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Michelle - I know nothing of the numb shock and emotional pain you must be feeling right now...
A friend of mine in the UK has a son with mental health problems, and she finally realised she was simply unable to cope on her own, at home with this boy...He too had become too violent and unpredictable.
In the end, she had a long talk with her own Doctor, and specialists, and reluctantly agreed to have him 'sectioned'...I don't know if you know what this means, or whether the term exists in the States...It means, being detained in a secure Hospital, under the Mental Health Act, for the security of you and those around you.
If it is perceived that you could be a danger to yourself and to others, this is a viable option, and assessed and monitored regularly.
It's not the ideal option, but it's a measure designed to help....

My feeling is that this poor boy is getting far too powerful for you to handle on your own...And though doing such a thing may have the effect of making you feel guilty and rsponsible, there comes a time when you MUST put your own needs absolutely first and foremost.
You've saved his life. Had you taken the witless road of pressing charges (good for you for resisting that!) he would never have forgiven you...and your relationship would have changed for ever. You did the right thing...But -
He could have killed you. And if he had, what would save him then?
You must take measures to prevent this ever, ever happening again.
And much as it goes against the grain of ANY mother who loves their children unconditionally, as you do - you must look to you, put yourself first and save yourself. Otherwise, you're no good to anyone.

I wish you more, than you could ever imagine.

Alexandra

As a mother of an 7 year old girl with AS, my thoughs and prayers go out to you. I suffer from bipolar disorder so I have always had lauryn see a psyc doc, for the fear of depression. But I also have a 15 year old son who has ADHD who flew in a rage about 6 months ago. I called the police and I had the officer give a good talk. I guess what I want to say is teen age boys do lot's of things. Besides the cutting. Like someone said a lot of this just may be a phase. Stay strong.

I never even realized that I didn't post Michael's updates!

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He is doing much better now. After the episode where he attakced me we did wind up in the ER; and then he was transferred back into the same unit he had been in before.

They looked at all of his medications, and found out that the Risperdal he had been taking shared traits with the Zoloft which caused the immediate bad reaction (the horrible rages which caused him to attack me) and the Prozac which he had taken in the past and had such trouble with. (Also causing horrible rages - except he was 8 at the time, and I could physically control him then).

He has since been switched to Abilify and Trileptal in addition to his Adderall. He is still having to learn how to control the rage, but these meds at least don't make him sit on a hair's trigger like the seratonin-uptake inhibitors did.

I will most likely be homeschooling next year, to protect him and others from whatever changes are still going on. When he feels he is capapble of coping again, we'll go back to the public school system - but it's just too much pressure right now.

All in all I am happy with the progress he has made and hopeful for what he CAN do in the future. We just have to be more vigilant of his mood swings.

Michelle, do what is necessary to protect the well being of the rest of the family when considering options with Michael.

I had a friend who sent her son to a special boarding school after some violent outbreaks at home during his teens.

He turned out all right. Even became an electrician as an adult.

Many blessings to everyone in your family!

Susan