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This very well might be a medication or diet issue. I would have her talk to the doctor about allergy testing. Many children have allergies to things like wheat, milk etc and it can manifest itself as a behavioral issue. My eldest had severe ADHD but it was never an excuse for bad behavior, poor impulse control sure, but he was still held responsible for his own behavior. He was an absolutely wonderful caring child. At the time he was on Ritalin, a very small dose. After being on it for a few years it became ineffective and his doctor at the time decided to put him on Prozac for the sole purpose of making the Ritalin be more effective. I didn’t understand how an antidepressant would do that, but figured he knew what he was doing.
My sweet, caring, considerate child turned into an absolute monster. He had been such a loving person, always considered his little sister his baby and spoiled her rotten. We were renovating at the time and he took a hardwood pole for the closet and cracked her over the head with it, HARD. I was so stunned, he’d never shown any violent tendencies in the past, quite the opposite. We took him off the Prozac and the son I knew returned.
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