Hi,

Feeling very bad tonight and just needed to let it all out. My grandson 8 yrs old SWCAH had an episode tonight that really scared me, didn’t know how to handle it and felt sorry for him all at the same time. Also wanted to punish him big time.

I’m not very good with words but her goes.....We were having a very normal night. My grandson had a boy from school over to spend the night. We went bowling and they were playing video games. My son came over with this 10 yr old boy & his 2 yr old daughter. My grandson also has a sister who is 10 yrs old.  Kinda had a full house.  Grandson was feeling great all day. 1/2 day at school today & starting spring break. The kids were all in the back room running around playing and chasing each other acting like vampires???? I went in the play room to get some laundry out of the dryer and my grandson was tyring to pick up my granddaughter that is 2. Well she kept saying no - so he picked her up anyway and she grabbed his throat right in the middle and pinched it really hard. I saw my grandson put her down and he started crying, yelling, screaming and was completely out of control. He went to grab her and was yelling I’m going to hurt you really bad. I grabbed him by the back of the shirt and he was violently trying to get away from me to tear into her!!!!!!!!!!!! It was like nothing was going to stop him!!!My son heard this and came running. He said she’s only 2 and was going to tear into my grandson. I explained I was back there & took care of the situation and would never let him hurt her. Well, then we got into an argument and the boy that was spending the night was so upset he called his mother to pick him up. My son said he would never have his daughter over again when my grandson was home. He has done this several times with his sister when they got mad and she would hit  him or make him give her stuff back he would go to any length to get back to her but, nothing like  this. I tried to talk to him about why he did this???? Was he really going to hurt her??? What made him violent. He couldnt explain???? He actually didn’t kn ow if he would of or not. Said he just gets really mad and can’t control himself. My son & my whole family have never understood CAH or really listen to me. They all think I baby him and use CAH as an excuse. They don’t really know that this is life threatening and what all he goes thru. I do spoil him to an extent but I would never use CAH as an excuse. I had talked to his endo several times about his behavior but she doesn’t believe it is CAH related. I DO!!!!!!!! I think all those steriods pumped in to him day after day does have an effect. Also he doesn’t do very well with any kind of pain. I have long talks with him about self control and dealing with his condition. He is only 8 and I try as hard as I can to make him  understand.  I tell him he has to overcome these emotions and stop and think about what  hes doing. I’m going to make an appt. to see a therapist. HAS ANYONES CHILD EVERY BEHAVED LIKE THIS? IS ANYONE’S CHILD SEE A THERAPIST??? ANY SUGGESTIONS???? Sorry so lenghtly. I am so upset and I really feel bad about me & my son.

Jenny