christine

My child is what I’ve heard called explosive or extreme. She (6yo, kindergarten) has an ADHD-C Dx and struggles severely with emotional regulation, self control, and impulsivity. She’s also anxious and defiant. This manifests as physical aggression - hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, pulling hair, throwing objects, tearing things up, knocking over furniture. Although we have a pretty good team at school plus her a pediatrician, psychologist, psychiatrist, and behavioral therapist, I’m overwhelmed and drowning. It’s constant, unrelenting trauma. I’m trying to prevent injury to her and myself, I’m constantly vigilant, I never relax, and I’m communicating with school daily doing a “will-they, won’t-they” ask me to pick her up for, e.g., destroying a classroom and having a near-naked meltdown because she bit her clothes to shreds and took them off (that happened Tuesday). One hard part is that I don’t know anyone else whose kid is like mine. I feel so alone and don’t know where to get advice on the daily things. (Like right now, I can’t keep her closet stocked. She keeps destroying her clothes. I can’t mend them fast enough. Cheap clothes tear so easily, higher quality ones are too expensive to go through this quickly. What to do?) Does anyone know of any type of support group that I might fit into? SOS.

Thank you for your clear and helpful reply to my plea for help earlier today, Paulette. I greatly appreciate it!