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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 230348" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hi Star--</p><p> </p><p>Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! Reading about the terrible tiems you went through...and to hear that now he is so much better with kids and animals gives me hope!</p><p> </p><p>As to your questions...the anger/aggression issues have been going on since difficult child was born. She always preferred smashing her toys to playing with them. Hormones are probably contributing at this point--but would not seem to be the primary problem.</p><p> </p><p>As to traumatic events...she comes from what is practically a "Norman Rockwell Home". Our natural child, parents together living at home, no drugs/alcohol, plenty of playmates, plenty of doting grandparents/aunts/uncles etc., no accidents, no trauma, no abuse, no loss of anyone close (not even a goldfish!), no separations or divorce. </p><p> </p><p>We have been working on providing positive outlets for her anger...over the years we have tried sports, punching bags, martial arts...as well as coaxing her to just 'punch a pillow' or 'yell at the woods'... None of these have worked--and a few have backfired. (The martial arts techniques she was learning began to be employed on other kids!)</p><p> </p><p>Her anger is so constant...it is as though she feels that the entire world is out to get her and she must always be on "offense" so she can get them before they get her. She is very paranoid and often perceives that the people around her are being malicious or have some dark ulterior motive against her. She has felt this way most especially about me...</p><p> </p><p>The first effect I noticed of the Celexa was a shift in difficult child's perception of reality. She began asking questions about things as though she'd been asleep this whole time. She had a few "light bulb" moments in therapy (such as the suggestion to stop calling her Mom a b****). And she has not had any major melt-downs since staring the drug. This seems good.</p><p> </p><p>However, it has been a few weeks now, and as she is adjusting to the Celexa...the anger is beginning to resurface again. </p><p> </p><p>I think that you are right about finding solutions in the HERE and NOW and worrying about the reasons afterward. I hope that I can find someone who will help me do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 230348, member: 6546"] Hi Star-- Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! Reading about the terrible tiems you went through...and to hear that now he is so much better with kids and animals gives me hope! As to your questions...the anger/aggression issues have been going on since difficult child was born. She always preferred smashing her toys to playing with them. Hormones are probably contributing at this point--but would not seem to be the primary problem. As to traumatic events...she comes from what is practically a "Norman Rockwell Home". Our natural child, parents together living at home, no drugs/alcohol, plenty of playmates, plenty of doting grandparents/aunts/uncles etc., no accidents, no trauma, no abuse, no loss of anyone close (not even a goldfish!), no separations or divorce. We have been working on providing positive outlets for her anger...over the years we have tried sports, punching bags, martial arts...as well as coaxing her to just 'punch a pillow' or 'yell at the woods'... None of these have worked--and a few have backfired. (The martial arts techniques she was learning began to be employed on other kids!) Her anger is so constant...it is as though she feels that the entire world is out to get her and she must always be on "offense" so she can get them before they get her. She is very paranoid and often perceives that the people around her are being malicious or have some dark ulterior motive against her. She has felt this way most especially about me... The first effect I noticed of the Celexa was a shift in difficult child's perception of reality. She began asking questions about things as though she'd been asleep this whole time. She had a few "light bulb" moments in therapy (such as the suggestion to stop calling her Mom a b****). And she has not had any major melt-downs since staring the drug. This seems good. However, it has been a few weeks now, and as she is adjusting to the Celexa...the anger is beginning to resurface again. I think that you are right about finding solutions in the HERE and NOW and worrying about the reasons afterward. I hope that I can find someone who will help me do that. [/QUOTE]
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