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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 213758" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>A lot of what I did was keep encouraging Wiz to "roll with it" to handle the changes. To be patient and see what happened. It was worst in 5th grade. That was the year he was in a pull-out program rather than the reg classroom. We were totally BLESSED with a teacher and 2 aides for 3-5 kids. The one aide is one of the smartest people i have ever met and she worked with Wiz on HIS level (near college level for most things that year) and the worked on being part of the group.</p><p> </p><p>We DID find that an SSRI at a fairly high level really reallly helped with the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies. He would fixate on me not loving him as much as whomever (and yes, it was once the idiot cat!). The SSRI helped him get "unstuck" which was a good thing. It also helped us mediate his overwhelming obsessions. </p><p> </p><p>We did have a really bad reaction to zoloft - after about 4 months he got really really aggressive. That is when he went into the psychiatric hospital for the 4 motnhs. Taking him off SSRIs was a disaster - he was very very suicidal (and smart enought o figure out HOW in a lockdown facility!) and his thinking was totally stuck. Mood stabilizers did absolutely nothing, but geodon helped with the aggression and luvox (which is very close chemically to prozac, and prozac is the only SSRI that I can tolerate - I find this interesting) helped with the "love them more" and other stuck and idiot thinking.</p><p> </p><p>Yes, I always called it idiot thinking. I used to tell Wiz that only an "idjit" would think I could love ANYONE more than I loved him. The plain talk seemed to get through, but it did take quite a while and a lot of other people helping.</p><p> </p><p>I am sorry you are going through all this. Just letting what isn't truly important slide (picking your battles, or putting things in Basket A or ignoring them) really really helps.</p><p> </p><p>Heck, with thank you right now, as long as he sleeps, I don't care where. He often migrates out to the couch in the night. He is not watching tv or playing, he just wants to go and get husband and snuggle. husband never realizes he has gotten up and moved, so we don't worry about it much. </p><p> </p><p>I also don't worry overmuch about what thank you eats. he tends to skip dinner, but has a snack after school that is a substitute. He will join us and be pleasant, but just can't eat then.</p><p> </p><p>So work with the shcool, let the tardies slide unless they cause a big problem, and focus on what you can do. And right now it may be just reassuring him that discipline does not mean you don't love him. Wiz used to get it into his head that we gave him consequences because I hated him.. Not sure how or why, but it was there. You may have some of the same going on.</p><p> </p><p>anyway, give him time for hte celexa to get out of his body. Even though the dose was low, it really could be causing withdrawal symptoms. Docs and pharmacists tend to say it doesn't happen, but it does.</p><p> </p><p>Hugs to all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 213758, member: 1233"] A lot of what I did was keep encouraging Wiz to "roll with it" to handle the changes. To be patient and see what happened. It was worst in 5th grade. That was the year he was in a pull-out program rather than the reg classroom. We were totally BLESSED with a teacher and 2 aides for 3-5 kids. The one aide is one of the smartest people i have ever met and she worked with Wiz on HIS level (near college level for most things that year) and the worked on being part of the group. We DID find that an SSRI at a fairly high level really reallly helped with the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies. He would fixate on me not loving him as much as whomever (and yes, it was once the idiot cat!). The SSRI helped him get "unstuck" which was a good thing. It also helped us mediate his overwhelming obsessions. We did have a really bad reaction to zoloft - after about 4 months he got really really aggressive. That is when he went into the psychiatric hospital for the 4 motnhs. Taking him off SSRIs was a disaster - he was very very suicidal (and smart enought o figure out HOW in a lockdown facility!) and his thinking was totally stuck. Mood stabilizers did absolutely nothing, but geodon helped with the aggression and luvox (which is very close chemically to prozac, and prozac is the only SSRI that I can tolerate - I find this interesting) helped with the "love them more" and other stuck and idiot thinking. Yes, I always called it idiot thinking. I used to tell Wiz that only an "idjit" would think I could love ANYONE more than I loved him. The plain talk seemed to get through, but it did take quite a while and a lot of other people helping. I am sorry you are going through all this. Just letting what isn't truly important slide (picking your battles, or putting things in Basket A or ignoring them) really really helps. Heck, with thank you right now, as long as he sleeps, I don't care where. He often migrates out to the couch in the night. He is not watching tv or playing, he just wants to go and get husband and snuggle. husband never realizes he has gotten up and moved, so we don't worry about it much. I also don't worry overmuch about what thank you eats. he tends to skip dinner, but has a snack after school that is a substitute. He will join us and be pleasant, but just can't eat then. So work with the shcool, let the tardies slide unless they cause a big problem, and focus on what you can do. And right now it may be just reassuring him that discipline does not mean you don't love him. Wiz used to get it into his head that we gave him consequences because I hated him.. Not sure how or why, but it was there. You may have some of the same going on. anyway, give him time for hte celexa to get out of his body. Even though the dose was low, it really could be causing withdrawal symptoms. Docs and pharmacists tend to say it doesn't happen, but it does. Hugs to all! [/QUOTE]
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