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<blockquote data-quote="Mama_to_Grace" data-source="post: 453087" data-attributes="member: 12616"><p>Thanks for your responses. She is not currently medicated. However, I believe The SSRIs we have tried can also "activate" these violent behaviors in some kids. ??? Don't know if that's true? And if it is, well she has been off the last one we tried: Zoloft, for 14 months. The SSRIs DID trigger WAY worse Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behaviors. She was pulling out her eyelashes & hair and eating the hair and doing many ritualistic things. She also said that she couldn't stop thinking about "bad things" no matter how hard she tried. Her nightmares were also at their worst and she would regularly have dreams where she died or things crushed her or ate her.</p><p></p><p>So I am very leery of attempting any medications again although as the meltdowns become really severe and aftwerwards when she says things like "I am stupid" or "I am bad" or "I hate myself" I am starting to think that if I don't find a medication that works soon this could become dangerous.</p><p></p><p>The public schools here are not good at all (I am in rural Texas) and unless your child is failing academically or is a major disruption in class they don't have the energy or resources to help. My daughter is very anxious and shy in school and tends to latch on to the teacher but is otherwise mute and not disruptive except for crying or holding her ears or not doing her work without prompting, all of which the principal and teacher would tell me could be dealt with "off the record". She had a lot of issues in PE and I finally had to just keep writing notes to the coach to let her sit out and I think the school eventually saw me as an "over-involved" parent that they wished would just butt out. They would always refuse to allow me to volunteer in the classroom or observe and refused her therapist to obsereve, stating it was against the privacy policy. They did however have their "autism specialist" observe and she stated my daughter was doing "fine". They had even taken away my daughter's chewy necklace (she has oral stims) saying it was "unsanitary". Finally, my daughter's therapist said she was so clinically anxious that she should be removed from that school, at least temporarily and that is when I found the private academy. They are Montesori-ish and the director has a daughter with some similar issues as my daughter so she made me feel better that there would be someone looking out for her. However, they have no IEPs or anything in conjunction with our public district at all and most parents of children at this school desire it that way. They LAST thing you want in my area is for the county "officials" in your parental business.</p><p></p><p>Hope this answers the questions.</p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mama_to_Grace, post: 453087, member: 12616"] Thanks for your responses. She is not currently medicated. However, I believe The SSRIs we have tried can also "activate" these violent behaviors in some kids. ??? Don't know if that's true? And if it is, well she has been off the last one we tried: Zoloft, for 14 months. The SSRIs DID trigger WAY worse Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behaviors. She was pulling out her eyelashes & hair and eating the hair and doing many ritualistic things. She also said that she couldn't stop thinking about "bad things" no matter how hard she tried. Her nightmares were also at their worst and she would regularly have dreams where she died or things crushed her or ate her. So I am very leery of attempting any medications again although as the meltdowns become really severe and aftwerwards when she says things like "I am stupid" or "I am bad" or "I hate myself" I am starting to think that if I don't find a medication that works soon this could become dangerous. The public schools here are not good at all (I am in rural Texas) and unless your child is failing academically or is a major disruption in class they don't have the energy or resources to help. My daughter is very anxious and shy in school and tends to latch on to the teacher but is otherwise mute and not disruptive except for crying or holding her ears or not doing her work without prompting, all of which the principal and teacher would tell me could be dealt with "off the record". She had a lot of issues in PE and I finally had to just keep writing notes to the coach to let her sit out and I think the school eventually saw me as an "over-involved" parent that they wished would just butt out. They would always refuse to allow me to volunteer in the classroom or observe and refused her therapist to obsereve, stating it was against the privacy policy. They did however have their "autism specialist" observe and she stated my daughter was doing "fine". They had even taken away my daughter's chewy necklace (she has oral stims) saying it was "unsanitary". Finally, my daughter's therapist said she was so clinically anxious that she should be removed from that school, at least temporarily and that is when I found the private academy. They are Montesori-ish and the director has a daughter with some similar issues as my daughter so she made me feel better that there would be someone looking out for her. However, they have no IEPs or anything in conjunction with our public district at all and most parents of children at this school desire it that way. They LAST thing you want in my area is for the county "officials" in your parental business. Hope this answers the questions. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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