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[quote=Anonymous]Op, I encourage you to reach out to your local NAMI office.  They may be able to tell you if/how mobile crisis teams operate in your jurisdiction and what other resources are available.

I also think the NAMI Basics class and NAMI support groups are great.

What kinds of things trigger aggression? Do you have your own therapist working through this with you on how to approach this.

HS was a time when my ADHD kid became more aggressive (although not to the degree you describe)  It was a scary and sad time.

Counterintuitively, I shifted my parenting approach to become less authoritarian and explicitly acknowledging that DC controlled many things - like going to school or taking medicine - but that also meant I couldn't protect him from the consequences.  If he didn't want to go to school, I couldn't protect him from not graduating or not being able to find a job that would allow him to live independently.  I really kept my focus on the minimum to be safe and graduate and get to the next step.  I also kept saying "I love you" and making attempts to connect, much of which was rejected for several years. I honestly almost started crying the first time he said I love you to me after several years.

Medication was a key part.  For DC, Zoloft really helped, but what will help your DC really depends on diagnosis.

Getting DC a therapist helped also. [/quote]

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