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<blockquote data-quote="ellenr1" data-source="post: 19189" data-attributes="member: 2547"><p>difficult child 1 - risperadal seemed to work for about 18 months (in conjunction with-Zoloft). Then he got physically aggressive with me and wound up back in the hospital.</p><p></p><p>Depakote stopped the aggression after his release, but he had such awful side effects (blah to the point of catatonia, anorexic - lost 10 lbs. and he was thin to start) we took him off.</p><p></p><p>He no longer goes crazy hitting and punching anyone because the last time he shoved me, I followed the safety plan put in place by our in-home services team and called the cops. They stayed with me until his dad got here and then we took him to the hospital (they decided he didn't meet the criteria for admission). It was awful: all the neighbors saw four cop cars fly down our street, eight cops in my house, and their attitude was so condescending, the parents of kids who are always in our house must have been wondering what the heck was going on. My son was mortified, couldn't believe I'd do something like that. But he hasn't laid a hand on me since. None of the drugs he was on seemed to stop it. But being embarrassed in front of his friends did. </p><p></p><p>He does have outbursts of destructive behavior where he will break something in my home, a picture, a mirror, unplug my computer, delete his sister's AIM buddy list. In that case he doesn't get to visit my house for a while. Believe me, this is better than what we've had for the past four years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ellenr1, post: 19189, member: 2547"] difficult child 1 - risperadal seemed to work for about 18 months (in conjunction with-Zoloft). Then he got physically aggressive with me and wound up back in the hospital. Depakote stopped the aggression after his release, but he had such awful side effects (blah to the point of catatonia, anorexic - lost 10 lbs. and he was thin to start) we took him off. He no longer goes crazy hitting and punching anyone because the last time he shoved me, I followed the safety plan put in place by our in-home services team and called the cops. They stayed with me until his dad got here and then we took him to the hospital (they decided he didn't meet the criteria for admission). It was awful: all the neighbors saw four cop cars fly down our street, eight cops in my house, and their attitude was so condescending, the parents of kids who are always in our house must have been wondering what the heck was going on. My son was mortified, couldn't believe I'd do something like that. But he hasn't laid a hand on me since. None of the drugs he was on seemed to stop it. But being embarrassed in front of his friends did. He does have outbursts of destructive behavior where he will break something in my home, a picture, a mirror, unplug my computer, delete his sister's AIM buddy list. In that case he doesn't get to visit my house for a while. Believe me, this is better than what we've had for the past four years. [/QUOTE]
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