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Hi - My difficult child has been in the adolescent unit of a local hospital for two weeks today. They have a bed prepared for him at Springbrook Residential in Traveler's Rest, SC as soon as paperwork is completed. I am seeing terrible reviews online. Does anyone know anything about this facility? I am in...

Good Morning - My 12 year old difficult child has been diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism (HFA), ADHD, ODD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I happened to pick up a book on Early Onset Bipolar Disorder which I am almost positive he has and yet it has gone undiagnosed. Does anyone know anything about this or have a child who has been diagnosed with it...

Merry Christmas All and thank you for being here. Last night I called the police on my husband. He went after difficult child and I had had enough. He cannot tolerate the defiance and disrespect from difficult child and said he's trying to protect me. Don't do me any favors. For some reason difficult child has had a VERY hard time...

difficult child is refusing to go to school today. This is by no means a new problem. It's looking like its coming down to HomeSchooling or Residential. I KNOW if I homeschooled him he would learn so much more IF I could somehow get him to listen. We tried this once before and it didn't work. He is learning...

Hi All I always say I'm going to be on here consistently, but it never seems to happen. difficult child was recently hospitalized due to out of control behaviors...again...:(. He is now home for about three weeks and the meltdowns have been less severe and less frequent, which I'm thankful for. School...

Hi Everyone - This is going to be pretty short because I need to get in the shower and take difficult child to day 2 of neuropsychologist testing. I was SO excited because the new psychiatrist gave me the name of a place to get a neuropsychologist evaluation and they took our insurance. I tried not to get my hopes up because we...

difficult child has a new psychiatrist. She has increased his Abilify and added Lamictal and Visteril. The last few months have been hell. For the first time in a very long time, I had him transported to the hospital because he was destroying the house. There are holes in almost every wall and door. For saying "...

Hi Everybody - Lately, I have had the feeling that I am raising what a lot of people would refer to as a "brat" and I'm angry at husband and I for giving this kid whatever he wants and not seeing consequences through. I can't tell you how many of his sentences start with "I want" or "I don't...

I've done it again...let so much time elapse that hundreds of things have happened that I should have discussed here. Anyway...there was basically no way that Tommy could stay in school - either he refused to go, or he was being made fun of/bullied, was not understanding or keeping of with work...

Things have gone from bad to worse here. difficult child has not been in school for two weeks now. We are not trying to force him to go because I believe it's a bad environment for him. The last day he went he got two notes passed to him about how no body likes him and wants to be his friend. Just broke my...

I am in a VERY bad place right now. Our house is the worst it's ever been...and that's saying a lot. difficult child is almost never using a speaking voice - he is ALWAYS screaming. And when he doesn't get his way, the screaming and the meltdowns happen ALL THE TIME now. I have no more psychiatrist any more because...

Good Morning all. Yesterday was a horrific day. Ativan was the only way I got through it. Slept a lot later in the day. difficult child didn't want to go to school. There was an incident with a stupid teacher Friday. I emailed the principal and the problem was addressed Monday. Even so difficult child refused to go to...

Well...again I have that "can't put my thoughts into feelings" feeling. I woke up yesterday and realized that as a parent, I cannot continue to just allow difficult child to control this entire house on EVERYTHING. The night before he tried to get me and husband to let him watch the big screen TV in the living...

Well...today has been a VERY good day here, comparatively speaking...LOL. As I've said, difficult child went to school today to give out his Valentines. He says he had a good day except for one thing that happened on the car line. Some kid in his class was bothering him under the guise of "kidding". So difficult child...

Does anyone have any suggestions about getting difficult child back to school? He started again this afternoon about not wanting to go tomorrow. I'm praying for a snow day but it doesn't look like we're getting one. It's getting very close to bedtime and I KNOW this could easily bring on a meltdown, either...

ODD is kicking my ass right now. I'm trying to keep on keeping on but it is extremely difficult. If I didn't come to this forum, I would be NUTS!! difficult child missed four days of school last week, went yesterday, and won't go again today. He refuses to do any schoolwork. Today I said to myself: This is...

I am going to try and keep this as short and clear as I can. This house is falling apart and so am I. We are being held prisoner by difficult children meltdowns/temper tantrums whatever you want to call them. If he doesn't get his way he throws a total fit. If I impose a consequence, he throws a fit. He has...

Question: As far as homework and/or Science Fair Projects...do you wind up doing most of the work? It's like pulling teeth to get my difficult child to sit down and work on something. I don't want him to get a zero but maybe if he did, they might see he needed extra accomodations on the IEP we are pushing...

Good Morning Everyone - Happy New Year. My greatest wish is for PEACE - for all of us and for all of our difficult children. Parenting a difficult child is not for cowards, that's for sure. As is usual for me, I haven't been on here for a few months. One of my New Year's resolutions is going to be to post at least...

Hi All - I haven't posted on here in months because things were going so well with difficult child. Should have known I'd be back and thank you so much for being here for me. I'm going to try and update in as few words as possible. difficult child was in fifth grade last year and had a horrible year. He was...