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In over my head 12 y.o. son with ADHD, Bipolar, CD and ICD/Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 507716"><p>difficult child is stands for gift from god said totally tongue in cheek. psychiatrist stands for psychiatrist. neuropsychologist is a neuropsychologist. Theylook at how the brain (the EEG will help) and his behavior are connected. Good for you. I made the mistake of putting MY doubts aside and letting the doctor be the doctor and difficult child 1 paid a dear price for it. LISTEN TO YOUR MOMMY GUT!!! If something is not working TELL her. I TOLD my psychiatrist we were stopping a medication because it was making difficult child 1 aggressive and the psychiatrist had never heard of that before and instead wanted to keep upping the dosage. I FINALLY spoke up and told him I wanted difficult child 1 OFF that medication. </p><p></p><p>If the diagnosis is wrong or there is more going on, the wrong medications can do a lot of damage. Also, for difficult child 1, our SD was pushing (literally trying to force me) to put difficult child 1 into a behavioral school. I am sooooo glad I listened to my mommy gut because what you are describing (the time-out room) would have pushed difficult child 1 WAY farther over the edge than he already was and let me tell you he was at the edge to begin with. Being treated the wrong way can also do major damage to some of our kids....depending on the REAL issues.</p><p></p><p>You really need to try to figure out WHY he's behaving this way. Along with the evaluations, there are some books you really should read and implement. The first one is The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. It was reading that book and inplementing those ideas (difficult child was 12) that showed me a VERY clear picture where many of the problems really came from. The other is What Your Explosive Child Is Trying To Tell You by Dr. Doug Riley. That will also show you some alternative ways to look at behavior. They might help you a lot and with the evaluations, you should KNOW which way to go...so to speak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 507716"] difficult child is stands for gift from god said totally tongue in cheek. psychiatrist stands for psychiatrist. neuropsychologist is a neuropsychologist. Theylook at how the brain (the EEG will help) and his behavior are connected. Good for you. I made the mistake of putting MY doubts aside and letting the doctor be the doctor and difficult child 1 paid a dear price for it. LISTEN TO YOUR MOMMY GUT!!! If something is not working TELL her. I TOLD my psychiatrist we were stopping a medication because it was making difficult child 1 aggressive and the psychiatrist had never heard of that before and instead wanted to keep upping the dosage. I FINALLY spoke up and told him I wanted difficult child 1 OFF that medication. If the diagnosis is wrong or there is more going on, the wrong medications can do a lot of damage. Also, for difficult child 1, our SD was pushing (literally trying to force me) to put difficult child 1 into a behavioral school. I am sooooo glad I listened to my mommy gut because what you are describing (the time-out room) would have pushed difficult child 1 WAY farther over the edge than he already was and let me tell you he was at the edge to begin with. Being treated the wrong way can also do major damage to some of our kids....depending on the REAL issues. You really need to try to figure out WHY he's behaving this way. Along with the evaluations, there are some books you really should read and implement. The first one is The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. It was reading that book and inplementing those ideas (difficult child was 12) that showed me a VERY clear picture where many of the problems really came from. The other is What Your Explosive Child Is Trying To Tell You by Dr. Doug Riley. That will also show you some alternative ways to look at behavior. They might help you a lot and with the evaluations, you should KNOW which way to go...so to speak. [/QUOTE]
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