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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 335070" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Star, Sweetie, that shine is not from outsmarting Dude. You mistook the Pledge furniture polish for your hairspray. Sorry!</p><p></p><p>Seriously, our kids DO make us smarter. Just from the energy of outwitting them. Of course they also make us so tired we really could use pledge instead of hairspray. Or worse, the old Joy floor wax that is now sold in spray form and would make you shiny for days. We still have it in my house because my mother orders it from SC Johnson. By the CASE. Not. Joking. She puts it on all the appliances every month. </p><p></p><p>For this I would probably drag her to a university library. If there is a medication school they probably would have info on porphyria. It really is a disgusting disease. It was featured in a CSI (the original series), I think in the first year. The lady who was the killer used her dogs to kill people so she could eat their liver to get what her body lacked. It was fantasy at its richest. In reality that would not be enough to treat the disorder. </p><p></p><p>If it is not porphyria, a univ library may have more on the topic, whatever it is. Or a medical library. There are all types of libraries.</p><p></p><p>I would contact the teacher. I would also contact her psychiatrist.</p><p></p><p>Is difficult child often this far out of touch from reality? Most teachers would NOT have you sign an agreement and then change the requirements with-o sending a notice home. You probably WILL get some flack from teh teacher, regardless of what you do. I would verify the unchanged req's, even if you get a response saying that you need to let her do it, good or bad - which our middle school hands to any parent who wants to know grades, what is going on at school, or any info about anything done at school. (Our jr high teaches the 2 yrs after MS and they send info home weekly about assignments and are a delight to work with, oddly enough.)</p><p></p><p>I would let the teacher know how far out of touch with reality difficult child is, and that difficult child really believes, right now at least, that the assignment has changed. The teacher may be able to correct difficult child. Ask her to please not mention your talk because difficult child gets upset and farther out of touch if she thinks you asked the teacher about assignments.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible difficult child truly believes what she is telling you, as unbelievable as it sounds? That maybe her problems are not just defiance or other conduct type disorders but that she is dealing with hallucinations or delusions? Those require different treatment, and I hope and pray that they are not the case. But you NEED to make sure it is not what is happening.</p><p></p><p>Maybe that isn't what is going on. WIth Wiz there were times he was just choosing to change things to what he wanted. But in 5-8th grade there were times that he was truly having delusions AND hallucinations. It was scary as all get out, esp when he had command hallucinations. They were usually about strange things, sort of like he was a real person in the D&D type games he loved and should do those things, like drink mead. </p><p></p><p>Delusions are a possibility. I don't know how to tell if she is or isn't having them. Maybe a therapist or her psychiatrist could help.</p><p></p><p>Either way, contacting the teacher is a good idea, in my opinion. I would try to figure out if confronting her with the reality would help. If it would, and after a blowup she would actually do the work, I might do that. Otherwise I would probably leave it up to the teacher and the psychiatrists and tdocs to deal with this. Even if it isn't hallucinations or delusions.</p><p></p><p>Sorry she is so difficult to deal with. I would NOT believe that the teacher changed things unless you hear it from the teacher. It would not be even a question of believing that the teacher changed things or not. As you already know, she lies a lot. Now you just have to have someone figure out if it is just to lie for some personal reason or because she is having delusions or hallucinations. It still means she is not telling the truth in the reality we all share.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 335070, member: 1233"] Star, Sweetie, that shine is not from outsmarting Dude. You mistook the Pledge furniture polish for your hairspray. Sorry! Seriously, our kids DO make us smarter. Just from the energy of outwitting them. Of course they also make us so tired we really could use pledge instead of hairspray. Or worse, the old Joy floor wax that is now sold in spray form and would make you shiny for days. We still have it in my house because my mother orders it from SC Johnson. By the CASE. Not. Joking. She puts it on all the appliances every month. For this I would probably drag her to a university library. If there is a medication school they probably would have info on porphyria. It really is a disgusting disease. It was featured in a CSI (the original series), I think in the first year. The lady who was the killer used her dogs to kill people so she could eat their liver to get what her body lacked. It was fantasy at its richest. In reality that would not be enough to treat the disorder. If it is not porphyria, a univ library may have more on the topic, whatever it is. Or a medical library. There are all types of libraries. I would contact the teacher. I would also contact her psychiatrist. Is difficult child often this far out of touch from reality? Most teachers would NOT have you sign an agreement and then change the requirements with-o sending a notice home. You probably WILL get some flack from teh teacher, regardless of what you do. I would verify the unchanged req's, even if you get a response saying that you need to let her do it, good or bad - which our middle school hands to any parent who wants to know grades, what is going on at school, or any info about anything done at school. (Our jr high teaches the 2 yrs after MS and they send info home weekly about assignments and are a delight to work with, oddly enough.) I would let the teacher know how far out of touch with reality difficult child is, and that difficult child really believes, right now at least, that the assignment has changed. The teacher may be able to correct difficult child. Ask her to please not mention your talk because difficult child gets upset and farther out of touch if she thinks you asked the teacher about assignments. Is it possible difficult child truly believes what she is telling you, as unbelievable as it sounds? That maybe her problems are not just defiance or other conduct type disorders but that she is dealing with hallucinations or delusions? Those require different treatment, and I hope and pray that they are not the case. But you NEED to make sure it is not what is happening. Maybe that isn't what is going on. WIth Wiz there were times he was just choosing to change things to what he wanted. But in 5-8th grade there were times that he was truly having delusions AND hallucinations. It was scary as all get out, esp when he had command hallucinations. They were usually about strange things, sort of like he was a real person in the D&D type games he loved and should do those things, like drink mead. Delusions are a possibility. I don't know how to tell if she is or isn't having them. Maybe a therapist or her psychiatrist could help. Either way, contacting the teacher is a good idea, in my opinion. I would try to figure out if confronting her with the reality would help. If it would, and after a blowup she would actually do the work, I might do that. Otherwise I would probably leave it up to the teacher and the psychiatrists and tdocs to deal with this. Even if it isn't hallucinations or delusions. Sorry she is so difficult to deal with. I would NOT believe that the teacher changed things unless you hear it from the teacher. It would not be even a question of believing that the teacher changed things or not. As you already know, she lies a lot. Now you just have to have someone figure out if it is just to lie for some personal reason or because she is having delusions or hallucinations. It still means she is not telling the truth in the reality we all share. [/QUOTE]
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