Tough Times April 2025
Tough Times April 2025
As most of you know, our son is 15 and bigger than either of us. He does not verbally communicate and only uses his talker for basic requests. We also have an almost 9month old daughter. Our son has been on a variety of medications to attempt to help him regulate his emotions, anxiety, and OCD. All have been mid at best. The most recent combo sent the poor guy spiraling regularly. Any small correction or what he thought of as a correction led to violent behavior worse than I've ever seen out of him. He grabbed and scratched me for the first time a few days ago. I'm still sporting the bruises and have had to get muscle relaxers for my shoulder. He kicked a hole in his wall and punched a hole through his closet door. Luckily he did not hurt himself other than a little bruising on his knuckles. I'm just so at a loss and for the first time I was honestly scared of my own son. We are changing meds again to see if it will help, but I feel so at a loss on how to help him. I ditched my career and went back to school to be an OT to try to help him. I have no other ideas in my toolbox. I guess I just wanted to vent for a minute with no judgement.