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<blockquote data-quote="Californiablonde" data-source="post: 598650" data-attributes="member: 2196"><p>I always felt so bad for easy child when difficult child was unmedicated before her diagnosis. Being a single parent raising the both of them was hard. Before difficult child was properly medicated she had multiple rages a day and barely slept at night. Lucky for me easy child was a good sleeper and although they shared a room he could sleep right through her being awake late at night. The rages were the most difficult. I can't count how many times difficult child through big fits while we were driving in the car and I would have to pull over until she settled down. She would kick in the car windows, bang her head, and pull her hair out. Sometimes it would take an hour for her to calm down. Poor easy child had to sit there and wait which I'm sure wasn't fun for him at all. Then there were the drive thru's when difficult child would throw huge tantrums because I couldn't afford to order something she wanted. I didn't want to punish easy child for difficult child's misbehavior so I would order the food and get out of there as quickly as possible, difficult child raging and the people in the drive thru window staring at us like we were freaks. </p><p></p><p> easy child was a real trooper throughout all of it and for that I am eternally grateful. It took a couple of years to find the right medications for difficult child and between the ages of two and ten she was incredibly unstable and difficult. Once she finally found the right medication combo that's when easy child starting having his issues. He always had social skills issues and was way behind in developement but since he was so mild tempered I always considered him a easy child. Then the preteen hormones kicked in and he started having more issues. He can throw a pretty mean tantrum but fortunately it doesn't happen often. His triggers are the cell phone or computer freezing up on him then he gets impatient and throws stuff. But it's rare that it happens, thank goodness. Those unstable years with difficult child were the hardest but thankfully we are past them and although she is still very much a difficult child with an attitude, her bipolar is fairly stable. I used to feel guilty because I felt like I sorta neglected easy child during the rough years, but I am over it now. I think he can forgive me for sometimes not paying as much attention to him as I should have. One thing I do regret though is not having him in therapy. I think he really could have benefited from it from all the chaos and turmoil difficult child put us through. Now he's in therapy at school and I'm hoping if he harbors any resentment he is working through it. For now he seems to be well adjusted and he is still my affectionate loving boy who I adore with all my heart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Californiablonde, post: 598650, member: 2196"] I always felt so bad for easy child when difficult child was unmedicated before her diagnosis. Being a single parent raising the both of them was hard. Before difficult child was properly medicated she had multiple rages a day and barely slept at night. Lucky for me easy child was a good sleeper and although they shared a room he could sleep right through her being awake late at night. The rages were the most difficult. I can't count how many times difficult child through big fits while we were driving in the car and I would have to pull over until she settled down. She would kick in the car windows, bang her head, and pull her hair out. Sometimes it would take an hour for her to calm down. Poor easy child had to sit there and wait which I'm sure wasn't fun for him at all. Then there were the drive thru's when difficult child would throw huge tantrums because I couldn't afford to order something she wanted. I didn't want to punish easy child for difficult child's misbehavior so I would order the food and get out of there as quickly as possible, difficult child raging and the people in the drive thru window staring at us like we were freaks. easy child was a real trooper throughout all of it and for that I am eternally grateful. It took a couple of years to find the right medications for difficult child and between the ages of two and ten she was incredibly unstable and difficult. Once she finally found the right medication combo that's when easy child starting having his issues. He always had social skills issues and was way behind in developement but since he was so mild tempered I always considered him a easy child. Then the preteen hormones kicked in and he started having more issues. He can throw a pretty mean tantrum but fortunately it doesn't happen often. His triggers are the cell phone or computer freezing up on him then he gets impatient and throws stuff. But it's rare that it happens, thank goodness. Those unstable years with difficult child were the hardest but thankfully we are past them and although she is still very much a difficult child with an attitude, her bipolar is fairly stable. I used to feel guilty because I felt like I sorta neglected easy child during the rough years, but I am over it now. I think he can forgive me for sometimes not paying as much attention to him as I should have. One thing I do regret though is not having him in therapy. I think he really could have benefited from it from all the chaos and turmoil difficult child put us through. Now he's in therapy at school and I'm hoping if he harbors any resentment he is working through it. For now he seems to be well adjusted and he is still my affectionate loving boy who I adore with all my heart. [/QUOTE]
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