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7 year old has MAJOR anger issues and acts out. Can medicine help??
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 382806" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>medications rarely fix it, but in a lot of cases if the medication choice is right, they can make it easier for the child to learn self-control.</p><p></p><p>If part of her problem is anxiety then antidepressants can help. Getting her thoroughly evaluated should give you much-needed information. She sounds like she is motivated to understand herself, and to improve. That is most important. </p><p></p><p>A book that helps a lot of us is "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. If you have a bright child, they actually can learn faster, especially if you are using a method that makes it easier for them to comply. Often they rage because they are being asked to do something that is difficult for them (sometimes downright impossible) or in some other way, feels wrong. I have found that often, very bright kids are also equipped with a keen sense of injustice and will be very reactive if they feel the decision being made on their behalf is unfair or unjust. Also, they need some ownership of choices being made for them; not having control is known to be a major stress factor for all people. Experiments on rats being given electric shocks (experiments by Skinner, a noted behaviourist) showed that rats who could actually do something (such as pressing a lever), even if it wasn't actually reducing their shocks, suffered fewer stress-related health problems. If the rat pressing the lever reduced the shocks for both itself and the rat without the lever to press, it was the rat which had the lever that was healthier. We learned a great deal about stress and control, from those experiments.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 382806, member: 1991"] medications rarely fix it, but in a lot of cases if the medication choice is right, they can make it easier for the child to learn self-control. If part of her problem is anxiety then antidepressants can help. Getting her thoroughly evaluated should give you much-needed information. She sounds like she is motivated to understand herself, and to improve. That is most important. A book that helps a lot of us is "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. If you have a bright child, they actually can learn faster, especially if you are using a method that makes it easier for them to comply. Often they rage because they are being asked to do something that is difficult for them (sometimes downright impossible) or in some other way, feels wrong. I have found that often, very bright kids are also equipped with a keen sense of injustice and will be very reactive if they feel the decision being made on their behalf is unfair or unjust. Also, they need some ownership of choices being made for them; not having control is known to be a major stress factor for all people. Experiments on rats being given electric shocks (experiments by Skinner, a noted behaviourist) showed that rats who could actually do something (such as pressing a lever), even if it wasn't actually reducing their shocks, suffered fewer stress-related health problems. If the rat pressing the lever reduced the shocks for both itself and the rat without the lever to press, it was the rat which had the lever that was healthier. We learned a great deal about stress and control, from those experiments. Marg [/QUOTE]
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