Hi there,

Your situation with your child is alot like what we've been through. Violence and all.

We started out with a Developmental Pediatrician who then referred our son to a Child Psychologist. That worked for us because they both followed through together----Pediatrician would prescribe the medication and the Psychologist would do the therapy.

Every country, state or even city could be different so hopefully you find a good doctor who will refer your daughter out appropriately. When I started out, I made a graph chart for ALL behaviors/moods/triggers. This showed that there were no rhyme or reason and anything happened at any given time.

Journals are great too. Maybe you can tell a cycle....do the behaviors happen at specific time, are there regular triggers, etc. I logged everything from eating habits to toileting and sleep patterns to types of behaviors and I still look at them today to see how far he's come along.

Good luck and don't worry, sometimes with maturity it does lessen. Oh and I also am careful about food additives like red and orange dyes in drinks....I found that my son also triggers from artificial sweeteners so I stay away from "sugar-free" anything and try to give him fresh fruits/veggies. Behaviors for my son went down maybe 10-15% after I deleted alot of junk foods and the rest of the behaviors are controlled with meds and therapy.