HELP! My teeneager is making me insane....

October 11, 2006

Hi all.... As you all know I am rather new here but I have a massive issue

that I have to get help dealing with and I am hoping someone here will have

an answer.

My son (adhd, odd, a/c bi-polar) (13) is relentless about begging me to

leave.. When he doesn't go to school he doesn't go to his friends, if he

gets below 80% on his daily chart from school he doesn't get to leave, if he

is LATE coming home from going somewhere he is grounded for the next day.

These are the rules , these have been the rules for well over 5 years.

Now when he is told he cant he screams and throws shit, and looses his

complete mind for how ever long he is awake. This can go on from 15 minutes

to 6 HOURS!!!!

I have done everything short of whoopin his butt....I have been nice and

sweet, and took his TV playstation PC ect. And it doesn't stop....

HELP!!!!!

Thanks ahead of time!

October 12, 2006

I don't know if this will help, but my now 15 year old was extremely

difficult to deal with from ages 12 -14. He was physical and would throw

things and

have " rages " when told he couldn't do things or couldn't have things. I

think now in retrospect that it had alot to do with puberty. We had to write

things down in the form of a contract such as " house rules " , lists of things he

wanted to earn or buy (such as a birthday list) etc. Seeing it visually did

help to bring order to his life. At 15 almost 16, he has calmed down

considerably. He still gets ideas in his mind and if they aren't carried out

as

soon as he'd like, he can meltdown, but no where near as badly. Hormones can

make things really get out of whack. Pam

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