Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 This sounds just like my AS/bipolar daughter.....she and her moods run our home much more than I would care to admit, but I like keeping the peace....as much as possible. I have to choose our battles. She's 14 now and life rolls along most of the time.....with challenges here and there along the way. We've just learned to live with her...and put up with her....and live 'around' her. It is stressful though. Toodles!>^..^<Maralee He apparently has only mild Aspergers. I am doubtful about that at times. Hehas full on rage tantrums and has tried to hit me with a shovel and thrown alump of wood at me, among other things. He really goes off and gets quiteviolent at times. He runs our household, or rather his moods do. Apart fromthat he shows most of the traits of a typical Aspergers child. I'm sure thatyou know all about that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 I have learnt to let the small things slide but my hubby get home from work tired and his defences are down and he reacts when he should ignore. Some days are just like a battle zone Debbie -----Original Message-----From: Maralee Sent: Tuesday, 29 April 2003 2:34 PMTo: autism-aspergers Subject: Re: rage and AS etc This sounds just like my AS/bipolar daughter.....she and her moods run our home much more than I would care to admit, but I like keeping the peace....as much as possible. I have to choose our battles. She's 14 now and life rolls along most of the time.....with challenges here and there along the way. We've just learned to live with her...and put up with her....and live 'around' her. It is stressful though. Toodles!>^..^<Maralee He apparently has only mild Aspergers. I am doubtful about that at times. Hehas full on rage tantrums and has tried to hit me with a shovel and thrown alump of wood at me, among other things. He really goes off and gets quiteviolent at times. He runs our household, or rather his moods do. Apart fromthat he shows most of the traits of a typical Aspergers child. I'm sure thatyou know all about that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 I have never considered this. I will chat to the ped. when I go back about the rages. Debbie -----Original Message-----From: laha1960@... Sent: Tuesday, 29 April 2003 2:25 PMTo: autism-aspergers Subject: rage and AS etcIn a message dated 4/28/03 5:53:24 PM Central Daylight Time, autism-aspergers writes: He apparently has only mild Aspergers. I am doubtful about that at times. Hehas full on rage tantrums and has tried to hit me with a shovel and thrown alump of wood at me, among other things. He really goes off and gets quiteviolent at times. He runs our household, or rather his moods do. Apart fromthat he shows most of the traits of a typical Aspergers child. I'm sure thatyou know all about that!! DebbieIt sounds like he MIGHT have some other problems in addition to Aspergers. He might be Bipolar or ODD.Usually when there is rage involved that is sometimes uncontrolled by the child, there is often an antidepressant that can help . in IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE...OUR 20 YR OLD SON HAS ASPERGERS AND HE RUNS OUR HOUSE TOO.........IT IS SO STRESSFUL AND HE HAS FITS IF HE DOES NOT GET HIS OWN WAY. U CANNOT REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTS HIS OWN WAY......HE SCREAMS AND YELLS TO THE POINT WHERE NEIGHBORS HAVE CALLED THE POLICE............THIS IS SUCH A TERRIBLE WAY TO LIVE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE...OUR 20 YR OLD SON HAS ASPERGERS AND HE RUNS OUR HOUSE TOO.........IT IS SO STRESSFUL AND HE HAS FITS IF HE DOES NOT GET HIS OWN WAY. U CANNOT REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTS HIS OWN WAY......HE SCREAMS AND YELLS Mine son does it as well and he is only 8 he likes to beat up baby brother while he is still in bed asleep he woke both brother and sister up Sunday morning......by going to their room and beating them up because baby had gotten a hold of something of his does this happen at anyone else's house...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 Subj: Re: rage and AS etc Date: 4/29/03 6:41:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: gstone98@... Reply-to: autism-aspergers To: autism-aspergers Sent from the Internet I have told my hubby that he thinks I don't love our oldest son because i think the younger kids need protection however i did tell dad if dad passed away he will go to a facility etc.......... he did very good on zoloft now his psycologist refuses to put him back on it she worships resperdal.......but it doesn't stop him from attacking his siblings..... so she has drop him........because she thinks she has done all she can for him...... so now we are seeing his day treatment psycologist and go from there....... Happened in December at one of the neighbor's houses- they took both kids away. The boy, just turned 10- is in a Boys Residential School for Troubled Youth ( basically jail for kids) for a year in another state, with a year's probation and court ordered psych and meds.... his sister that he beat up is with her formerly absent Dad and his new wife in another state- Mom is still fighting to get her back............ He has been in counseling and on different meds for 3 years- but that was not good enough for DFACS and the cops/court. He was arrested and eventually pled to assault charges. They do not mess around here in Georgia. We all had told her to get him out of the house and into a residential treatment facility- she did not listen. A teacher and the babysitter turned the boy in..........now she has lost them both. I would have had him out of there .... not fair to the other kids. Cj Re: rage and AS etc WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE...OUR 20 YR OLD SON HAS ASPERGERS AND HE RUNS OUR HOUSE TOO.........IT IS SO STRESSFUL AND HE HAS FITS IF HE DOES NOT GET HIS OWN WAY. U CANNOT REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTS HIS OWN WAY......HE SCREAMS AND YELLS Mine son does it as well and he is only 8 he likes to beat up baby brother while he is still in bed asleep he woke both brother and sister up Sunday morning......by going to their room and beating them up because baby had gotten a hold of something of his does this happen at anyone else's house...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 Happened in December at one of the neighbor's houses- they took both kids away. The boy, just turned 10- is in a Boys Residential School for Troubled Youth ( basically jail for kids) for a year in another state, with a year's probation and court ordered psych and meds.... his sister that he beat up is with her formerly absent Dad and his new wife in another state- Mom is still fighting to get her back............ He has been in counseling and on different meds for 3 years- but that was not good enough for DFACS and the cops/court. He was arrested and eventually pled to assault charges. They do not mess around here in Georgia. We all had told her to get him out of the house and into a residential treatment facility- she did not listen. A teacher and the babysitter turned the boy in..........now she has lost them both. I would have had him out of there .... not fair to the other kids. Cj Re: rage and AS etc WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE...OUR 20 YR OLD SON HAS ASPERGERS AND HE RUNS OUR HOUSE TOO.........IT IS SO STRESSFUL AND HE HAS FITS IF HE DOES NOT GET HIS OWN WAY. U CANNOT REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTS HIS OWN WAY......HE SCREAMS AND YELLS Mine son does it as well and he is only 8he likes to beat up baby brother while he is still in bed asleephe woke both brother and sister up Sunday morning......by going to their room and beating them upbecause baby had gotten a hold of something of hisdoes this happen at anyone else's house...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 Forgot to mention- the little girl is 4- and it has been stated by the Play Therapist and Psych that she will need many years of counseling because of the damage inflicted upon her by her sibling. We were told of his abuse of her when he went after another child- and his sister finally told. Re: rage and AS etc Happened in December at one of the neighbor's houses- they took both kids away. The boy, just turned 10- is in a Boys Residential School for Troubled Youth ( basically jail for kids) for a year in another state, with a year's probation and court ordered psych and meds.... his sister that he beat up is with her formerly absent Dad and his new wife in another state- Mom is still fighting to get her back............ He has been in counseling and on different meds for 3 years- but that was not good enough for DFACS and the cops/court. He was arrested and eventually pled to assault charges. They do not mess around here in Georgia. We all had told her to get him out of the house and into a residential treatment facility- she did not listen. A teacher and the babysitter turned the boy in..........now she has lost them both. I would have had him out of there .... not fair to the other kids. Cj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 missbliss53@... wrote: > > WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE...OUR 20 YR OLD SON HAS ASPERGERS AND HE > RUNS OUR HOUSE TOO.........IT IS SO STRESSFUL AND HE HAS FITS IF HE > DOES NOT GET HIS OWN WAY. U CANNOT REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTS HIS > OWN WAY......HE SCREAMS AND YELLS TO THE POINT WHERE NEIGHBORS HAVE > CALLED THE POLICE............THIS IS SUCH A TERRIBLE WAY TO LIVE!!! > We had that problem when Louie was about 16. We lived with it for 3 years, although it seemed longer. There were days when Louie and I were alone in the house, and he would literally beat me down to the floor. And him crying all the time he was doing it. Then we heard about Risperdal, and asked Louie's dr. to prescribe it. It gave us our son back, the son we had until 16 that is. It gave him the edge he needed to control his own behaviors. Of course, he had behavioral therapy in concert with the med to teach him strategies to do this. They've also added Zoloft, and he's a really happy level guy now. He's been taking Risperdal for almost 4 years now (gee, has it been that long?), and is going great guns! There is no reason you have to live like that, or that your son has to live like that (trust me, he probably is as miserable as you are; Louie was). You might want to explore meds. My .02 of course. Annie, who loves ya annie@... -- " Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. " -- Andre Gide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 I was hoping that Kyson would grow out of his rage tantrums (meaning that as he became more mature he would learn to control his behaviour). This has really given me something to think about. Debbie -----Original Message-----From: annie Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2003 4:40 AMTo: autism-aspergers Subject: Re: rage and AS etcmissbliss53@... wrote:> > WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE...OUR 20 YR OLD SON HAS ASPERGERS AND HE> RUNS OUR HOUSE TOO.........IT IS SO STRESSFUL AND HE HAS FITS IF HE> DOES NOT GET HIS OWN WAY. U CANNOT REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTS HIS> OWN WAY......HE SCREAMS AND YELLS TO THE POINT WHERE NEIGHBORS HAVE> CALLED THE POLICE............THIS IS SUCH A TERRIBLE WAY TO LIVE!!!> We had that problem when Louie was about 16. We lived with it for 3years, although it seemed longer. There were days when Louie and I werealone in the house, and he would literally beat me down to the floor. And him crying all the time he was doing it. Then we heard aboutRisperdal, and asked Louie's dr. to prescribe it. It gave us our sonback, the son we had until 16 that is. It gave him the edge he neededto control his own behaviors. Of course, he had behavioral therapy inconcert with the med to teach him strategies to do this. They've alsoadded Zoloft, and he's a really happy level guy now. He's been takingRisperdal for almost 4 years now (gee, has it been that long?), and isgoing great guns! :)There is no reason you have to live like that, or that your son has tolive like that (trust me, he probably is as miserable as you are; Louiewas). You might want to explore meds.My .02 of course.Annie, who loves ya annie@...-- "Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change." --Andre Gide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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