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<blockquote data-quote="burntfingers" data-source="post: 552248"><p>Thank you for welcoming me ... I actually found this site when difficult child was six and we were just starting our journey and it was a Godsend back then. This site is what got the ball rolling for our IEP and the help that we received in counseling, etc., etc. It's been a long road, and I wish I had kept a diary at this point because of how long it's been (medications, names of doctors, etc., etc.).</p><p></p><p>difficult child is currently taking Zyprexa (5mg 2x per day). He hasn't officially been diagnosed with anything other than ADHD and a general mood disorder, although they believe it to be bipolar disorder given my family history (my brother and grandma both have it). It was just him and me in the beginning, until he was about 4 years old, then I met husband, who I obviously married, and husband adopted him in 2008. husband committed a white-collar crime and was sentenced to 5 years in prison a little over 2 years ago. So - we struggle with that. I am in counseling myself over that one, but we attend family counseling as well, and difficult child has his own individual counseling too. </p><p></p><p>I thought we were doing okay, I assumed his anger was just stemming from being a moody teen, he sleeps all the time, eats like a beast, and nothing ever makes him happy - I figured it was a combo of being a teen, adjusting to the changes that we've faced since his dad has been gone, but now I don't know. He's been taking his current medications for about 4 years, maybe it's time for an adjustment there too ... I don't know. All I know is that considering what happened Friday night, I'm terrified of him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="burntfingers, post: 552248"] Thank you for welcoming me ... I actually found this site when difficult child was six and we were just starting our journey and it was a Godsend back then. This site is what got the ball rolling for our IEP and the help that we received in counseling, etc., etc. It's been a long road, and I wish I had kept a diary at this point because of how long it's been (medications, names of doctors, etc., etc.). difficult child is currently taking Zyprexa (5mg 2x per day). He hasn't officially been diagnosed with anything other than ADHD and a general mood disorder, although they believe it to be bipolar disorder given my family history (my brother and grandma both have it). It was just him and me in the beginning, until he was about 4 years old, then I met husband, who I obviously married, and husband adopted him in 2008. husband committed a white-collar crime and was sentenced to 5 years in prison a little over 2 years ago. So - we struggle with that. I am in counseling myself over that one, but we attend family counseling as well, and difficult child has his own individual counseling too. I thought we were doing okay, I assumed his anger was just stemming from being a moody teen, he sleeps all the time, eats like a beast, and nothing ever makes him happy - I figured it was a combo of being a teen, adjusting to the changes that we've faced since his dad has been gone, but now I don't know. He's been taking his current medications for about 4 years, maybe it's time for an adjustment there too ... I don't know. All I know is that considering what happened Friday night, I'm terrified of him. [/QUOTE]
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