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ML
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Today difficult child had a meltdown because he didn't want to go to his dad's house. He goes for one day every weekend but he was tired this morning and I guess he hadn't prepared for the transition. So here he is yelling that he hates his dad, hates his house, wish he never met him, stop talking to me, leave me alone, I hate life. He's very upset and angry and tears are streaming down his face. And lately he's taken to pretend choking himself for effect. I will usually tickle him and he laughs and then gets mad because I made him laugh when he wanted to be mad. I asked his dad to leave and come back and within a half hour he had worked through it.
It's these mornings that just wipe me out~ I feel so beat up afterwards. The separation anxiety that chokes me, the tantrums, the anxiety, the adolescent moods all the time. I guess I belong to this group, huh?
I sometimes just need to feel secure in knowing that I'm doing all I can. We don't always get that in real life but sometimes this group does more for my spirit than any other group in real life.
Are mood stabilizers used to help with this type of thing? Maybe I need to talk to psychiatrist again about trying a different approach. We tried the prozac (for anxiety) watching for signs of possible BiPolar (BP) and though they didn't seem to indicate it positively, I felt his behavior was worse enough that I was hesitated trying his second option, celexa. This is the one area that I feel like I could do better. I've been reluctant to try all the possible medication possiblities but a lot of days lately I feel like I'm not doing the right thing by that.
Well I guess I've rambled enough. Thanks for existing.
ML
It's these mornings that just wipe me out~ I feel so beat up afterwards. The separation anxiety that chokes me, the tantrums, the anxiety, the adolescent moods all the time. I guess I belong to this group, huh?
I sometimes just need to feel secure in knowing that I'm doing all I can. We don't always get that in real life but sometimes this group does more for my spirit than any other group in real life.
Are mood stabilizers used to help with this type of thing? Maybe I need to talk to psychiatrist again about trying a different approach. We tried the prozac (for anxiety) watching for signs of possible BiPolar (BP) and though they didn't seem to indicate it positively, I felt his behavior was worse enough that I was hesitated trying his second option, celexa. This is the one area that I feel like I could do better. I've been reluctant to try all the possible medication possiblities but a lot of days lately I feel like I'm not doing the right thing by that.
Well I guess I've rambled enough. Thanks for existing.
ML