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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 118301" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Hi and welcome!</p><p></p><p>You sound impressively strong! What's your secret??? :wink:</p><p></p><p>I don't have first-hand experience with- those medications, but the thought does occur that with a husband with- BiPolar (BP), perhaps a look at possibly trialing a mood stabilizer in son might be a good idea? I know that thank you at 7 was irritable to the nth degree generally but when he cycled up (or down) the irritability turned into more Tasmanian Devil kind of behavior - just *wild*. My understanding is that BiPolar (BP) in young children looks more like extreme (*extreme*) irritability rather than what you'd think of as a "manic" or "depressive" episode in an adult. Just a thought... Of course, another option since his current medications do seem to work, just not long enough, is to talk with psychiatrist about either another afternoon dose or a long-acting formulation?</p><p></p><p>As far as the arguing - the strategy that worked best was "asked and answered" (thank you Law and Order). thank you would obsess about whatever question/want it was and would just go on and on and on. When I would say "asked and answered", it kind of made him stop and think - honestly I think sometimes he would ask and then forget to listen to the answer. Another strategy that worked well sometimes (especially when I was feeling particularly patient) was to just extinct him - ignore him completely after the first discussion of whatever it was.</p><p></p><p>There were the days when thank you would insist the sky was purple and grass was red... path of least resistence was to just agree. But I'm a wimp!</p><p></p><p>Again, welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 118301, member: 8"] Hi and welcome! You sound impressively strong! What's your secret??? [img]:wink:[/img] I don't have first-hand experience with- those medications, but the thought does occur that with a husband with- BiPolar (BP), perhaps a look at possibly trialing a mood stabilizer in son might be a good idea? I know that thank you at 7 was irritable to the nth degree generally but when he cycled up (or down) the irritability turned into more Tasmanian Devil kind of behavior - just *wild*. My understanding is that BiPolar (BP) in young children looks more like extreme (*extreme*) irritability rather than what you'd think of as a "manic" or "depressive" episode in an adult. Just a thought... Of course, another option since his current medications do seem to work, just not long enough, is to talk with psychiatrist about either another afternoon dose or a long-acting formulation? As far as the arguing - the strategy that worked best was "asked and answered" (thank you Law and Order). thank you would obsess about whatever question/want it was and would just go on and on and on. When I would say "asked and answered", it kind of made him stop and think - honestly I think sometimes he would ask and then forget to listen to the answer. Another strategy that worked well sometimes (especially when I was feeling particularly patient) was to just extinct him - ignore him completely after the first discussion of whatever it was. There were the days when thank you would insist the sky was purple and grass was red... path of least resistence was to just agree. But I'm a wimp! Again, welcome! [/QUOTE]
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