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<blockquote data-quote="mazdamama" data-source="post: 487842" data-attributes="member: 12227"><p>Thank you for the replies. These incidents happened while he was on the Haldol. No threats to people to harm or kill them have happened since he was taken off that medication. DCF had gotten involved only because it happened while I had left the boys (10 & 11) home alone. At a staffing at the Children's Advocacy Center the school mental health counselor asked why I still had the other pets...did the police not order me to get rid of them. Before I could say a word the DCF worker spoke up and said "NO..this is not a criminal case pf animal abuse". Daniel did not mean to hurt either of these dogs and with Snowball, the puppy, all you have to do is mention her name and he breaks down crying. He has not heard voices since he was taken off that Haldol. And luckily in the interim he has been able to see his old psychologist and is pouring out his heart to her.</p><p>I did blast the school's mental health counselor at the staffing because as I said...I had given Daniel the benefit of the doubt when he said he rolled over on the first one dog in his sleep, At the meeting she said that Daniel told her he was aware the dog was under him and tried to do cpr on the dog when he stopped moving, She had never told me this and man did I blast her about that.</p><p>Daniel has never tried to hurt the other pets we have,,,,,,birds, well he knows if he opens the cages they will fly, mice and hamsters will bite...they are used to me and the older dogs would bite him if he tried to hurt them. IF I had been recomended to get rid of the other pets by DCF, his current psycholgist or the police I would have but they all feel his actions were due to the Haldol.</p><p>Quite frankly...if you saw me out with the two of them you would think it was David that would be going to residential. Daniel's overall behavior at school has improved 100%. No problems at church or when we are out....it is David that is acting out. What I have now is a depressed young guy going through puberty, crying over a puppy that he loved and crying over never being able to see his bio mom on earth again. He remembers her where David does not. I worry more about him hurting himself then anyone or anything else and he is under constant supervision with me or those at school until he goes to the residential center. What really aggravated me is that when this all happened I went to my pharmacist and asked him to print up everything he had on Haldol. On the first of 18 pages it says not to be used with bipolar children unless all other options have been tried. The only other medication they wanted to try was Risperadol which he cannot take because it raises cholestrol and he has inherited high cholestrol. Right now they have him on Welbutrin, Abilify and Clonidine. He does get moody and irritable at times and as I said he cries alot. Because Snowball lived for about 5 hrs after he hung her like a stocking he did not think he had hurt her. Apparently an artery or major vessel broke in her neck and she slowly bled to death while I was hunting for an emergency vet on a Sunday aft, Closest one was 2 hrs from us. She was walking around the house and even wagging her tail at us before she laid down and stopped breathing. Sadly he will live with this all his life and he is an animal lover.</p><p>I just pray that all the hurt and anguish he has inside will be talked about with this residential treatment and make him a stronger person mentally. He will always have issues but being able to learn control over them will be a major plus. The LMSC he was seeing while on the Haldol never let him talk, just talked to me and said you have a criminal on your hands here...Daniel hated the guy. What good is a therapist or psychologist if you cannot talk to them?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mazdamama, post: 487842, member: 12227"] Thank you for the replies. These incidents happened while he was on the Haldol. No threats to people to harm or kill them have happened since he was taken off that medication. DCF had gotten involved only because it happened while I had left the boys (10 & 11) home alone. At a staffing at the Children's Advocacy Center the school mental health counselor asked why I still had the other pets...did the police not order me to get rid of them. Before I could say a word the DCF worker spoke up and said "NO..this is not a criminal case pf animal abuse". Daniel did not mean to hurt either of these dogs and with Snowball, the puppy, all you have to do is mention her name and he breaks down crying. He has not heard voices since he was taken off that Haldol. And luckily in the interim he has been able to see his old psychologist and is pouring out his heart to her. I did blast the school's mental health counselor at the staffing because as I said...I had given Daniel the benefit of the doubt when he said he rolled over on the first one dog in his sleep, At the meeting she said that Daniel told her he was aware the dog was under him and tried to do cpr on the dog when he stopped moving, She had never told me this and man did I blast her about that. Daniel has never tried to hurt the other pets we have,,,,,,birds, well he knows if he opens the cages they will fly, mice and hamsters will bite...they are used to me and the older dogs would bite him if he tried to hurt them. IF I had been recomended to get rid of the other pets by DCF, his current psycholgist or the police I would have but they all feel his actions were due to the Haldol. Quite frankly...if you saw me out with the two of them you would think it was David that would be going to residential. Daniel's overall behavior at school has improved 100%. No problems at church or when we are out....it is David that is acting out. What I have now is a depressed young guy going through puberty, crying over a puppy that he loved and crying over never being able to see his bio mom on earth again. He remembers her where David does not. I worry more about him hurting himself then anyone or anything else and he is under constant supervision with me or those at school until he goes to the residential center. What really aggravated me is that when this all happened I went to my pharmacist and asked him to print up everything he had on Haldol. On the first of 18 pages it says not to be used with bipolar children unless all other options have been tried. The only other medication they wanted to try was Risperadol which he cannot take because it raises cholestrol and he has inherited high cholestrol. Right now they have him on Welbutrin, Abilify and Clonidine. He does get moody and irritable at times and as I said he cries alot. Because Snowball lived for about 5 hrs after he hung her like a stocking he did not think he had hurt her. Apparently an artery or major vessel broke in her neck and she slowly bled to death while I was hunting for an emergency vet on a Sunday aft, Closest one was 2 hrs from us. She was walking around the house and even wagging her tail at us before she laid down and stopped breathing. Sadly he will live with this all his life and he is an animal lover. I just pray that all the hurt and anguish he has inside will be talked about with this residential treatment and make him a stronger person mentally. He will always have issues but being able to learn control over them will be a major plus. The LMSC he was seeing while on the Haldol never let him talk, just talked to me and said you have a criminal on your hands here...Daniel hated the guy. What good is a therapist or psychologist if you cannot talk to them? [/QUOTE]
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