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difficult child 2 earned a 2-day suspension today! LONG
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 108262" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>I'm so sorry. I think you handled it well in terms of not yelling at him, discussing the significance of the episode and setting limits for the two days of suspension. It sounds to me as if something is going on disorder-wise that needs to be addressed.</p><p></p><p>My son went through a similar situation the week before Thanksgiving. Instead of doing research in history class, he wrote a long list of negatives about himself, such as "I stink," "I'm a loser," "I'm failing" and "Kill me." When the teacher collected the research from her students, J handed in the piece of paper with his "writings." Needless to say, the school became concerned that he was a risk to himself and suspended him for two days. School officials then told us we needed to get him further treatment before he was allowed back in school (it's a private school).</p><p></p><p>J is now in a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital. He is being observed 6.5 hours a day, and his attending psychiatrist is making mega medication changes. His ADHD stimulant (Focalin XR) was dropped the first day (because the psychiatrist wants to concentrate on mood only), and his SSRI (Lexapro) was dropped on day 3. Because the psychiatrist is seeing mania (which his own psychiatrist never saw), a second mood stabilizer (Zonegran) was added to his Lamictal. The psychiatrist said kids frequently need more than one mood stabilizer to balance their moods.</p><p></p><p>This is all my long way of saying that just because difficult child 2 has improved on Depakote doesn't mean you're completely out of the woods. You may need to drop Daytrana and add another mood medication (either a mood stabilizer or an atypical antipsychotic). The residual symptoms you're seeing may very well have to do with mood rather than ADHD. </p><p></p><p>I hope tomorrow is a better day. Hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 108262, member: 2423"] I'm so sorry. I think you handled it well in terms of not yelling at him, discussing the significance of the episode and setting limits for the two days of suspension. It sounds to me as if something is going on disorder-wise that needs to be addressed. My son went through a similar situation the week before Thanksgiving. Instead of doing research in history class, he wrote a long list of negatives about himself, such as "I stink," "I'm a loser," "I'm failing" and "Kill me." When the teacher collected the research from her students, J handed in the piece of paper with his "writings." Needless to say, the school became concerned that he was a risk to himself and suspended him for two days. School officials then told us we needed to get him further treatment before he was allowed back in school (it's a private school). J is now in a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital. He is being observed 6.5 hours a day, and his attending psychiatrist is making mega medication changes. His ADHD stimulant (Focalin XR) was dropped the first day (because the psychiatrist wants to concentrate on mood only), and his SSRI (Lexapro) was dropped on day 3. Because the psychiatrist is seeing mania (which his own psychiatrist never saw), a second mood stabilizer (Zonegran) was added to his Lamictal. The psychiatrist said kids frequently need more than one mood stabilizer to balance their moods. This is all my long way of saying that just because difficult child 2 has improved on Depakote doesn't mean you're completely out of the woods. You may need to drop Daytrana and add another mood medication (either a mood stabilizer or an atypical antipsychotic). The residual symptoms you're seeing may very well have to do with mood rather than ADHD. I hope tomorrow is a better day. Hugs. [/QUOTE]
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