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ShanDiann
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Hi - I posted here a few times last year. I seriously need some support right now and hope I can help support others.
I am starting to believe my difficult child may have some sort of mood disorder. Here is the background. My son, I will call him R. R is 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. Beginning in Kindergarten we began to see extreme fits of rage that could olast several hours. We took him to the pediatrician. and he was diagnosed ADHD. He was put on Focalin XR which seemed to help. We survived Kind. and 1st grade was wonderful thanks to a fabulous teacher who could diffuse the situations before they started. 2nd grade started as a challenge with him flying into these rages. We were reffered to a child pshyc. who has been seeing him in therapy and upped the Focalin to 15mg. Things got a bit better, never perfect he would still get angry over little stuff. 3rd grade has been a nightmare. He has tried to run away from school because he made a 96 on a math test. He has serious issues with getting things wrong and melting down over it. He has been suspended twice already this year. Things flip from good to bad quickly. Yesterday he tried climbing out of the window during his rage. Once the episode was over, my sweet loving boy was back and very apologetic. Consequences don't seem to work with him. I am a big fan of The Explosive Child,but even that dosen't seem to help. It is like he isn't even present when he is raging. Nothing I say will calm him down. I have to let it run it's course. Lately his mood swings have been up and down rapidly. This morning he was almost giddy. He was walking around the house singing and laughing at the top of his lungs for no apparent reason. I got the call from the school at 8:20 to come get him. He was screaming, throwing things, and snatching the paper out of the teacher's hands. She got hit in the process. He says he wasn't trying to hit her - He just wanted his paper back. I don't know if I believe him or not. He is currently on 20mg of Focalin XR but it doesn't seem to be helping at all.
Thanks for reading! I appreciate any feedback I can get
I am starting to believe my difficult child may have some sort of mood disorder. Here is the background. My son, I will call him R. R is 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. Beginning in Kindergarten we began to see extreme fits of rage that could olast several hours. We took him to the pediatrician. and he was diagnosed ADHD. He was put on Focalin XR which seemed to help. We survived Kind. and 1st grade was wonderful thanks to a fabulous teacher who could diffuse the situations before they started. 2nd grade started as a challenge with him flying into these rages. We were reffered to a child pshyc. who has been seeing him in therapy and upped the Focalin to 15mg. Things got a bit better, never perfect he would still get angry over little stuff. 3rd grade has been a nightmare. He has tried to run away from school because he made a 96 on a math test. He has serious issues with getting things wrong and melting down over it. He has been suspended twice already this year. Things flip from good to bad quickly. Yesterday he tried climbing out of the window during his rage. Once the episode was over, my sweet loving boy was back and very apologetic. Consequences don't seem to work with him. I am a big fan of The Explosive Child,but even that dosen't seem to help. It is like he isn't even present when he is raging. Nothing I say will calm him down. I have to let it run it's course. Lately his mood swings have been up and down rapidly. This morning he was almost giddy. He was walking around the house singing and laughing at the top of his lungs for no apparent reason. I got the call from the school at 8:20 to come get him. He was screaming, throwing things, and snatching the paper out of the teacher's hands. She got hit in the process. He says he wasn't trying to hit her - He just wanted his paper back. I don't know if I believe him or not. He is currently on 20mg of Focalin XR but it doesn't seem to be helping at all.
Thanks for reading! I appreciate any feedback I can get