Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
difficult child in neighbor's closet (long)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 182067" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thank you all.</p><p>No, we haven't tried mood stabilizers.</p><p>It's still possible that my son is bipolar, but as you all pointed out, it's easier to see it at puberty, so we may well be on that road.</p><p>I still think he's ADHD. He could be both. When his Adderal wears off, it really shows.</p><p>Last night, at 7 p.m. on the dot, he started running around the kitchen, throwing open cupboards, asking when dinner would be ready. I made tomato soup with-rice pasta, and he dug his hands into the strainer and started scooping pasta into his mouth. I had already made him a bowl of soup with-pasta, and he grabbed it with-one hand, then started dishing hiimself another bowl with-the other hand--2 full bowls of soup--setting down one bowl to grab another handful of pasta and shove so much in his mouth he couldn't shut his mouth.</p><p>Obviously, when he's on his Adderal during the day, he doesn't do that.</p><p> </p><p>I looked up crossdressing and we hit a cpl of the categories for it but not very many. Mostly, the websites said not to focus on it, because most kids outgrow it, or just do it for fun on occasion, and it doesn't affect their overall sexual identity.</p><p> </p><p>Now, the part about going into other people's houses really bothers me. If it were one or the other, I could handle it (I think) but both ... at the same time ...</p><p> </p><p>I do agree that something else is going on ... Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), autism, bipolar, and he can't express it. in my humble opinion, the impulse control issues seem to exaggerate everything. In the end, maybe that's a good thing, as it may help get a diagnosis because he'll get caught, so to speak.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, he's in bed, reading his summer school assignment. He slept for a cpl hrs after his explosion and tears. On one hand, that could be bipolar, and on the other hand, everyone is exhausted after that sort of thing.</p><p> </p><p>G*d, this isn't easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 182067, member: 3419"] Thank you all. No, we haven't tried mood stabilizers. It's still possible that my son is bipolar, but as you all pointed out, it's easier to see it at puberty, so we may well be on that road. I still think he's ADHD. He could be both. When his Adderal wears off, it really shows. Last night, at 7 p.m. on the dot, he started running around the kitchen, throwing open cupboards, asking when dinner would be ready. I made tomato soup with-rice pasta, and he dug his hands into the strainer and started scooping pasta into his mouth. I had already made him a bowl of soup with-pasta, and he grabbed it with-one hand, then started dishing hiimself another bowl with-the other hand--2 full bowls of soup--setting down one bowl to grab another handful of pasta and shove so much in his mouth he couldn't shut his mouth. Obviously, when he's on his Adderal during the day, he doesn't do that. I looked up crossdressing and we hit a cpl of the categories for it but not very many. Mostly, the websites said not to focus on it, because most kids outgrow it, or just do it for fun on occasion, and it doesn't affect their overall sexual identity. Now, the part about going into other people's houses really bothers me. If it were one or the other, I could handle it (I think) but both ... at the same time ... I do agree that something else is going on ... Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), autism, bipolar, and he can't express it. in my humble opinion, the impulse control issues seem to exaggerate everything. In the end, maybe that's a good thing, as it may help get a diagnosis because he'll get caught, so to speak. Right now, he's in bed, reading his summer school assignment. He slept for a cpl hrs after his explosion and tears. On one hand, that could be bipolar, and on the other hand, everyone is exhausted after that sort of thing. G*d, this isn't easy. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
difficult child in neighbor's closet (long)
Top