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How do you make sure they don't hurt themselves?
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<blockquote data-quote="elisem" data-source="post: 80949" data-attributes="member: 2834"><p>Been there, done that...</p><p></p><p>Is there a history of bipolar disorder in your family? Because my difficult child is the EXACT SAME WAY at times and is most likely bipolar (we're just now in the process of getting a diagnosis). If you can get any time in for reading, you might check "Bipolar Kids" out of the library or just look on the bipolar page on this forum--see if you think it's applicable. (I read about disorder after disorder and always difficult child had some of the dymptoms but never all until my sister in law was diagnosed bipolar and tried that one.)</p><p></p><p>Is your difficult child in school yet? If there are problems there, and if you live in a state where kindergarten isn't mandatory, I recommend pulling him out and giving him some time to get stabilized. It probably isn't helping him to be trying to deal with this and adjust to a new school situation at the same time! It won't help you, either, trying to deal with school authorities before you have an exact diagnosis and know just how to advocate for your child. (Our difficult child's behavior improved so much when we pulled him out of kindergarten that we've just kept it up and are now in our third year of homeschooling.) On the other hand, some kids are actually better in school, in which case that might be the best place for him.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, dear.</p><p></p><p>Celise</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elisem, post: 80949, member: 2834"] Been there, done that... Is there a history of bipolar disorder in your family? Because my difficult child is the EXACT SAME WAY at times and is most likely bipolar (we're just now in the process of getting a diagnosis). If you can get any time in for reading, you might check "Bipolar Kids" out of the library or just look on the bipolar page on this forum--see if you think it's applicable. (I read about disorder after disorder and always difficult child had some of the dymptoms but never all until my sister in law was diagnosed bipolar and tried that one.) Is your difficult child in school yet? If there are problems there, and if you live in a state where kindergarten isn't mandatory, I recommend pulling him out and giving him some time to get stabilized. It probably isn't helping him to be trying to deal with this and adjust to a new school situation at the same time! It won't help you, either, trying to deal with school authorities before you have an exact diagnosis and know just how to advocate for your child. (Our difficult child's behavior improved so much when we pulled him out of kindergarten that we've just kept it up and are now in our third year of homeschooling.) On the other hand, some kids are actually better in school, in which case that might be the best place for him. Good luck, dear. Celise [/QUOTE]
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