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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 18225"><p>First, hello and welcome to the board. I'm glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>When my easy child (former-difficult child) was 10 he was diagnosis'd with severe depression and his behavior was exactly what you describe with your daughter minus the drugs and alcohol. He was extremely violent with his sister and me - if he had been the age/size he is now I would have been afraid for my own safety with him. I couldn't leave him alone with his sister for a minute. </p><p></p><p>He was prescribed Paxil (before they stopped giving it to kids) and he refused to take it. He was non-compliant with therapy - even running away from the pscyhologists office on one occassion and almost right into oncoming traffic in doing so. He was extremely angry, hostile, hateful...toxic. </p><p></p><p>My advice til Wednesday - don't leave your other children alone with your difficult child at all. If you are truly afraid for their safety, maybe you and your easy child's can all sleep in the same room. If difficult child becomes violent and uncontrollable, call the police. Just because you call the police doesn't mean difficult child will be arrested. Once you explain the situation, they will probably try to talk to difficult child and if that doesn't work will probably take her to the hospital. I recommend calling the juvenile dept of your police department and giving them a heads up. They do this A LOT. It won't be anything new to them and there won't be as much confusion in the heat of the moment if the need to involve them should arise. NO ONE likes the idea of calling the police on their child. I know. But you have to able to protect your other children as well as yourself.</p><p></p><p>Yes, there is a possibilty of adverse reactions with any of these medications. The doctors are responsible for informing you of these and failure to do so is completely unprofessional in my opinion. However, if adverse reactions were extremely common, they wouldn't be prescribing them so readily. Keep your eyes open for them, but don't obsess over it. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there and keep us posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 18225"] First, hello and welcome to the board. I'm glad you found us. When my easy child (former-difficult child) was 10 he was diagnosis'd with severe depression and his behavior was exactly what you describe with your daughter minus the drugs and alcohol. He was extremely violent with his sister and me - if he had been the age/size he is now I would have been afraid for my own safety with him. I couldn't leave him alone with his sister for a minute. He was prescribed Paxil (before they stopped giving it to kids) and he refused to take it. He was non-compliant with therapy - even running away from the pscyhologists office on one occassion and almost right into oncoming traffic in doing so. He was extremely angry, hostile, hateful...toxic. My advice til Wednesday - don't leave your other children alone with your difficult child at all. If you are truly afraid for their safety, maybe you and your easy child's can all sleep in the same room. If difficult child becomes violent and uncontrollable, call the police. Just because you call the police doesn't mean difficult child will be arrested. Once you explain the situation, they will probably try to talk to difficult child and if that doesn't work will probably take her to the hospital. I recommend calling the juvenile dept of your police department and giving them a heads up. They do this A LOT. It won't be anything new to them and there won't be as much confusion in the heat of the moment if the need to involve them should arise. NO ONE likes the idea of calling the police on their child. I know. But you have to able to protect your other children as well as yourself. Yes, there is a possibilty of adverse reactions with any of these medications. The doctors are responsible for informing you of these and failure to do so is completely unprofessional in my opinion. However, if adverse reactions were extremely common, they wouldn't be prescribing them so readily. Keep your eyes open for them, but don't obsess over it. Hang in there and keep us posted. [/QUOTE]
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