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Oh my! I just witnessed a full on RAGE...
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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 465582" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>Getting really angry like that is scary, especially to the other kids, but the good news is that he was able to stay in control well enough to go to his room, have a brief conversation with you and stay in his room. I'm not sure if it will reassure you, but that is not what I would consider a full on rage. A full on rage involves potentially serious injury to others or self like biting, beating with fists, hitting, scratching, breaking or throwing things, and an obvious inability to control these behaviors. If you ever see one you will instantly recognize it. I am not diminishing the scariness of the incident or suggesting that you should minimize or ignore it. Just giving you a frame of reference.</p><p></p><p>If he can maintain that much control, then you should feel very positive about his being able to manage his over-the-top reactions with time and help. I would suggest you quietly let him know that you realize it was hard for him to stop and go to his room and you appreciate that. Don't make a big deal of it - just say it once and let it go.</p><p></p><p>If it were me, I would also react very strongly to someone suddenly putting a box over my head and I would be sure to have a talk with the siblings about avoiding things that might startle difficult child because it's not nice to do that to other people. I think you are going to have to provide close supervision for the foreseeable future when the kids are together even though that is very inconvenient and annoying. You can't trust difficult child's reactions - neither can he so it's not helpful to blame him - and with younger sibs who don't understand it's a recipe for trouble and you would not want anyone to get hurt.</p><p></p><p>Now, I have to say that depression IS a true mood disorder and should not be dismissed as causing less suffering than bipolar disorder - the other "mood disorder".</p><p></p><p>What I think you meant about your comment about depression has to do with diagnosing bipolar vs. depression. Many people who have bipolar disorder have depressive episodes or are depressed more than anything else. This can make it hard to diagnose bipolar because the person/child is presenting with symptoms of depression.</p><p></p><p>One possible indicator of bipolar disorder is that the depressed bipolar patient, when given an antidepressant, may develop hypomanic or manic symptoms. This is not absolute evidence of bipolar disorder. Some people just have weird reactions to a given antidepressant and never show any other sign of bipolar disorder and will do fine on a different antidepressant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 465582, member: 11920"] Getting really angry like that is scary, especially to the other kids, but the good news is that he was able to stay in control well enough to go to his room, have a brief conversation with you and stay in his room. I'm not sure if it will reassure you, but that is not what I would consider a full on rage. A full on rage involves potentially serious injury to others or self like biting, beating with fists, hitting, scratching, breaking or throwing things, and an obvious inability to control these behaviors. If you ever see one you will instantly recognize it. I am not diminishing the scariness of the incident or suggesting that you should minimize or ignore it. Just giving you a frame of reference. If he can maintain that much control, then you should feel very positive about his being able to manage his over-the-top reactions with time and help. I would suggest you quietly let him know that you realize it was hard for him to stop and go to his room and you appreciate that. Don't make a big deal of it - just say it once and let it go. If it were me, I would also react very strongly to someone suddenly putting a box over my head and I would be sure to have a talk with the siblings about avoiding things that might startle difficult child because it's not nice to do that to other people. I think you are going to have to provide close supervision for the foreseeable future when the kids are together even though that is very inconvenient and annoying. You can't trust difficult child's reactions - neither can he so it's not helpful to blame him - and with younger sibs who don't understand it's a recipe for trouble and you would not want anyone to get hurt. Now, I have to say that depression IS a true mood disorder and should not be dismissed as causing less suffering than bipolar disorder - the other "mood disorder". What I think you meant about your comment about depression has to do with diagnosing bipolar vs. depression. Many people who have bipolar disorder have depressive episodes or are depressed more than anything else. This can make it hard to diagnose bipolar because the person/child is presenting with symptoms of depression. One possible indicator of bipolar disorder is that the depressed bipolar patient, when given an antidepressant, may develop hypomanic or manic symptoms. This is not absolute evidence of bipolar disorder. Some people just have weird reactions to a given antidepressant and never show any other sign of bipolar disorder and will do fine on a different antidepressant. [/QUOTE]
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