6 y.o with severe behavior problems

Question

My son whom is diagnosed with a severe mood disorder has been acting up severely lately. Today he woke up at about 5. Went downstairs, cut up granpa's chair and made cut marks on table, crawling around grandma's house like a kitten while they were sleeping, threw grandpa's urinal on the bed while gram and grampa were sleeping, let dog outside and then ran outside after him across the street, threw his sister down a flight of wood stairs, smacked her, tried to put dog inside clothes dryer, tried biting sister, would not listen to our words, threw all the daycare toys over the fence. Was spitting on the kitchen floor even though I told him to stop... would not listen. Was squeezing the cat so tight it cried... Monica took the cat and put it in my room. He got real angry and tried to throw a metal combination lock at Tasia's head. I held his body... he was trying to get loose banging my ribs with his elbow, trying to bite me, scratching me, pinching me, l*****g me, rubbing his booger nose on me... his sister Monica tried to help me hold his body and he grabbed a handful of her hair... Then I had to help him control his body a second time because he threw dinner plates full of food off of the kitchen table when I told him to go in time out because he was hitting Tasia. Made him pick up the mess after... Then he bit his sister Tasia and pulled her skin with his teeth, and smacked her. Held his body again.

Answer 1

Geez. That's horrific! What was your question though?  

Answer 2

When I was little I had the same mood disorder. There is a medicine you might want to consider:

lamictal it works for me and my two other medicines, the first worked wonders, but it made me gain 70 pounds before they realized that was doing it to me and now it's reported often, and the other one made me fall asleep randomly.

You might want to search lamotrigine. I've always taked the generic. You might want to see a therapist and medical doctor. Those two together can help him.

Answer 3

As a counselor, I have experience in working on behavior issues.  Has he ever been hospitalized?  You might want to consider psychiatric hospital given how unstable and violent he is, so that he can be stabilized and appropriately medicated in a controlled setting.  He appears to be a clear danger to others and uncontrollable, so there should be no problem getting him in somewhere.  It wouldn't have to be for the rest of his life, just to get him stable, which should be anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks.  In a good facility, the staff will actively work with you and encourage regular visits and talk with you about what is needed once he leaves the facility.  Also, consider an intensive outpatient therapeutic program.  There are those that have counselors go to the school and home to work with the child, family, teachers, etc.  Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Oh my....I am so sorry.  Please get this child to a CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST and into some serious counseling.  This is NOT normal.  This child needs lots of help....please see that he gets it.  This sounds like a terrible situation.  Do not let him go over the grandma and grandpa's house again without your supervision.  

Yes, obviously he has a mood disorder and also an anger management problem.  He needs to vent his anger and resentment into something positive like painting or playing an instrument.