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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 356693" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It is a tough situation for us Moms, isn't it? Esp because we so much want our kids to be happy.</p><p></p><p>I see from your sig that he is on lexapro and risperdal. If he is still this depressed then the doctor needs to tweak his medications. Has he been on the lexapro for at least 6 weeks at the current dose? If so, then you see the full effect of it or pretty close. It really sounds like he may need a different antidpressant or a second one. Wiz has horrible depression. He takes on AD for adhd, one to help him sleep and one for depression. Remove any one of these medications? He sinks back down into depression. (Strattera, luvox and trazodone - respectively)</p><p></p><p>Sometimes we have to let school deal with the school problems. If we have consequences set up for school and performance at school is such that the difficult child is NEVER out from under a consequence, well, it can be an ugly and unproductive cycle. Are the things you do to get him to get decent grades working? Or are they just piling up on top of each other and not changing difficult child's behavior? We had to look at the situation and decide that school could give detention, F's, whatever, but we were NOT piling punishments on top of that at home. It TOTALLY went against everything I grew up with. But it DID let us have a better home life and let difficult child feel a bit more hope.</p><p></p><p>It also let us send difficult child to do things with friends with-o being inconsistent and/or setting ourselves up for abuse from him. We didn't look "weak" in his eyes so he didn't keep us in his sights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 356693, member: 1233"] It is a tough situation for us Moms, isn't it? Esp because we so much want our kids to be happy. I see from your sig that he is on lexapro and risperdal. If he is still this depressed then the doctor needs to tweak his medications. Has he been on the lexapro for at least 6 weeks at the current dose? If so, then you see the full effect of it or pretty close. It really sounds like he may need a different antidpressant or a second one. Wiz has horrible depression. He takes on AD for adhd, one to help him sleep and one for depression. Remove any one of these medications? He sinks back down into depression. (Strattera, luvox and trazodone - respectively) Sometimes we have to let school deal with the school problems. If we have consequences set up for school and performance at school is such that the difficult child is NEVER out from under a consequence, well, it can be an ugly and unproductive cycle. Are the things you do to get him to get decent grades working? Or are they just piling up on top of each other and not changing difficult child's behavior? We had to look at the situation and decide that school could give detention, F's, whatever, but we were NOT piling punishments on top of that at home. It TOTALLY went against everything I grew up with. But it DID let us have a better home life and let difficult child feel a bit more hope. It also let us send difficult child to do things with friends with-o being inconsistent and/or setting ourselves up for abuse from him. We didn't look "weak" in his eyes so he didn't keep us in his sights. [/QUOTE]
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