Obsessive behavior and aggression

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Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or experience with the

extremely obsessive behavior. has really gone to the extreme.

He wants to draw fire alarms all day at school and it is a fight

(aggression) to try and stop him. Same at home except he doesn't try

and throw the computer onto the floor like he did at school. He is

also back to pretending every door is an elevator. It took 25

minutes to get into the Dr. office last week. He starts

the " elevator " and has to wait for it to get to the correct floor

before he will open the door or go into the building. If someone

comes and enters the building he has to start over. We say " walk

through the door no elevator " a few time in the car and on the way to

the building. He says okay but cannot seem to stop himself.The OCD

type behavior is the only thing that will make him aggressive and at

this point even taking computer and little trips to places he likes

away ( or offering them as rewards) are having any impact. He was

doing very well and still in some area. If he wants to do it he does

it great, his language has grown. Yesterday he used 2 5+ word

sentences in a row (about fire alarms but they were totally clear and

made sense). They have now called for an IEP revision and I called

his facilitator at school. They want to move him at least 1/2 the

day into the behavior room (they call it something else but that is

what it is). I know that moving him from the reg. ed class is

inevitable. Not because of aggression(i thought we had this under

control) but because everything is becoming conceptual and this is

very hard for . He is falling farther and farther behind and

even with a one-on-one aide he just isn't even keeping up. Now add

in the aggression and the truth is they are right. He cannot be in

the reg ed room (any classroom really) and draw fire alarms and the

work can only be modified to a point. He was in the behavior room a

few years ago and they were working below his level then so what

now? This is a great school and they have done everything I asked

and everything our consultant recommended. His special ed

facilitator is really good with and works with him one on one

daily. She also email me all the time to let me know things and ask

questions. She will email me at 8:30 at night or on a Sunday. This

started to grow over the summer and we have started Meds. They

worked great and are still working ( i see making better

decisions, his impulse control is much greater and if it doesn't

involve the OCD stuff he has made great progress). He is currently

on .5ML Risperdal, 5mg Lexapro (anxiety) and 10 mg adderall in the

am, 5 mg in the afternoon (he has been on adderall for 2 years. It

has really helped him). Any suggestions for a Mom who is going

crazy. Kellie