How do you do it when things are in crisis mode?

[thereishope]

Are you having trouble finding an OT in IL to come to your house? Where do you live in IL? My sister in law lives outside Chgo and is a slp and knows some OT's. Actually I may an old high school friend that MIGHt have some connections too. I grew up in Chgo.

 

What is ABA? I'm in IL. We have tried to find ANYONE who can help to come to our home and no luck w/OT or therapists like psychologists so far. She is hard to get out of the house at this point.

 

Thanks!

 

Also, Florastor is what is in her shake and it is fine with abx at the same time. I add a little bit of Kefir to thin it out, but I will discontinue using this at the same time as abx in case it is causing a problem.

[L Haven]

When my son was little he had a bizarre reaction to liguid prednisone, and his ped gave us a compounded/liquid form of . . . Baby Valium, I guess. But there are certainly things like Benadryl, etc. Do you have a regular psychiatrist? Would your GP or pediatrician prescribe some low dose soother?

 

There is also 2-point restraint, and 4-point restraint taught in the Management of Assaultive Behavior. It's a way of holding which keeps the child safe, as well as yourself, while you wait for her/him to deescalate.

 

I'm so sorry it's so tough. I know from experience there's something so heart-hurting about violence or meanness in your child.

 

Stay strong :-)

[pixiesmommy]

We are in Elgin, IL

 

We are not supposed to have her on any meds other than abx now while we wait to see what IVIG does (3 months.) We go back to Dr K next Friday for our 1 month follow-up. The thing about Benadryl is that there is no way she is willing to take anything while in an episode where she is raging, so that rarely does me any good.

[peglem]

benedril provokes rages in my daughter.