Argh. I'm losing my mind. My daughter is four-and-a-half. She was a little angel until she hit a year-and-a-half and it all went downhill from there. She is impulsive, explosive, aggressive, mean as a rattlesnake. She does have her periods of sweetness but normally she's a temper tantrum waiting to happen.
I'm having an email conversation with my son's pdoc, which I have done in the past. He has suggested trying medication on her before but I just couldn't. I will end up going in to see him, I'm sure. Therapy might be an option, I suppose.
I don't know if this is a mental health issue, bad discipline, or just her personality. I feel that she is too young to medicate and what if this is just the way she is? Shouldn't I be able to teach her good coping skills so that we don't have to rely on medication??
Her brother, who is nine, was dx'd with Bipolar when he was six. He's been medicated ever since and is pretty stable. He still has outbursts but is normally pretty easy to manage. Discipline works. Since my daughter got back though, he's been acting out more. He does better when she's not around. Role reversal for sure.
I do take this personally. She doesn't pull this stuff with her father, though she only sees him twice a week. She breaks me down and I end up crying too much. I asked her last night if she acted like that with the family in Texas. Of course not.
Any ideas?
I'm having an email conversation with my son's pdoc, which I have done in the past. He has suggested trying medication on her before but I just couldn't. I will end up going in to see him, I'm sure. Therapy might be an option, I suppose.
I don't know if this is a mental health issue, bad discipline, or just her personality. I feel that she is too young to medicate and what if this is just the way she is? Shouldn't I be able to teach her good coping skills so that we don't have to rely on medication??
Her brother, who is nine, was dx'd with Bipolar when he was six. He's been medicated ever since and is pretty stable. He still has outbursts but is normally pretty easy to manage. Discipline works. Since my daughter got back though, he's been acting out more. He does better when she's not around. Role reversal for sure.
I do take this personally. She doesn't pull this stuff with her father, though she only sees him twice a week. She breaks me down and I end up crying too much. I asked her last night if she acted like that with the family in Texas. Of course not.
Any ideas?