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<blockquote data-quote="xlagirl" data-source="post: 358041"><p>Hi MidwestMom,</p><p> </p><p>You mentioned that Asperger's kids often don't need medication's. Oh gosh, I don't think we could get through the week without the medications. His pre-medication days were really tough! He was raging 2-3 times at school each day, and another 1-2 times per night at home. It was really bad! This started at age 2, but we just called them meltdowns for age 2-4. He was the most unhappy kid that I have ever seen. Back then, you could not even get him to smile. And, nobody could touch him. He hated to be touched, especially by strangers!</p><p>Back then he had very little eye contact with people, and he was very clumsy! He had many head injuries throughout his life. Plus he was born with external hydrocephalus (which there was no surgery from). So with each bump on the head meant another trip to the E.R. for a brain scan.</p><p>He grew out of it. His brain finally grew and absorbed the extra water.</p><p> </p><p>At age 5 he was diagnosis with AS, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder (SPD) and his peditrician perscribed medication for him. I did not fill the perscriptions! I was thinking, "I'm not going to drug my sweet little boy just because he's a little different".</p><p>His troubles in school were already escalating from just meltdowns (like in pre-school and pre-K) to pure violence against other kids, faculty and self-injury! So at age 6 I took him to a new doctor and I agreed to start him on medications. =(</p><p>This did help slightly in 1st grade, but I was still being called daily by the principal or his teacher to come and pick him up from school.</p><p>This is when his first IEP came in to the picture, and then began all the testing by the school psychologist and college interns, etc.</p><p>They took him out of mainstream classes, and put him in Special Education. class. They assigned a full time aide to be with him at all times. He was still having many rages at school, so then they cut his school day down to half-a-day! =(</p><p>No daycares would take him for half a day. Each one I tried would kick him out within the first couple days!</p><p>So now I am a stay at home (single) mom! ugh! I tried working from home fore a while, but it never worked out with my son home.</p><p> </p><p>Public school finally gave up on my little guy.....</p><p>The school he is in now, is very rough. They have classes for autistic kids, and for the severly emotionally disturbed.</p><p>He does not qualify to be in the Autistic classes because the kids in there are academically-delayed and most are not very auditory. So my son is in the class with the emotionally disturbed. Since going to this school, his "bad word" vocabulary has really grown. He still gets in fights and rages at school, but they have techs that walk around with walkie talkies and they run to each situation and do restraint. They also use a "special" room for putting the kids in to when they are raging out of control.</p><p> </p><p>I know many of you will say to get him out of that school! But I have nowhere else to to put him. I want him to have a good education, and I have thought about home school but I just don't think that I could do it. I'm already wore down, and he doesn't listen to me at all. To find the patience to get through schooling him would be unrealistic at this time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hi Tiapet,</p><p> </p><p>I think your right, the boyfriend is a keeper! It is still so new, but he seems like he's in for the long haul. Time will tell! =)</p><p> </p><p>I am looking at the big picture, as you said. I know we need some intervention right now, and fast... but in the long run we will all be happier and have better days.</p><p>I did talk to my son about going in to the hospital (when he was calm, post rage) and he actually said "mommy, I do think that I need to go in the hospital, but I only want to go for 1 day." LOL....</p><p>I explained to him that it would have to be for more than 1 day, and I explained why. Then he said "How are they going to know when to feed me, and how will they know what I like to eat?" LOL....</p><p>He was more worried about the food, and that he might not get enough to eat and enough snacks! </p><p>So, we talked a little more about it and he seemed okay with it but he still didn't want to stay more and a couple days.</p><p>He hates to be away from his home, and away from his normal routine.</p><p> </p><p>I'm on the phone today trying to get hi in to a new doctor. I'm finding that there is such a LONG wait to get an intake appointment. Geez!</p><p> </p><p>Take care</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xlagirl, post: 358041"] Hi MidwestMom, You mentioned that Asperger's kids often don't need medication's. Oh gosh, I don't think we could get through the week without the medications. His pre-medication days were really tough! He was raging 2-3 times at school each day, and another 1-2 times per night at home. It was really bad! This started at age 2, but we just called them meltdowns for age 2-4. He was the most unhappy kid that I have ever seen. Back then, you could not even get him to smile. And, nobody could touch him. He hated to be touched, especially by strangers! Back then he had very little eye contact with people, and he was very clumsy! He had many head injuries throughout his life. Plus he was born with external hydrocephalus (which there was no surgery from). So with each bump on the head meant another trip to the E.R. for a brain scan. He grew out of it. His brain finally grew and absorbed the extra water. At age 5 he was diagnosis with AS, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder (SPD) and his peditrician perscribed medication for him. I did not fill the perscriptions! I was thinking, "I'm not going to drug my sweet little boy just because he's a little different". His troubles in school were already escalating from just meltdowns (like in pre-school and pre-K) to pure violence against other kids, faculty and self-injury! So at age 6 I took him to a new doctor and I agreed to start him on medications. =( This did help slightly in 1st grade, but I was still being called daily by the principal or his teacher to come and pick him up from school. This is when his first IEP came in to the picture, and then began all the testing by the school psychologist and college interns, etc. They took him out of mainstream classes, and put him in Special Education. class. They assigned a full time aide to be with him at all times. He was still having many rages at school, so then they cut his school day down to half-a-day! =( No daycares would take him for half a day. Each one I tried would kick him out within the first couple days! So now I am a stay at home (single) mom! ugh! I tried working from home fore a while, but it never worked out with my son home. Public school finally gave up on my little guy..... The school he is in now, is very rough. They have classes for autistic kids, and for the severly emotionally disturbed. He does not qualify to be in the Autistic classes because the kids in there are academically-delayed and most are not very auditory. So my son is in the class with the emotionally disturbed. Since going to this school, his "bad word" vocabulary has really grown. He still gets in fights and rages at school, but they have techs that walk around with walkie talkies and they run to each situation and do restraint. They also use a "special" room for putting the kids in to when they are raging out of control. I know many of you will say to get him out of that school! But I have nowhere else to to put him. I want him to have a good education, and I have thought about home school but I just don't think that I could do it. I'm already wore down, and he doesn't listen to me at all. To find the patience to get through schooling him would be unrealistic at this time. Hi Tiapet, I think your right, the boyfriend is a keeper! It is still so new, but he seems like he's in for the long haul. Time will tell! =) I am looking at the big picture, as you said. I know we need some intervention right now, and fast... but in the long run we will all be happier and have better days. I did talk to my son about going in to the hospital (when he was calm, post rage) and he actually said "mommy, I do think that I need to go in the hospital, but I only want to go for 1 day." LOL.... I explained to him that it would have to be for more than 1 day, and I explained why. Then he said "How are they going to know when to feed me, and how will they know what I like to eat?" LOL.... He was more worried about the food, and that he might not get enough to eat and enough snacks! So, we talked a little more about it and he seemed okay with it but he still didn't want to stay more and a couple days. He hates to be away from his home, and away from his normal routine. I'm on the phone today trying to get hi in to a new doctor. I'm finding that there is such a LONG wait to get an intake appointment. Geez! Take care [/QUOTE]
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