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Bunny
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So, the therapist said that he wanted to me with husband and me, no kids allowed, to see how we thought things were going and how he felt we should be proceeding at this point. I basically told him that I do not wish for school to be a topic of discussion any longer. difficult child is a straight A student. School never was, is not now, and probably never will be, difficult child's issue. His behavior at home, and anyplace where he's really comfortable, is. But, as I told the therapist, I try to bring things up that I feel need to be worked on and I don't think that my concerns are being heard because difficult child tends to hijack the topics of conversation and always brings things back to the topic of school, because he knows that that is where he excels and that is what he will be praised for. Really, who wants to talk about threatening to tell people that you mother doesn't feed you and try to modify your behavior when you can talk about what you have done right in school and be praised for it?
The new plan now is to make a difficult child Book, in which I am supposed to right down what happens with difficult child during the week, both good and bad, so that we will have a solid "outline" of what needs to be talked about with difficult child and where he has made imporvements.
I told the therapist last night that I feel like it's never going to get better. I feel worse now that I did when I stated him with the therapist three years ago. therapist says that's because it's three years and I'm tired and frustrated. He's right. He tells me that to compare difficult child now with the kid that first walked into his office three years ago would be like comparing night and day. Maybe it's harder for me to see it because I'm in the middle of it.
My therapist suggested an anti-depressant for the time being. I know that she is right. I an hanging on to the knot that I tied to the end of my proverbial rope and my mood has been awful for months. Maybe, if I can gegt myself into a better frame of mind I will be able to care for difficult child, and easy child, better.
I know that the medications are helping difficult child. He tantrums have decreased in number and severity. To be honest, I was hoping that they would disappear all together, but I know that would be a miracle.
Pam
The new plan now is to make a difficult child Book, in which I am supposed to right down what happens with difficult child during the week, both good and bad, so that we will have a solid "outline" of what needs to be talked about with difficult child and where he has made imporvements.
I told the therapist last night that I feel like it's never going to get better. I feel worse now that I did when I stated him with the therapist three years ago. therapist says that's because it's three years and I'm tired and frustrated. He's right. He tells me that to compare difficult child now with the kid that first walked into his office three years ago would be like comparing night and day. Maybe it's harder for me to see it because I'm in the middle of it.
My therapist suggested an anti-depressant for the time being. I know that she is right. I an hanging on to the knot that I tied to the end of my proverbial rope and my mood has been awful for months. Maybe, if I can gegt myself into a better frame of mind I will be able to care for difficult child, and easy child, better.
I know that the medications are helping difficult child. He tantrums have decreased in number and severity. To be honest, I was hoping that they would disappear all together, but I know that would be a miracle.
Pam