Megan N
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| megannicko@hotmail.com | |
| City | Rio Rancho |
| State | NM |
| Country | United States |
| Bio | *Husband and I have been married for 8 1/2 years, depression, anxiety, and alchoholism on both sides of the family, however not really any family history diagnosed with BP or mood issues. I know that I have issues with different moods but not so much with the aggression. My husband to me is nearly perfect but his side of the family has some of the issues mentioned above. We also waited 6 1/2 years to have a 2nd child for Troy was so much to handle. My husband a police officer and I now am a full time stay at home mom. Which is best for both children especially Troy because he requires so much care. *Our son was born and was very cranky from the day he came into this world. I had a very difficult time breast feeding him and stopped after two weeks. Troy was found jaundice 1 week after birth and stuggled in the hospital with the billy lights. He had a difficult time with formula and sleeping. As he grew, he had awful night terrors and would hit his pillow. He would scream in his sleep. Troy did speak and potty train very easily by 9 months he was walking. Troy was with 3 babysitters from the time he was 6months until 6years as both of mom and dad worked. Troy had difficulty when we left him but we were told that he was fine after a little while. I could see that Troy did not play well with other children and was in time out quite a bit with babysitters. We tried preschool at the age of 4 and he had major issues including hitting the children and kicking and biting the teachers. He was asked to leave 2 preschools for they did not specialize with children who had his issues. I did not give up on a program for special children. We had to have him tested twice and of course one on one with an adult he scored very high, however I told the people to test him in a childrens atmoshpere and POOF, he was qualifed with social and emotional issues. He was then put on an IEP so we were set up on that part. Troy only attended there for 5 months. Kindergaten was very difficult and this is where we started seeing him getting behind in school. First grade has come and gone but has showed that he is still behind in school. Troy hates reading, writing, and is not always willing to do math. Troy does love art but no longer likes the computer. Troy has difficulty staying on one task for a good period of time. Troy has major anger and aggression issues. He also can not do team sports and hates participating in music class (has to wear earphones to participate). The only thing Troy likes at this point is swimming, watching TV and eating. *His IEP was recently updated however the process of getting him qualified to use the computer program for school will have to wait until the next school year, I will be enforcing this! *He was very good with baby sister until recently he has become a little aggressive with her. *We have been through 5 PDocs and have had 3 of the same opinions. Troy was diagnosed at age 4 with ADHD however the stimulants made things much worse which led the 2nd PDoc to diagnose him with BP. We have tried so many different parenting techniques including Magic 123, along with play therapies. The only technique I have found to work somewhat for both children and myself is Love & Logic. It does not work 100% of the time but I will take the 70% it does. *As of now we are waiting for the new meds to be prescribed. Right now the biggest issues off mood stabilizers is major aggression, not obeying, major tantrums when he does not get what he wants, and have had to stop doing little amounts of school work (which we were trying to do to keep him progressing in school) because it is too difficult for him. Night terrors and bad dreams are still occuring along with him stating everyone hates him and wants to kill him. We have in home therapy twice a week however the therapist is very young and does not seem to have worked with a wide variety of children with BP. She has however introduced me to the hospital for emergencies along with a program called Camelot for kids that is in several different states. I have not yet had to use these two places but have info coming on them for future reference. *I do much research for his illness and have found the best resources through the Bipolar Child that let me to CABF. |