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<blockquote data-quote="xlagirl" data-source="post: 357753"><p>Hi TerryJ2,</p><p> </p><p>First I want to thank you for the good advise. I can tell you know a lot about Asperger's.</p><p>Regarding the Abilify, when I said it works, I was only refering to his depression. Since he has been on Abilify he has not been as sad and he doesn't try to kill himself all the time.</p><p>Prior to this medicine, he use to hit himself hard, and smash his head in to the wall over and over, and he use to wrap belts and things around his neck. He also use to talk about jumping off buildings, and hanging himself. He no longer does that.... but he still says he wants to die and says he will kill himself. He just doesn't do the self-injury as much anymore. Abilify does nothing for his Rages.</p><p> </p><p>We were told by his therapist and his Psychiatrist to do the restraint on him. His school also does similar physical restraint on him almost daily at school. His school is for the emotionally disturbed and for Autistic children.</p><p>I think I would have to agree with you that the restraint makes things worse. They escalate from really bad, to a full-blown rage. At our previous residence, we did have a safe room for him. We had to take out all the toys, the dresser, the mini-blinds, and hangers. He will destroy a room in seconds!</p><p>At our current home, we share a room, and there is no safe room here.We have made the living room as safe as possible and that is where he rages. There are no toys, no artwork, nothing to throw at all. He tries to destroy the furniture, he kicks the doors over and over again, he punches the window (which I always have to jump in and stop), he cuses profanities like a sailor, he screams like he is being murdered, and he says "I'll kill you, I'll kill you".</p><p> </p><p>He also tries to hurt his 17 yr old sister too. She plays defense with him, dodging, and blocking his blows.</p><p> </p><p>He was diagnosed when he was 5 yrs old with Asperger's, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder (SPD).</p><p>I have no doubt that he is an Aspie but I know there is even more going on with him now.</p><p> </p><p>I can relate to what you said about when you were making the dinner for your son. </p><p>Little things like that really set him off in to a rage, and he takes his food really seriously! Yesterday I sent my daughter to the corner to buy us all some Tacos for dinner, and right after she left he started saying that he wants Pizza. Well, I tried to explain to him that we already ordered Tacos, and that we can have Pizza the next night. He proceeded to cry, scream, kick doors, yelling, throwing things, spitting all over the house, etc.</p><p> </p><p>Today a similar thing happened when he wanted my daughter to hook up the Playstation, and she said not right now (she was eating)....well he went in to a full blown rage over that too.</p><p> </p><p>It's not a pretty scene at all. I am doing the best that I can to keep him safe but I just don't know what else to do that will work better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xlagirl, post: 357753"] Hi TerryJ2, First I want to thank you for the good advise. I can tell you know a lot about Asperger's. Regarding the Abilify, when I said it works, I was only refering to his depression. Since he has been on Abilify he has not been as sad and he doesn't try to kill himself all the time. Prior to this medicine, he use to hit himself hard, and smash his head in to the wall over and over, and he use to wrap belts and things around his neck. He also use to talk about jumping off buildings, and hanging himself. He no longer does that.... but he still says he wants to die and says he will kill himself. He just doesn't do the self-injury as much anymore. Abilify does nothing for his Rages. We were told by his therapist and his Psychiatrist to do the restraint on him. His school also does similar physical restraint on him almost daily at school. His school is for the emotionally disturbed and for Autistic children. I think I would have to agree with you that the restraint makes things worse. They escalate from really bad, to a full-blown rage. At our previous residence, we did have a safe room for him. We had to take out all the toys, the dresser, the mini-blinds, and hangers. He will destroy a room in seconds! At our current home, we share a room, and there is no safe room here.We have made the living room as safe as possible and that is where he rages. There are no toys, no artwork, nothing to throw at all. He tries to destroy the furniture, he kicks the doors over and over again, he punches the window (which I always have to jump in and stop), he cuses profanities like a sailor, he screams like he is being murdered, and he says "I'll kill you, I'll kill you". He also tries to hurt his 17 yr old sister too. She plays defense with him, dodging, and blocking his blows. He was diagnosed when he was 5 yrs old with Asperger's, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder (SPD). I have no doubt that he is an Aspie but I know there is even more going on with him now. I can relate to what you said about when you were making the dinner for your son. Little things like that really set him off in to a rage, and he takes his food really seriously! Yesterday I sent my daughter to the corner to buy us all some Tacos for dinner, and right after she left he started saying that he wants Pizza. Well, I tried to explain to him that we already ordered Tacos, and that we can have Pizza the next night. He proceeded to cry, scream, kick doors, yelling, throwing things, spitting all over the house, etc. Today a similar thing happened when he wanted my daughter to hook up the Playstation, and she said not right now (she was eating)....well he went in to a full blown rage over that too. It's not a pretty scene at all. I am doing the best that I can to keep him safe but I just don't know what else to do that will work better. [/QUOTE]
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