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Originally Posted by Ginkgo100
SUMMARY: I desperately need resources to get help to protect our family from my violent, abusive, dangerous child. I don't know where to turn but this situation is going to end in someone getting seriously injured, maybe even killed. I am here because I am completely desperate and don't know how to get help. My 9yo son (adopted as an infant) has a mood disorder of some sort—his psychiatrist says that Mood Disorder NOS or Intermittent Explosive Disorder would fit.
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If this was my predicament, I would begin by finding a different and perhaps BETTER psychiatrist to help my son. I would expect any professional to offer some kind of useful and effective solutions for all of us!
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He periodically throws violent temper tantrums. And I mean VIOLENT. In December, he hit me with a baseball bat and broke my hand. On other occasions I have had to seek medical care for injuries he has inflicted, including to my hand and to my teeth. His weapons of choice are softball-sized landscaping rocks (from the neighbors' yards) that he throws at the windows of our house (he has broken over a dozen windows) and at me. He is also violent towards my husband, but because my husband works and I am a stay at home mom, I am more often available as a target of his violence. He sometimes hits his little brothers (ages 6 and 4, our biological children) and once left such bad bruises on the younger one that his preschool called CPS.
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OUCH! What did CPS have to say about your abusive son? If my kids were being attacked and abused by ANYONE, I would take a very serious and determined stand to protect my kids no matter what!
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He has picked up and thrown knives before, although so far he has not used them in a serious way. I am sure that it is only a matter of time. He regularly (during tantrums) threatens to kill me, my husband, and the baby I'm carrying, and I believe him.
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Well, that would be the last straw for me and I'd take some kind of decisive and effective action in the defense of my kids, my future baby and myself but I sure would NOT put up with that kind of mindless violence regardless of what special "disorder" label some doctor has given it.
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I just got a call back from his psychiatrist about this incident (it took a day and a half) and he wants to make yet another tweak to the medications (this time taking away one of the ADHD meds, too). He says he will be in close contact all weekend (today is Friday).
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I would go find myself a better psychiatrist, ASAP.
I don't give advise, but if it was my problem, I wouldn't wait until he seriously injures or kills someone before DOING SOMETHING!
good luck,
jim
