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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]op can you describe these ragestorms more? What happens, what does he describe feeling, what does he do?[/quote]

OP here.  It usually goes like this: Something will trigger him, like a negative outcome in Minecraft, he will scream, we ask him if everything is okay because he seems upset, and that will lead to an even bigger meltdown.  He often yells “I hate you!” in these moments.  It is just so over the top it kind of blows my mind.  My parents would have never allowed me to talk to them this way, and yet here we are absorbing it on an almost daily basis.  I am totally consumed with fear that it just going to get worse and he will become a monstrous adult.  [b]I hope that someday his brain will flip a switch and he will figure out how to shut off the rage, but maybe that’s naive and medication is the only way out[/b].[/quote]

Crossing your fingers that this just works itself out is not a strategic approach to helping your son regulate. There’s a lot of space between doing nothing and overmedicating him, which is what I sense you fear. There are many good suggestions here. Meds can be a way to help him build coping strategies. Talk to your ped. [/quote]

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