Rough day at school | Autism PDD

I would not rule out the medication as a cause. It may be used as a mood stabilizer but it can make things worse too. Dosages have to be raised slowly to avoid side effects. I would report to the Dr. So sorry to hear about your rough day nikki

i hope you are feeling better and smiling just wanted to ask if its ok?

does he usually take his clothes off all of the time or does he just do this when hes upset ?

and would you like any help and ideas in helping him keep his clothes on how bad is this getting with him ?

im always happy to help

Awww. Poor Hayden, hopefully having you there tomorrow will help!! PS Hastings.. are you from Westchester/NY? We have a Hastings too. Random and off topic, sorry! I agree, checking with the dr re:meds can't hurt either. Hopefully it was just an off day! Also I'm sure someone will swoop in soon with shirt chewing/oral sensory links...

Hang is there. It will get better.

It could be the medicine. We were told too much of a good thing can be bad. DS just spent 15 days in the hospital. He was angry and aggressive. The lowered his abilify and upped the Prozac.

You just described my son when we had him on two trials of stimulants. It
is so hard to see. My son also has periods of chewing on his sleeves and
shirts - he needs the sensory input to calm himself down at times.
Call the doc about the changes in behavior and see what he/she thinks.
Chart his behavior and ask the scholl to let you know about behavior
changes.
When my son was like that the school also did not call until it was the
second day and he spent much of the time with the principal who was
trying to help him calm. While I would have liked them to tell me earlier I
was glad to see that the school was trying some management techniques
instead of throwing up their arms. I do not think it would help my ds if I
was the only 'expert' on dealing with him in crisis. But I always encourage
them to call. Actually yesterday I did a call from the new schoolnurse -
my son had walked into her office hysterical because he had touched a
berry on the playground and was afraid he was going to die of poisening.
I 'explained' my ds to her and she was great and able to calm him down
and get him back into class after a while.
I hope tomorrow with you there will go better and if not you can at least
see first hand what sets him off and help come up with solutions. And it
very well might be the medication change. Some days are just an uphill
battle.

I went to pick my son up from school today and he wasnt there and they told me that he was in the office with the director. They told me that he had a really rough day and they tried sensory breaks and then just pulled him out and he stayed with the director. His teacher said she was just waiting for him to come out of it because she said he gets little spurts here and there but she can usually redirect him but he was a wild animal today! He was back to rolling on the floor, crawling under tables, screaming, practically kicking kids at circle time and he wouldnt participate in anything at all. I asked if they tried to call me they said no they just removed him from class and the director tried having him help her make copies in the office but wouldnt listen etc. I told them they shouldve called me and they want me to stay with him tomorrow which I am. I told them that hes had his seizure medication upped by almost double the day before yesterday so maybe that has something to do with it. But the trileptal hes on is supposed to also be a mood stabilizer so I dont know how much it has to do with anything.

Getting him home from school was miserable. He was screaming and crying and throwing himself on the parking lot pavement because I had to put him down to find my keys then he wouldnt sit in his car seat and I had to pry him off the steering wheel cuz he wanted to sit up front and he knows he cant do this. Then hes screaming he dosnt want to go this route home so to shut him up (i know im horrible) I go the way he wanted and he gets more upset and says he dosnt want this way either! Then I figure hes had a hard day at school i felt bad and I know I shouldve just taken him straight home but he said he wants to go to hastings so I drive to hastings and he quiets alittle then he changes his mind and we have a full out screaming fit hes trying to tear the truck apart because I didnt leave the parking lot the way he thought I should. On the way home hes screaming for hastings and tries taking his shirt off (he strips as soon as he gets home) and it gets stuck on his head and of course you can imagine he got even more furious if that was even possible. So anyway we go home and he screams and crys for at least an hour straight he wants to go to hastings and get a dinosaur movie! He dosnt usually act like this! He has some tantrums but this was full blown and its rare with him. He actually grabbed my cross necklace and tried stabbing me with it in my neck! And was hitting me! He dosnt usually get violent like this. Anyway im just really worried about tomorrow and if theyr gonna want to give him the boot from school again.

Also the past week hes been comming home from school and the bottom of his shirts and his sleeves are totally wet and hes been chewing on them. I asked his therapist and she said hes probably getting overstimulated and thats how hes dealing with it at school. Im not sure what to do?

Also this isnt related to anything just had to share that he got appoved to DDD!

David, He takes his clothes off all the time and usually stands it enough when hes out but as soon as hes home or we get to someone elses house he turns into a little nudist again. Im doing brushing right now with him so hopefully thatl help soon. If you have any ideas by all means share them with me!

Molly, im actually from kingman, az

C3dburton, I hope your son is feeling better that must have been hard for all of you to go thru

id be happy too pm me ill read and reply tommorow i hope you and your little nudist

have a nice night