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<blockquote data-quote="FlowerGarden" data-source="post: 141207" data-attributes="member: 3068"><p>Smallworld,</p><p>He takes 1000mg of Depakote at night, 150mg of Trileptal twice a day, and 2mg of Risperdal twice a day. The dr at the partial program says that she cannot change the dose of any of the medications because she feels he is over medicated for his system. He is extremely sensitive to medications. Side effects are tremendous. Even the clinician there said that he has that "Risperdal look". He looks drugged quite often. His hands shake at times from the Depakote.</p><p></p><p>difficult child says the combo of these medications have made him feel the best he has in two years. It just seems like he is cycling (don't know if that's the correct word for the extreme highs and lows that are happening daily).</p><p></p><p>To explain the paragraph you questioned. In partial they are seeing how well he is and what a great personality, etc. Then they see that when he doesn't get his way, he will react with being defiant, "no way am I doing that", kick a table leg, rock back and forth in a chair, whine. He will even scream "AHHHH" as loud as possible just like a two year old who wants mom to buy a toy in the store and she says no.</p><p></p><p>When he gets angry about having to go to partial, spent all his money but wants to go to the movies with his friends, etc. he takes it out on me. It's always my fault. When he starts with the yelling and screaming at me, usually easy child 1, easy child 2 or husband will come into the room because difficult child has been known to get in my face screaming, blocks my way, whispers things in my ear that are horrible, etc. They'll sit in a chair or on the kitchen counter. This infuriates him more and he'll start swearing at them. Even if I try to go to my room and close the door, he will follow and stick his foot in the door so that I can't close it. If I do get to close it, he pounds on it or kicks it. He cannot stand to have someone come between us by trying to help diffuse the situation or give me support. He can't stand to have a door between the two of us. </p><p></p><p>We are awaiting residential placement but I just don't know how to handle the ups and downs that are happening so frequently and the being so tired in the morning just sets off problems with the authorities at the partial and school when he is in regular school. Just because he can get up early at times, they feel he should be able to do it everyday.</p><p></p><p>He has been trying to use a dawn simulator light alarm that can be used as a light box as well. It has a very loud alarm beep with it. He can sleep right through it!</p><p></p><p>Someone told me that they have a relative with severe mood swings and that their dr adds a medication for the time they are having them. difficult child's dr refuses to do anything with his medications.</p><p></p><p>I just don't know if I should try to find another dr. I don't know if there is any changes at home that might help him out. I don't know if I should ask his regular high school to do any type of adjustment when he goes back. Partial decided last night that they will release him from the program today and let him go back to his regular school next week. They decided not to terminate him for non compliance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlowerGarden, post: 141207, member: 3068"] Smallworld, He takes 1000mg of Depakote at night, 150mg of Trileptal twice a day, and 2mg of Risperdal twice a day. The dr at the partial program says that she cannot change the dose of any of the medications because she feels he is over medicated for his system. He is extremely sensitive to medications. Side effects are tremendous. Even the clinician there said that he has that "Risperdal look". He looks drugged quite often. His hands shake at times from the Depakote. difficult child says the combo of these medications have made him feel the best he has in two years. It just seems like he is cycling (don't know if that's the correct word for the extreme highs and lows that are happening daily). To explain the paragraph you questioned. In partial they are seeing how well he is and what a great personality, etc. Then they see that when he doesn't get his way, he will react with being defiant, "no way am I doing that", kick a table leg, rock back and forth in a chair, whine. He will even scream "AHHHH" as loud as possible just like a two year old who wants mom to buy a toy in the store and she says no. When he gets angry about having to go to partial, spent all his money but wants to go to the movies with his friends, etc. he takes it out on me. It's always my fault. When he starts with the yelling and screaming at me, usually easy child 1, easy child 2 or husband will come into the room because difficult child has been known to get in my face screaming, blocks my way, whispers things in my ear that are horrible, etc. They'll sit in a chair or on the kitchen counter. This infuriates him more and he'll start swearing at them. Even if I try to go to my room and close the door, he will follow and stick his foot in the door so that I can't close it. If I do get to close it, he pounds on it or kicks it. He cannot stand to have someone come between us by trying to help diffuse the situation or give me support. He can't stand to have a door between the two of us. We are awaiting residential placement but I just don't know how to handle the ups and downs that are happening so frequently and the being so tired in the morning just sets off problems with the authorities at the partial and school when he is in regular school. Just because he can get up early at times, they feel he should be able to do it everyday. He has been trying to use a dawn simulator light alarm that can be used as a light box as well. It has a very loud alarm beep with it. He can sleep right through it! Someone told me that they have a relative with severe mood swings and that their dr adds a medication for the time they are having them. difficult child's dr refuses to do anything with his medications. I just don't know if I should try to find another dr. I don't know if there is any changes at home that might help him out. I don't know if I should ask his regular high school to do any type of adjustment when he goes back. Partial decided last night that they will release him from the program today and let him go back to his regular school next week. They decided not to terminate him for non compliance. [/QUOTE]
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