that the odd is triggering the BiPolar (BP) or that is how it is with my difficult child. It's kind of silly but it might be worth checking into. My difficult child tends to get like this if someone is giving him a hard time at school. Our difficult child's want so badly to be like everyone else that it breaks my heart that no matter how hard my difficult child tries he just doesn't fit in. Which causes a tremendous amout of stress which can trigger both disorders. I can't imagine the hell our kids must live in daily. When things are going badly I go in mom mode for my other children and I tend to forget what hell he must be goin thru. I feel your frustration and your pain. I'm there myself also. One thing that keeps me from throwing my hands up and saying "I quit" is this. God gave him to me for a reason. He is special and needs a different kind of parent than your typical parent. I'm not just his mother, I'm also his advocate, his doctor, his therapist and even sometimes when he allows me his friend. If your difficult child is anything like mine there is a dear sweet and caring side to him. That's the part that I feel is really him and that is what I hold on to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cathyw1970, post: 116764, member: 4471"] If I can offer some input. My difficult child was diagnosed with adhd when he was 4 and bipolar disorder when he was 9. Around the age of 12 everything changed. The warning signs of mania coming on, heck everything changed. Before then I had found ways to curve the mania. His would always start with night terrors leading to him afraid to go to sleep which would lead to a full manic episode. So what me and husband would do is when the night terrors started we would have him sleep with us and he felt secure enough to sleep and that stopped the mania. After he turned 12, that was about the time puberity set in, we no longer had any warning signs. I know what u mean by him being cruel one minute and smiling the next. Been there done that wayyyy to many times. And not sure if your difficult child is like mine but behavioral mods were a total joke. I think you are right about the odd part but I also think that the odd is triggering the BiPolar (BP) or that is how it is with my difficult child. It's kind of silly but it might be worth checking into. My difficult child tends to get like this if someone is giving him a hard time at school. Our difficult child's want so badly to be like everyone else that it breaks my heart that no matter how hard my difficult child tries he just doesn't fit in. Which causes a tremendous amout of stress which can trigger both disorders. I can't imagine the hell our kids must live in daily. When things are going badly I go in mom mode for my other children and I tend to forget what hell he must be goin thru. I feel your frustration and your pain. I'm there myself also. One thing that keeps me from throwing my hands up and saying "I quit" is this. God gave him to me for a reason. He is special and needs a different kind of parent than your typical parent. I'm not just his mother, I'm also his advocate, his doctor, his therapist and even sometimes when he allows me his friend. If your difficult child is anything like mine there is a dear sweet and caring side to him. That's the part that I feel is really him and that is what I hold on to. [/QUOTE]
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