RE: Bipolar etc.

[Guest guest]

I am in Dallas, TX. My son Milo is 12 and has Aspergers and Mood Disorder NOS

(aka not quite bipolar). I am facing the teen years with a great deal of

anxiety. Although he is doing ok on trileptal and a low dose of risperdone, he

is starting to become non-compliant with his medication, leading to regressions

and side effects from the seizure medication. He has an older sister who is

quite sensitive, both to his problems and to his antagonistic modalities. This

leads to jealousy and sibling fights, and without his best behavior on, he gets

somewhat violent. And this is at 80 lbs. I don't know what I'm going to do

with a 140 lb teenager who is melting down! His IQ is pretty high, though low

in fluid reasoning and executive function, and he does ok in school academically

when he is not having disruptive behaviors. He has speech therapy and writing

and testing accommodations through the school district and thank goodness no

problems with the school system since 3rd grade. I am so glad to see some

activity here.

If anyone else is in the DFW area and knows of tween & teen groups for

Aspergers/HFA kids (particularly in the southern sector! it's over 30 miles to

the closest one I've found!) I would be thrilled to find out about them.

Socially Milo has one good friend (who happens to be severely ADD) in his class

and plays with the neighbor children, who are typically 3-4 years younger than

him, and this works well. His cousin, 9 months younger, also has Aspergers and

they get along famously; he has asked about meeting more kids that are 'like'

himself and I feel bad that I haven't found a group we can squeeze into our

schedule.

Well I guess I should get back to work, but I wanted to join in the chatter for

a few minutes. Looking forward to shared support...

Kate