[dadfor2]

hi all,

not sure if some of you remember whats going on with our 7 yr old, but if not, thats ok, ill keep it brief.

Our 7 yr old has been having more tantrums and they have becoming aggressive. He has been hitting and knocking things over.

last Saturday night i was up till 3am trying to comfort him through this.

Sunday, it started again, so i had to bring him to the emergency room. (we had an appt that wednesday with psych, but we just couldnt wait)

anyway, they prescribed benadryl, and to give it to him when we felt hes going to start to tantrum (he has a real problem with limit setting).

Believe it or not, the next few days were very resting, he did great on it. we gave him at night, and in the AM and havent had a problem since.

so yesterday, wednesday, he had his appt with the psych. she decided to start off with clonidine, a high BP medication for adults. We have to cut in quarters for him.

basically, the psych said that we need to be real conservative on what medication we are giving our child. She said he was having alot of anxiety when she talked to him.

He was dx with RAD, PTSD, ADHD. Plus, his bio mother was bipolar. He is 7, and i know they really cant dx kids with bipolar but there starting to do that now. The doctor explained that there is so much going on with him, that lets try to just calm him down a bit so he isnt always in a state of anxiety.

well, we just started last night. has anyone had any experience with this? the doctor and i agree to be real conservative, which i was very comfortable with.

dadfor2