Hello. I know exactly how you feel. My son was failing every subject and getting detentions every day. He too was angry and a real handful. Now he's an honor roll student and very personable. Therapy is a step in the right direction but in my opinion it's the medication that's turned my son around. He's on an antidepressant and an ADHD medicine but the biggest change came when he went on Abilify. He became a completely new person. These kids have such a hard time and very few people understand them. It isn't their fault. Finding a child psychiatrist is very important because family doctors don't really understand.
We used to be up until 11 at night arguing and crying about homework and then we got him into a school for kids with Asperger's and they don't even give homework! These kids don't learn like other kids and they have lots of quirks that make day to day living very difficult but once you find someone who understands it makes a world of difference. My son is graduating high school this year and we couldn't be prouder of him. He was headed down a really bad path until we found an advocate and a psychiatrist and his whole world turned around. I can give you the name of a great child psychiatrist but I'm in Massachusetts and I don't know where you are. I strongly suggest you contact AANE. Even if they are too far away they can refer you to someone or some organization that can help you. The organization is where I started and they were fabulous.
Be patient because that poor child is really suffering on the inside and probably doesn't even understand why.
Feel free to contact me anytime and if there's anything I can do to help I'll be happy to.
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Hello. I know exactly how you feel. My son was failing every subject and getting detentions every day. He too was angry and a real handful. Now he's an honor roll student and very personable. Therapy is a step in the right direction but in my opinion it's the medication that's turned my son around. He's on an antidepressant and an ADHD medicine but the biggest change came when he went on Abilify. He became a completely new person. These kids have such a hard time and very few people understand them. It isn't their fault. Finding a child psychiatrist is very important because family doctors don't really understand.
April 24, 2009 - 2:09pmWe used to be up until 11 at night arguing and crying about homework and then we got him into a school for kids with Asperger's and they don't even give homework! These kids don't learn like other kids and they have lots of quirks that make day to day living very difficult but once you find someone who understands it makes a world of difference. My son is graduating high school this year and we couldn't be prouder of him. He was headed down a really bad path until we found an advocate and a psychiatrist and his whole world turned around. I can give you the name of a great child psychiatrist but I'm in Massachusetts and I don't know where you are. I strongly suggest you contact AANE. Even if they are too far away they can refer you to someone or some organization that can help you. The organization is where I started and they were fabulous.
Be patient because that poor child is really suffering on the inside and probably doesn't even understand why.
Feel free to contact me anytime and if there's anything I can do to help I'll be happy to.
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