Re: Re: have no idea what is going on with my 6 yr old-help?

[Guest guest]

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It sounds like he is probably having alot of stress at school and taking it out

on you!!

Hugs

Judy

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To:

Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:01:00 AM

Subject: Re: have no idea what is going on with my 6 yr

old-help?

 

He has been on the Zoloft since last October and no increases for at least 6

months. They have not diagnosed him with a mood disorder (wouldn't surprise

me-runs rampant through our families). The Risperdal was increased to twice a

day around the time school started but I am not sure of the date. He is starting

to get angry on the way to school now as well. As soon as we leave the house. He

wakes up in a good mood. Yet he says he loves school and wants to go to

school.He does say alot thqt he misses me (when he isn't raging).

>

> Hi ,

>

> Mine are always worse during the school year also because of the stress,

anxiety, and trying to hold it together in the classroom in front of  their

peers.

> When they come home they feel safe. They can let go with you. Of course being

sick can add to his behaviors.

> My daughter used to do that behavior in the car, kick the seat, throw things

at me,unbuckle, scream ,etc. What I did was pull over and tell her we would sit

there all day until she stopped because it was dangerous to drive like that.

> Do you think maybe the zoloft could be making him hyper manic? That happens

with my 8yr old. He can't take any SSRI'S for that reason. Is his diagnosis ocd

only? I'm sorry, I'm sure it was posted before.

> Just some quick thoughts here.

>

> Hang in there!!!!

>

> Hugs

> judy

>

>

>

> ____________ _________ _________ __

> From: shellspace71 <shellspace71@ ...>

> To: @ yahoogroups. com

> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:00:50 PM

> Subject: have no idea what is going on with my 6 yr

old-help?

>

>  

> My 6 yr old, OCD, Anxiety and PDD-NOS/sendory interation disorder son is

getting worse. Since school started he has come home and meltedown almost every

day.I have no idea if his behavior is him trying to be a brat, or anxiety or

something else. He hits, kicks, throws thing, has ALOT of anger. Of course it is

saved only for me. Today, he was sitting at supper saying he was going to wet

his pants, on purpose, I ignored this thinking it was attention getting, he was

saying it on purpose, then he actually did it-right in the chair-on purpose!

Never done that before. I took him in his room, told him to change then stay in

his room. Yesterday was full of him attacking me, hitting me while driving,

tearing my car roof, etc. I swear this has to be caused by school. I can't think

of anything else that has changed. It is wearing me down emotionally and I spent

a good part of last night and today crying. I have begged his home based

therpaist (who I like more

now)

> for suggestions and help, thinking it is something I am doing or maybe

something I need to do. I am burned out. I get no help from my husband. He just

gets mad if he get awakened by his son's tantrums. No help though. he works

third shift and his sleep is of ultimate importance. The therapist is going to

the school next week to observe. I am burned out. I see my therapist when I can

but the co pay is sooo high I can afford about once a month. I am going to be

starting an ASD group when they get a meeting time.

> My son has been sick this past month but is getting over it and I just don't

understand his behavior. Any thoughts? He is on Zoloft, 50mg, risperdal.25 mg in

th eAm and .25mg after school and meletonin at bedtime. I am beside myself. I

have no idea how to help him. There is no residential treatment for him I was

told tonight-state funding cuts.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

also just to add, many good OTs can address this also-kill to birds with

one stone since your son also has sensory issues

In a message dated 10/22/2009 12:02:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

bhamelburg@... writes:

There are professionals who do social skills training. They would usually

be a LCSW, or a Speech therapist. If you go to any sites on Aspergers or

nonverbal learning disorder, there may be a link.

Bonnie

> >

> >

> > I've been following your posts for a while and I just wanted to ask

what

> > are working on to address the PDD/nos? This can be a crucial piece to

the

> > issues you're having with him. It's good you're on the track to an ASD

> > group, but you also need someone to work with him that has experience

with

> > spectrum disorders.

> > My daughter has autism and OCD (and other issues..) and I take into

> > account everything when problem solving with her. -and a side note, my

daughter

> > is 11 and she takes 1.00 ml Risperal in the am and .75 pm. and no side

> > effects.

> >

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 10/21/2009 9:01:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> > shellspace71@ writes:

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > My 6 yr old, OCD, Anxiety and PDD-NOS/sendory interation disorder son

is

> > getting worse. Since school started he has come home and meltedown

almost

> > every day.I have no idea if his behavior is him trying to be a brat,

or

> > anxiety or something else. He hits, kicks, throws thing, has ALOT of

anger. Of

> > course it is saved only for me. Today, he was sitting at supper saying

he was

> > going to wet his pants, on purpose, I ignored this thinking it was

> > attention getting, he was saying it on purpose, then he actually did

it-right in

> > the chair-on purpose! Never done that before. I took him in his room,

told

> > him to change then stay in his room. Yesterday was full of him

attacking me,

> > hitting me while driving, tearing my car roof, etc. I swear this has

to be

> > caused by school. I can't think of anything else that has changed. It

is

> > wearing me down emotionally and I spent a good part of last night and

today

> > crying. I have begged his home based therpaist (who I like more now)

for

> > suggestions and help, thinking it is something I am doing or maybe

something

> > I need to do. I am burned out. I get no help from my husband. He just

gets

> > mad if he get awakened by his son's tantrums. No help though. he works

> > third shift and his sleep is of ultimate importance. The therapist is

going to

> > the school next week to observe. I am burned out. I see my therapist

when I

> > can but the co pay is sooo high I can afford about once a month. I am

> > going to be starting an ASD group when they get a meeting time.

> > My son has been sick this past month but is getting over it and I just

> > don't understand his behavior. Any thoughts? He is on Zoloft, 50mg,

> > risperdal.25 mg in th eAm and .25mg after school and meletonin at

bedtime. I am

> > beside myself. I have no idea how to help him. There is no residential

treatment

> > for him I was told tonight-state funding cuts.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> >

>

[Guest guest]

We used to order lots of social products through a company called

Linguisystems.  They have games, flash cards, etc.  They also have qualified

counselors who you can speak with directly who will lead you in the direction of

products that will help.

Subject: Re: have no idea what is going on with my 6 yr

old-help?

To:

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:01 PM

 

There are professionals who do social skills training. They

would usually be a LCSW, or a Speech therapist. If you go to any sites on

Aspergers or nonverbal learning disorder, there may be a link.

Bonnie

> >

> >

> > I've been following your posts for a while and I just wanted to ask what

> > are working on to address the PDD/nos? This can be a crucial piece to the

> > issues you're having with him. It's good you're on the track to an ASD

> > group, but you also need someone to work with him that has experience with

> > spectrum disorders.

> > My daughter has autism and OCD (and other issues..) and I take into

> > account everything when problem solving with her. -and a side note, my

daughter

> > is 11 and she takes 1.00 ml Risperal in the am and .75 pm. and no side

> > effects.

> >

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 10/21/2009 9:01:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> > shellspace71@ writes:

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > My 6 yr old, OCD, Anxiety and PDD-NOS/sendory interation disorder son is

> > getting worse. Since school started he has come home and meltedown almost

> > every day.I have no idea if his behavior is him trying to be a brat, or

> > anxiety or something else. He hits, kicks, throws thing, has ALOT of anger.

Of

> > course it is saved only for me. Today, he was sitting at supper saying he

was

> > going to wet his pants, on purpose, I ignored this thinking it was

> > attention getting, he was saying it on purpose, then he actually did

it-right in

> > the chair-on purpose! Never done that before. I took him in his room, told

> > him to change then stay in his room. Yesterday was full of him attacking

me,

> > hitting me while driving, tearing my car roof, etc. I swear this has to be

> > caused by school. I can't think of anything else that has changed. It is

> > wearing me down emotionally and I spent a good part of last night and today

> > crying. I have begged his home based therpaist (who I like more now) for

> > suggestions and help, thinking it is something I am doing or maybe

something

> > I need to do. I am burned out. I get no help from my husband. He just gets

> > mad if he get awakened by his son's tantrums. No help though. he works

> > third shift and his sleep is of ultimate importance. The therapist is going

to

> > the school next week to observe. I am burned out. I see my therapist when I

> > can but the co pay is sooo high I can afford about once a month. I am

> > going to be starting an ASD group when they get a meeting time.

> > My son has been sick this past month but is getting over it and I just

> > don't understand his behavior. Any thoughts? He is on Zoloft, 50mg,

> > risperdal.25 mg in th eAm and .25mg after school and meletonin at bedtime.

I am

> > beside myself. I have no idea how to help him. There is no residential

treatment

> > for him I was told tonight-state funding cuts.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi .  I'm sorry I haven't been on in awhile and am just catching up and

have been reading your emails. There are a number of good books that may be

helpful on Asperger's -- Tony Atwood's most recent book probably being the best

on the subject, in my opinion -- but one book I would absolutely read is called

" Bridging the Gap " .  It's actually about a child with Nonverbal Learning

Disorder, written by his mother who is an OT.  It is the best book I've read for

getting inside the head of a child experiencing social communication, sensory

and learning issues to understand how the atypical processing of information

affects perception and outward behaviour.  My 12 year old son, although high

functioning, has coped with social and learning issues for all of his life and

more recently has been introduced to the trials of OCD.  I read Bridging the Gap

when my son was about 7 and it has always been my model for how I approach each

challenge my son

faces -- seeing things through his eyes to try and understand his sometimes odd

and contrarian behaviour. No doubt your son will benefit from professional

support, but this book is quite inspirational and I turn to it whenever I need a

boost to continue on.  I hope this helps.

Sylvia

 

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To:

Sent: Thu, October 22, 2009 9:56:29 AM

Subject: Re: have no idea what is going on with my 6 yr

old-help?

The pdoc said the PDD is " a smidge " only(?) but impairs social understqnding. He

didn't give me anything to work on.. Just said I would have to esplain social

cues that come naturally to most of us. Said he is very high functioning. The

therapist-I don't really know as this therapist is new, as to what he is doing

except that trying to get my son to use coping skills and manage anger are a top

priority.

>

>

> I've been following your posts for a while and I just wanted to ask what

> are working on to address the PDD/nos? This can be a crucial piece to the

> issues you're having with him. It's good you're on the track to an ASD

> group, but you also need someone to work with him that has experience with

> spectrum disorders.

> My daughter has autism and OCD (and other issues..) and I take into

> account everything when problem solving with her. -and a side note, my

daughter

> is 11 and she takes 1.00 ml Risperal in the am and .75 pm. and no side

> effects.

>

>

>

> In a message dated 10/21/2009 9:01:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> shellspace71@ ... writes:

>

>

>

>

> My 6 yr old, OCD, Anxiety and PDD-NOS/sendory interation disorder son is

> getting worse. Since school started he has come home and meltedown almost

> every day.I have no idea if his behavior is him trying to be a brat, or

> anxiety or something else. He hits, kicks, throws thing, has ALOT of anger. Of

> course it is saved only for me. Today, he was sitting at supper saying he was

> going to wet his pants, on purpose, I ignored this thinking it was

> attention getting, he was saying it on purpose, then he actually did it-right

in

> the chair-on purpose! Never done that before. I took him in his room, told

> him to change then stay in his room. Yesterday was full of him attacking me,

> hitting me while driving, tearing my car roof, etc. I swear this has to be

> caused by school. I can't think of anything else that has changed. It is

> wearing me down emotionally and I spent a good part of last night and today

> crying. I have begged his home based therpaist (who I like more now) for

> suggestions and help, thinking it is something I am doing or maybe something

> I need to do. I am burned out. I get no help from my husband. He just gets

> mad if he get awakened by his son's tantrums. No help though. he works

> third shift and his sleep is of ultimate importance. The therapist is going to

> the school next week to observe. I am burned out. I see my therapist when I

> can but the co pay is sooo high I can afford about once a month. I am

> going to be starting an ASD group when they get a meeting time.

> My son has been sick this past month but is getting over it and I just

> don't understand his behavior. Any thoughts? He is on Zoloft, 50mg,

> risperdal.25 mg in th eAm and .25mg after school and meletonin at bedtime. I

am

> beside myself. I have no idea how to help him. There is no residential

treatment

> for him I was told tonight-state funding cuts.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>