Meltdowns, holidays, things have gotten really bad

December 28, 2008

I posted awhile ago about putting my 5 year old on zolft. He has now

been on it for about 11 weeks I think. He seemed to be doing alright

with some breakthrough meltdowns. Since the day xmas vacation started

we have had exactly one good day-xmas-that's it! Of course he is good

when I am at work and he is with hubby though. Last friday and xmas

eve and this friday were really bad, rages, hitting, throwing (he is

strong), lots of tears, anxiety (he is afraid of santa coming to our

house and I forgot hat till he mentioned it late xmas eve), then he

was sad that xmas was over. He is irrational to the point of making

me want to tear my hair out. Today he hit me(threw it) with a metal

car in the face. Everyone says I just need to spank him (yeah,

that'll help his anxiety). he has begun to get obseesvie again-must

do certain things even if it is impossible (one day was he needed to

get icicles off the building which were unreachable, major meltdown

ensued). I don't knwo how we will make it through this next week or

what he will be like when school starts. I don't know if it's the

med. The time of year. WHo knows. I get so frustrated and it is hard

to keep my cool with him. I did today and had a car thrown at me. I

need to find a psychiatrist for him but haven't been able to yet. The

doc prescribing the med won't make any changes as he wants him to see

a specialist. I just feel like this is against me because he doesn't

do this for anyone else. But this morning I don't know what could

have triggered him. Before xmas break I thought the med was helping

him and thought the OCD was even getting better as were the anger and

sadness but now I don't know. Maybe it's me?

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