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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This six year old wasn't having a tantrum she was raging.  Even at the age of six it's amazing how much destruction can be done in a full blown out rage.

My DS raged like this once in a public area.  He was a danger to himself and to others so I brought him out to the car kicking and screaming.  Once we got there I called 9-1-1.  There was no way I was going to be able to restrain him while driving home and even the hospital around the corner wasn't an option.  DS got in the car, continued his rage, and it took two EMT's, one police officer, and myself to get him out of the car.

MY son wound up spending just more than a week in a mental institution.

I had him in therapy since he was three because I knew something was wrong.  It took two years before we got a Bipolar diagnosis and that was after I put BPD out there.  It's rare in a child that age.

DS was lucky that he had parents that loved and respected him enough to get him treatment.

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I have taught elementary school for 15 years and the only child I have ever seen rage like the child in the article (biting the door knob, throwing furniture etc) was also bipolar. It is terrifying for a child to be so out of control and they really cannot help it. The little girl in the article needs a comprehensive psych exam, IMHO. 
I hope your son is doing well--bipolar is so tough and isolating for families.

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He's doing great.  Thanks for asking.  I won't lie and say it's easy but DH and I are sure he receives all the help he can.  By the time he goes off to college he will have a lifetime of therapy and an understanding of his illness as well as the ability to know when he's about to go off the rails.

I can only hope this little girl receives the same kind of attention and care.[/quote]

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