Re: Risk too high – No longer allowed meds

[Anonymous]

Thanks for responding.

We are desperately trying to find a professional that can help us. I fully understand that what are boys need is a team effort. We have been trying for years to have everyone work together. The wall we keep facing is that the therapists and psychologists are stating that they cannot help him unless he is medicated. The psychiatrist is saying that she can’t medicate him as he may die from it. This is where we are feeling helpless. Aside from Strattera, which we have tried unsuccessfully twice before, is there any other medications out there that aren’t stimulants and that won’t cause weight gain? She won’t give him a stimulant since he had psychosis and she won’t give him anything with weight gain due to his metabolic syndrome for fear of death. What other meds are there?

I have fought for my boys since the day they were born. I have attended multiple parenting classes, had strangers come into my home to teach me how to help them, have fought school boards all the way up through the ministry of education, I have fought child services trying to get help, despite my fears of the HORRIBLE side effects of the medications, I have let him try several to no avail, I have tolerated years of abuse from my sons and I am exhausted. In 3 years, my boys will be legally accountable for their behaviours. They will no longer be able to have school yard fist fights and walk away without possible criminal charges. This scares the s**t out of me. My husband and I are trying to do everything in our power to help the boys before they get to this point..

No parent wants their child to go through the criminal justice system especially when their child is suffering from mental health illnesses. Our justice system is no place for anyone who has mental health issues. At the same time that I understand that the things my son does are not intentional and, in fact, most of it is probably impulsive, however, he still cannot be threatening his brother with knives. It is not okay. When his behaviours are that severe, how do I get through to him? I know that he is a good, sweet and kind boy. I don’t know how to help control his impulses.

It should also be known that my boys are exceptionally large for their age. They are in the 99th percentile for their age. It is getting harder to stop the physical violence between them.

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