jannie
trying to survive....
difficult child 1 has been doing ok, but he is still getting frustrated on a regular basis. He generally holds it together in school, but the second he walks in the door he's frustrated...At school he's doing ok, but is still stuggling with some reading issues...he has not yet qualified for an iep...
He's intense, rigid, strong willed, and impulsive...works really hard, able to focusl, good mathematical problem solving, intelligent...
We've been tossing the idea of anxiety issues for quite awhile...he's emotionally impulsive....get's frustrated when things don't go as he plans...so obviously this doesn't work well during sports and recess...In class when he doesn't know an answer he shuts down...He doesn't want others to see him struggle...he's having more tics lately...maybe he's bothered about these..however, he won't even admit they're tics...also so serious all the time...and whenever I ask him to do something he doesn't want to do he gets upset and yells stop telling me that over and over again..(I only said it once)..could be some type of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thing...I just WISH he could be more laid back...let things roll over...maybe smile more...just be less frustrated...
We could do nothing...he's not melting down too often, but he is getting upset daily...causing him to drop to the floor in frustration, throw something, yell etc...lasts only a few seconds...but way more than typical.
Anyway...psychiatrist said we could try either increase the abilify up to 20 mg....but at this dosage seems really high and he's eating way too much
or try 5mg Lexapro....what do you think??? Now, this makes three medications....although dr. said if it helps we can consider reducing one.
I really really hope this helps....
He's intense, rigid, strong willed, and impulsive...works really hard, able to focusl, good mathematical problem solving, intelligent...
We've been tossing the idea of anxiety issues for quite awhile...he's emotionally impulsive....get's frustrated when things don't go as he plans...so obviously this doesn't work well during sports and recess...In class when he doesn't know an answer he shuts down...He doesn't want others to see him struggle...he's having more tics lately...maybe he's bothered about these..however, he won't even admit they're tics...also so serious all the time...and whenever I ask him to do something he doesn't want to do he gets upset and yells stop telling me that over and over again..(I only said it once)..could be some type of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thing...I just WISH he could be more laid back...let things roll over...maybe smile more...just be less frustrated...
We could do nothing...he's not melting down too often, but he is getting upset daily...causing him to drop to the floor in frustration, throw something, yell etc...lasts only a few seconds...but way more than typical.
Anyway...psychiatrist said we could try either increase the abilify up to 20 mg....but at this dosage seems really high and he's eating way too much
or try 5mg Lexapro....what do you think??? Now, this makes three medications....although dr. said if it helps we can consider reducing one.
I really really hope this helps....