I so much appreciate all of your comments and advice. Some of the things mentioned I have thought about, and others had not even crossed my mind. Thank you so much for your encouragement to hang in there. We brought ds home from public school because of bullying issues at school. We felt as if he had enough stress to deal with at home ( husband is a brittle diabetic, and 17 year old daughter has cerebral palsy and in a power wheelchair.) The diabetes and cerebral palsy can not be changed, but we could at least remove him from the stress he was experiencing at school. I had no idea that we would discover problems. My focus was going to be counseling for his anxiety about his sister and dad, and teaching him some social skills, which he seemed to be lagging behind in a bit. Considering that his sister has required so much of our attention, I thought that we must have dropped the ball with teaching him some basic social skills.
We have a 2nd appointment tomorrow with a psychologist. Also, he meets with his very sweet counselor this week. We will start a different medication Tuesday. Can't remember the name of it.
Thank you all again for your support and encouragement. I appreciate it more than you know. I hope that each of you have a blessed week.
Lisa Diane