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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 134960" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Meltdowns in public are embarrassing. But sometimes they have to happen. It does sound to me like the lack of sleep could be a big factor in this. Certainly when difficult child 3 was overtired, it was horrible for raging. He was tried on Zoloft when he was 5, and it seemed to help for a day - then the lack of sleep kicked in and he became worse and worse. By the third day we gave up and took him off it.</p><p></p><p>A drama classmate of difficult child 3's has Prader-Willi Syndrome. The mother was telling me about their last outing with him to a restaurant (for her birthday). It was a disaster. They went to a place which had a self-serve salad bar, and he was grabbing at the food with his hands, overloading his plate with more than he could carry, and WAY more than he is permitted to eat. So his mother asked the waiter for a takeaway container and began to remove most of the food from her son's plate. </p><p>"Give me back my food! It's mine! I want it! I'm starving! I HAVE to have it!" over and over, screaming, kicking, apparently it was awful. People were staring, probably wondering why this kid was behaving this way and why the mother as being so strict - the trouble is, Prader-Willi Syndrome kids are permanently hungry, don't know when they've eaten enough and on top of that, need fewer calories - about two thirds what non-PWS kids would need. These kids are on a permanent diet and will hoard food, eat rubbish if necessary (and then have to get their stomach pumped, because they also can't vomit). They can literally eat until their stomach bursts and not realise the danger.</p><p></p><p>Someone tried to calm him by offering ice cream - a HUGE no-no. The mother had to refuse it, which kicked things up even higher.</p><p></p><p>So despite it being her birthday celebration, they left. That was about a year ago, and last I spoke to her, she hasn't been out to dinner with him, since. Instead she gets a babysitter and goes out for dinner with just her husband.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 134960, member: 1991"] Meltdowns in public are embarrassing. But sometimes they have to happen. It does sound to me like the lack of sleep could be a big factor in this. Certainly when difficult child 3 was overtired, it was horrible for raging. He was tried on Zoloft when he was 5, and it seemed to help for a day - then the lack of sleep kicked in and he became worse and worse. By the third day we gave up and took him off it. A drama classmate of difficult child 3's has Prader-Willi Syndrome. The mother was telling me about their last outing with him to a restaurant (for her birthday). It was a disaster. They went to a place which had a self-serve salad bar, and he was grabbing at the food with his hands, overloading his plate with more than he could carry, and WAY more than he is permitted to eat. So his mother asked the waiter for a takeaway container and began to remove most of the food from her son's plate. "Give me back my food! It's mine! I want it! I'm starving! I HAVE to have it!" over and over, screaming, kicking, apparently it was awful. People were staring, probably wondering why this kid was behaving this way and why the mother as being so strict - the trouble is, Prader-Willi Syndrome kids are permanently hungry, don't know when they've eaten enough and on top of that, need fewer calories - about two thirds what non-PWS kids would need. These kids are on a permanent diet and will hoard food, eat rubbish if necessary (and then have to get their stomach pumped, because they also can't vomit). They can literally eat until their stomach bursts and not realise the danger. Someone tried to calm him by offering ice cream - a HUGE no-no. The mother had to refuse it, which kicked things up even higher. So despite it being her birthday celebration, they left. That was about a year ago, and last I spoke to her, she hasn't been out to dinner with him, since. Instead she gets a babysitter and goes out for dinner with just her husband. Marg [/QUOTE]
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