I'm holding off on the behavioral therapist because I have to have knee surgery and need to focus on getting ready for that and then recovering.
Whoa, you do have a lot on your plate. I hope it all goes smoothly.
The dr. did talk about using a mood-stabilizer or an SSRI but son is already taking Prozac for ODD so he thought the combination might be helpful, with the goal of getting off the Prozac at some point.
That makes good sense to me. Prozac ought to help manage the anxiety, I would think. (Note for full disclosure: I am just a mom, not a doc.)
At least hubby agreed to try the medication. I truly don't understand why he was resistant. He did tell the dr that "son is so much like me that it doesn't really bother me that much" and "I just want the two of them to stop fighting". Neither of which made me feel very supported but that's another story (he's probably both ADHD and Asperger, if you get right down to it).
Sometimes dads aren't the ones managing the behavior all the time, so they have a different view of the child. And dads do have hopes and dreams-- they like to think of their child being successful, and they don't like to imagine disabilities getting in the way. That combination can mitigate against a clear view of the difficulties.
DH has been very helpful in our process, in part because he frequently saw DS in the context of Sunday school and Cub Scouts, where DS's challenges were clearly apparent.
At least, we're doing something, though, and it's not permanent and there doesn't seem to be any harm in it.
I hope you get good mileage out of it.
DeeDee
