Please please please pay close attention. My daughter is 7 and for years I was telling herPediatrician that something wasn’t right. I would dress her and do her hair and she would pull her hair balls out, tear at her clothing and scream. She did it in the presence of others and people just told me, “she doesn’t like those clothes, or her hair done like that, stop dressing her up she isn’t comfortable”. I wanted to scream and pull my hair out. Please don’t give up, keep educating yourself, searching for therapists/psychiatrists. I am a mom of four and even though I used to accept it, I now know that is not normal. For more information on my story you can go to, https://sites.google.com/site/troianisway/.
Aug 01, 2011 Rating
Same problem here by: Anonymous
I have a foster daughter who does the same thing. We are correcting the problem by being right there when the tantrum starts to intervene. (This is when it happens most)Time out has been effective but we have to watch the behavior on the chair as well. We firmly say "stop" or "no" I stress FIRMLY and hold her hands or pull her hand or arm out of her mouth. We have found the behavior has gone down. It is now just a couple times a week instead of every tantrum. I think that given a couple more weeks she will find another way to cope. It has been a rough transition but we are doing the best we can.
Mar 22, 2011 Rating
response by: Anonymous
I am no Doctor but I have seen a couple shows on Discovery Health similar to your story. The Diagnosis on one case was Schizophrenia. Another show was Lesch - Nyhan Syndrome. I would research or talk to a DR regarding those. I hope things are better. Hope that can help in any way.
