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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 659812" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>Oh WitsEnd, we have been/are on this journey. I feel like the doctors are just throwing stuff at the "wall" (the "wall" being my grandson) trying to see what will stick: therapy groups, one-to-one therapy, medications, etc. My grandson has been medicated since he was 5, but we saw issues long before that. ADHD diagnosis, but there's more going on, for sure. What? No idea. I have bruises all over my arms from a meltdown he had yesterday in a parking lot because I asked nicely that he put the ball pump back in the trunk of my car (with the needle on it to blow up balls--I'm an adapted PE teacher) and he refused to do it, starting gouging my car with it (to add to all the other damage my poor car has suffered at his hands), poking it very near my face, and when I forcefully took it away from him, he started screaming at me, and hitting me as hard as could with his closed fists. And kicking, vile language, the works. I didn't feel like I could "contain" him because we were in a public place and I was afraid of someone calling the police on me. He tells anyone that will listen (his doctors, teachers) that his father is trying to kill him, so of course CPS is investigating. We all feel like we are all one phone call away from being arrested, I swear. We are beginning to think that we will have residential treatment in his future and it's a very hard thing to even think about. Or what the future will bring. Or what puberty will be like. Dear g_d. I actually feel like he is going to shorten my life and my husband's life from the stress. We see no end in sight. It's hard not to feel resentful. He is way too much for his mother to handle, who has to work full time, so hours and hours of caretaking fall to us.</p><p></p><p>There's a divorce in my grandson's life (six years ago), also, and his father is a very large, angry, anxious man, but he's trying his best, too. He has never been kept from my grandson's life except for the last two months, when CPS was called because of what was said in a therapy session, and the father said he didn't want my grandson around until the case was closed because he felt his son was jeopardizing his step kids and their new baby with the new wife. This kid has so many adults in his life trying to help, and he's burning through us, one by one, like a hot knife through butter. </p><p></p><p>So, I'm standing side by side with you, virtually speaking, and if we lean in our shoulders in, maybe we can give each other more strength that standing alone. Thank heavens for this group because how do you explain all of this to anyone with neurotypical kids?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 659812, member: 13260"] Oh WitsEnd, we have been/are on this journey. I feel like the doctors are just throwing stuff at the "wall" (the "wall" being my grandson) trying to see what will stick: therapy groups, one-to-one therapy, medications, etc. My grandson has been medicated since he was 5, but we saw issues long before that. ADHD diagnosis, but there's more going on, for sure. What? No idea. I have bruises all over my arms from a meltdown he had yesterday in a parking lot because I asked nicely that he put the ball pump back in the trunk of my car (with the needle on it to blow up balls--I'm an adapted PE teacher) and he refused to do it, starting gouging my car with it (to add to all the other damage my poor car has suffered at his hands), poking it very near my face, and when I forcefully took it away from him, he started screaming at me, and hitting me as hard as could with his closed fists. And kicking, vile language, the works. I didn't feel like I could "contain" him because we were in a public place and I was afraid of someone calling the police on me. He tells anyone that will listen (his doctors, teachers) that his father is trying to kill him, so of course CPS is investigating. We all feel like we are all one phone call away from being arrested, I swear. We are beginning to think that we will have residential treatment in his future and it's a very hard thing to even think about. Or what the future will bring. Or what puberty will be like. Dear g_d. I actually feel like he is going to shorten my life and my husband's life from the stress. We see no end in sight. It's hard not to feel resentful. He is way too much for his mother to handle, who has to work full time, so hours and hours of caretaking fall to us. There's a divorce in my grandson's life (six years ago), also, and his father is a very large, angry, anxious man, but he's trying his best, too. He has never been kept from my grandson's life except for the last two months, when CPS was called because of what was said in a therapy session, and the father said he didn't want my grandson around until the case was closed because he felt his son was jeopardizing his step kids and their new baby with the new wife. This kid has so many adults in his life trying to help, and he's burning through us, one by one, like a hot knife through butter. So, I'm standing side by side with you, virtually speaking, and if we lean in our shoulders in, maybe we can give each other more strength that standing alone. Thank heavens for this group because how do you explain all of this to anyone with neurotypical kids? [/QUOTE]
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