New Member in need of Support!

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Hi My name is Tammi, stay at home mom with 4 children. My oldest son Mackay is

12 years old and has aspergers syndrome. I've searched the internet over for

support groups. I live in utah in a small community and I'm struggling to find

support any where!

I'm at my wits end, I'm in tears writing this. We had the weekend from

hell.......I feel very alone and I'm not coping with this at all right now.

We started Mackay on medications about 3 months ago for the very first time.

He's taking rispedal and paxil. He got too out of control to handle. He's very

violant....he screams and yells if he doesn't get his way, he lashes out and

hurts his siblings. He refuses to do any thing that is asked of him, but demands

that I do whatever he wants immediately. He's exetremely selfish. He calls me

all sorts of names, he tells me how much he hates me, idoit, and that I'm

stupid all the time. Yet he needs constant reassurance that he's loved. He acts

like he not capable of doing anything, for example cleaning his room has become

a nightmare, he's been in his room for hours and refused to lift a finger. I'm

getting constant calls from his school because he refuses to do his work. He got

suspended about 3 months ago for punching a kid....that's when I didn't feel

like we had any choice but to medicate. I could go on and on all day.....I'm

just overwhelmed and basically I'm not coping all, I just don't know what to do

any more...I need help!