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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, the behaviors that you describe from yesterday indicate that your son has moved from obstinacy and defiance into deliberate and escalating instigation.  This is very concerning.

You should contact the therapist to alert him/her as well as to gain guidance.  You should schedule an appointment for your son with your pediatrician for a physical asap - you may want to alert the pediatrician ahead of time about why.  You should meet with his core team teachers as well to get a handle on what they are seeing:  meaning, is the behavior isolated to the home environment or are they seeing the same changes in behavior?

Something is going dramatically wrong and you need to move swiftly to determine what it is so that you can help your son.[/quote]

Thanks and we have already done most of these.

Pediatrician - says its hormones, typical teen.
Therapist - Aware of the issues and has been working with him for about 3-4 months. We also go as a family and separate from him.
Psychiatrist - Has prescribed intuniv which thinks will help take away some potential anxiety. He has had violent outbursts in the past in which has destroyed property and hit us with hands and thrown objects at us
School - Until recently grades have been holding steady. Recently, he has essentially given up. Didn't bother turning in a project last week. Spoke to counselor who spoke with all his teachers and no problems in class other than being too social at times.
Friends - Plenty of friends and no issues. Very outgoing and everyone seems to like him and gravitate towards him.
Coaches - No issues, gets along with all.
Sibling - Gets along well with older sister. Although, she is tired of his non-sense as well. He sneaks on her computer when left unlocked to watch porn.

Not sure what else we can do. We take away privileges when he does not listen or follow rules and give things back when he does something well.  
For example, when he texts girls ask for nude pics we take the phone away. Last Sunday, he asked for a game on his phone which I proceeded to download while doing that a text came in with a photo of the math homework, which he asked a friend to send.
He sneaks out of his room in the middle of night to go into basement to watch tv, so we put controls on the tv to limit hours.
He has stolen credit cards and gift cards from my wallet and racked up several hundred dollars on xbox.  We then put parental controls on hist account so he could not buy anything.  He then used my work laptop left on the kitchen counter one night to log into my xbox account and changed the settings to allow him to purchase again and then took gift cards from my wallet and added to his account another $300.
He has called a phone sex line and racked up $200 with an expired credit card he found. They sent a collection agency after me.[/quote]

NP here. I'm so sorry this is happening to your family.

The thing is, however, a kid this angry and destructive will find himself expelled from a regular boarding school very quickly. I would suggest a summer program instead.[/quote]

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