Son withh PDD always screaming!

Antonietta - posted on 08/10/2011

i could try the music...ill let u know how it goes. i have pictures in my house but not with red crosses i have pictures doing shhhhh ith the finger ill try the red cross sounds good too!! THANK U EVERYONE keep them coming ill try anything for my lil guy!

Petra - posted on 08/10/2011

hi,I'm from Belgium, and I work with pictures, draw a picture from a face that scream like this one ( :-O ) put a red cros X over it,in red ink, and show it to him and saw 'do not scream i have picture on several places in the house because my oldest son(8) with ass and adhd hurts his little brother a lot, try to find them on google, here we call them pictogram sorry for my poor english

Julia - posted on 08/09/2011

My autistic daughter with Aspergers loves to listen to music on an iPod or radio with ear phones. Maybe it would relax them???

Julia - posted on 08/09/2011

I wonder if you turned on music and gave them ear phones to listen to maybe they would substitute their volume for the music? Music with words, music without words, classical...

Sheri - posted on 08/09/2011

What therapy did you do? Our whole family has auditory processing.

Joy - posted on 08/09/2011

Before my daughter was diagnosed with Asperger's, she was diagnosed with Auditory Processing Disorder. I don't understand how, but the therapy for that calmed her down some.

Sheri - posted on 08/09/2011

Mine calmed a little down with meds but still screamed. It was an auditory stim for him. Oh man! I do not miss that one. I still find all my ear plugs lying around. My daughter is very screamy too but not in the same way. I am auditory sensitive.

Julia - posted on 08/09/2011

What has your pediatrician recommended? Have you had the child's hearing tested? Also, has it been tested for ADHD? I have seen cases where child screamed quiet a lot till on medication then she acted normal not drugged.

Antonietta - posted on 08/09/2011

thanx joy and sheri. sharing your experiences is good enough for me. i knwo im not alone out there and wont be teh last goign through this. but ill ride out this wave and ask him to use his words and wish for the best thx again

Joy - posted on 08/09/2011

Antonietta, I am so sorry and I know what you are going through. My daughter, now 11, has Asperger's. It seemed like she screamed the first three years of her life. I used to wear ear plugs when I gave her a bath.

My biggest advice is to be sure and give yourself plenty of breaks. I am not a daycare using mommy, but with her, enrolling her in head start for half a day was a life-saver.

I don't know how, but it got better. We persevered. She still throws an occasional screaming fit, but it is maybe one or two a week, and they don't last long. These kiddos do grow up!

I wish I had a magic bullet for you! Maybe someone else does!

Sheri - posted on 08/09/2011

Get some ear plugs. Find your happy place. I never found anything. I just had to ride out that phase. Say to yourself "This too shall pass". Sorry I do not have any big words of wisdom. Don't forget to take time for yourself when you can!