Hello Everyone,
I just found your forum and started reading, omg there are other parents that have trouble lol I thought it was just me.
My 12 yr old son has had problems from age 3 (headbutting the wall to his nose bleed). We have had lots of lables, medications over the years (CD, depression), the latest ones are severe ODD, ADHD and learning difficulties. Last year he had 3 lots of 20 day suspensions from school,medications concerta, this year we up it to the 54mg. We had only had afew problems (runaway x2, hitting, swearing, self harm) up until a month ago. Run away at school, rude to teachers, spitting on child, pushing childs head into pole. Yesterday b/f, myself, 12yr and 8yr went to Ocean World, we watched b/f dive with sharks, all happy and good. The boys were getting abit naughty by the end of it so I said no gift shop after several warnings.12yr pouted abit. No big deal hey? Walk outside and I said lets go get some fish and chips. 12yr sat on the ground, his face changed wouldn't move, then the swearing starts and the "I may aswell be dead, goes to get up and runaway, we hold him and escort him to the car, I put 8yr in front seat, I get into back and b/f puts 12yr in with me. Im holding the seat belt on 12yr and he sceaming, kicking window, seat, me, he's trying to get out of a moving car, saying I want to die, he then grabs the seatbelt and tries to strangle himself. I grabbed it off him, b/f stopped the car and held 12yr, while I called the ambo, Ambo came asked for history and also called 3x police back ups. Then asked my permission to restraign him, I agreed and then they got him out of the car without to much trouble, 12yr shoulder is hurt and xrayed but nothing to bad, getting hit by a car would have been worse!
12yr was fighting them all and they held him down removd his shoes, and the saftest way they said to take him to hospital was the police van. So we followed, get to the hospital they put 12yr in the safe room. He wouldn't let anyone look at him for his shoulder or talk to anyone. One valium for me and hours and hours later I got 12yr to talk to them and let them look at his arm.
We got home just before midnight. This is the 1st major one of these we have had in 3 years. He is older bigger and next time this happens I wont be able to stop, what then?
He see's his psychiatric every 4 to 6 weeks with me, I see an ADHD worker to tell me how to manage him. But we seem to be going down hill again?
Sorry for the vent, just thought I would put this up and see what suggestions people have.
Thankyou Leisa
I just found your forum and started reading, omg there are other parents that have trouble lol I thought it was just me.
My 12 yr old son has had problems from age 3 (headbutting the wall to his nose bleed). We have had lots of lables, medications over the years (CD, depression), the latest ones are severe ODD, ADHD and learning difficulties. Last year he had 3 lots of 20 day suspensions from school,medications concerta, this year we up it to the 54mg. We had only had afew problems (runaway x2, hitting, swearing, self harm) up until a month ago. Run away at school, rude to teachers, spitting on child, pushing childs head into pole. Yesterday b/f, myself, 12yr and 8yr went to Ocean World, we watched b/f dive with sharks, all happy and good. The boys were getting abit naughty by the end of it so I said no gift shop after several warnings.12yr pouted abit. No big deal hey? Walk outside and I said lets go get some fish and chips. 12yr sat on the ground, his face changed wouldn't move, then the swearing starts and the "I may aswell be dead, goes to get up and runaway, we hold him and escort him to the car, I put 8yr in front seat, I get into back and b/f puts 12yr in with me. Im holding the seat belt on 12yr and he sceaming, kicking window, seat, me, he's trying to get out of a moving car, saying I want to die, he then grabs the seatbelt and tries to strangle himself. I grabbed it off him, b/f stopped the car and held 12yr, while I called the ambo, Ambo came asked for history and also called 3x police back ups. Then asked my permission to restraign him, I agreed and then they got him out of the car without to much trouble, 12yr shoulder is hurt and xrayed but nothing to bad, getting hit by a car would have been worse!
12yr was fighting them all and they held him down removd his shoes, and the saftest way they said to take him to hospital was the police van. So we followed, get to the hospital they put 12yr in the safe room. He wouldn't let anyone look at him for his shoulder or talk to anyone. One valium for me and hours and hours later I got 12yr to talk to them and let them look at his arm.
We got home just before midnight. This is the 1st major one of these we have had in 3 years. He is older bigger and next time this happens I wont be able to stop, what then?
He see's his psychiatric every 4 to 6 weeks with me, I see an ADHD worker to tell me how to manage him. But we seem to be going down hill again?
Sorry for the vent, just thought I would put this up and see what suggestions people have.
Thankyou Leisa
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