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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 399585" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>Your son is VERY LUCKY to have you as his mom. He is only 8 years old and you have already started building a team around him to help him. That is great! Any diagnosis along those lines schitzo/bipolar will NEED medications to help. Just like you can't treat Type 1 diabetes strictly with diet, it has to be a combination of diet and medications; so goes these illnesses. You may see huge leaps once you get the right medications on board (and it may take some trial and error -- with my son Eeyore it took about 4 years before we got the mix of medications that really helped, now we only do small tweaks as he grows).</p><p></p><p>Once the medications are working, the therapy will be so much more effective. Regarding the sexual offenses -- I'm glad to see that you are taking it seriously, be aware that you will run into professional who don't believe that an 8 year old can do "those things". Here is a thread from a few years ago about others of us dealing with this: <a href="http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/the-harsh-reality.15596/" target="_blank">http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/the-harsh-reality.15596/</a></p><p></p><p>The one thing you MUST do is develop a written safety plan. It must keep your son from ever being able to be alone with his sister. Our oldest, Kanga, was physically violent and we ended up putting coded locks on all bedroom doors, alarms on her doors and a camera in the hallway. Take her in the bathroom with you if you are the only adult home with them. If someone calls DCFS on you, if you can show them that you are taking it very seriously and that you have him in services and that you have a safety plan, it will go much easier.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you had to join us here but this is a wonderful group. I have been here over 10 years and there are some women on this board that I am closer to than many of my in real life friends because people here get it -- we really do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 399585, member: 1169"] Your son is VERY LUCKY to have you as his mom. He is only 8 years old and you have already started building a team around him to help him. That is great! Any diagnosis along those lines schitzo/bipolar will NEED medications to help. Just like you can't treat Type 1 diabetes strictly with diet, it has to be a combination of diet and medications; so goes these illnesses. You may see huge leaps once you get the right medications on board (and it may take some trial and error -- with my son Eeyore it took about 4 years before we got the mix of medications that really helped, now we only do small tweaks as he grows). Once the medications are working, the therapy will be so much more effective. Regarding the sexual offenses -- I'm glad to see that you are taking it seriously, be aware that you will run into professional who don't believe that an 8 year old can do "those things". Here is a thread from a few years ago about others of us dealing with this: [URL]http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/the-harsh-reality.15596/[/URL] The one thing you MUST do is develop a written safety plan. It must keep your son from ever being able to be alone with his sister. Our oldest, Kanga, was physically violent and we ended up putting coded locks on all bedroom doors, alarms on her doors and a camera in the hallway. Take her in the bathroom with you if you are the only adult home with them. If someone calls DCFS on you, if you can show them that you are taking it very seriously and that you have him in services and that you have a safety plan, it will go much easier. I'm sorry you had to join us here but this is a wonderful group. I have been here over 10 years and there are some women on this board that I am closer to than many of my in real life friends because people here get it -- we really do. [/QUOTE]
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