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<blockquote data-quote="diane561" data-source="post: 406148" data-attributes="member: 11095"><p></p><p>Dear Stacy,</p><p>I your story sounds very familiar. My son was so violent from the age of two. I remember his very first meltdown-he threw a fork at my head, and he was still in diapers. He rocked back and forth screaming for about 20 minutes. That was the first of many.</p><p>They diagnosed him with bipolar disorder. He is now ten and continues to have many angry episodes on a daily baisis although early intervention has curbed his meltdowns. I would be really wary of putting him on adhd medication. If he is bipolar, the ritalin will make his condition so much worse. I think mood stabilizers is a great idea-this is more than adhd. Read the Bipolar Child. See if your son fits the criteria they have in the book for bipolar disorder. Staying calm has been the real trick in all of this. No matter how wild his outbursts are, staying calm and waiting it out has worked well for us. Never take the advice of anyone who tells you need to be firmer. This disorder looks so much like "Spoiled child syndrome"-only when you've lived it do you know. Good luck-where in Florida are you? </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Diane</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diane561, post: 406148, member: 11095"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] Dear Stacy, I your story sounds very familiar. My son was so violent from the age of two. I remember his very first meltdown-he threw a fork at my head, and he was still in diapers. He rocked back and forth screaming for about 20 minutes. That was the first of many. They diagnosed him with bipolar disorder. He is now ten and continues to have many angry episodes on a daily baisis although early intervention has curbed his meltdowns. I would be really wary of putting him on adhd medication. If he is bipolar, the ritalin will make his condition so much worse. I think mood stabilizers is a great idea-this is more than adhd. Read the Bipolar Child. See if your son fits the criteria they have in the book for bipolar disorder. Staying calm has been the real trick in all of this. No matter how wild his outbursts are, staying calm and waiting it out has worked well for us. Never take the advice of anyone who tells you need to be firmer. This disorder looks so much like "Spoiled child syndrome"-only when you've lived it do you know. Good luck-where in Florida are you? [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Diane[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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