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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid with a lot of behavioral issues stemming from mental health issues. One thing that continually need to remind myself is that he doesn’t want to be dysregulated. It’s more uncomfortable and unpleasant for him than for anyone else. Telling him to make different choices without supporting him will do nothing. If you send her away, that won’t help her change unless she gets help wherever she goes.

Pick your battles carefully. Don’t engage when she’s upset. If you hand her a pillow to scream into and walk away, it might not escalate. Remember that the point of discipline is to help her learn, so you don’t need to “punish.”  When she’s calm (and no where near her period), have you tried talking to her?  Explain what is absolutely never acceptable (violence, destruction, etc) and have a calm discussion about the consequences of that. Then, in the moment, be calm, remind her once, and follow through with the consequences.

[b]You are lucky, in that it looks like there is a known cause of the disruption. Yes, birth control pills and psychiatric medications like Prozac have risks, but they are small and well documented.  The risks to your daughter’s mental health, not to mention the social and educational consequences, of her current track seem huge and potentially lifelong.[/b] Talk to her doctor. If she doesn’t feel comfortable with her current doctor, maybe switch to a woman?

Finally, I would look into getting her a therapist to talk through strategies when she is upset. It doesn’t have to be a situation where she is in therapy forever. Similarly, I highly recommend getting parenting coaching for you to figure out how to cope.

Good luck- it sounds like a tough situation for everyone.

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This! My teen daughter has an endocrine/metabolic/gynecological issue that the treatment for is low-dose birth control. My mindset...Thank goodness there is an available solution! If hormones are out of whack causing an issue, then balancing them back is the solution and that has to be done with hormones![/quote]

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