>Another thing M likes to do when he is having a manic episode is throw himself around. I have seen him throw himself at the wall, or bring himself from a standing position to a horizontal position in mid air, then letting himself fall to the floor. I have seen him land on his head….
Month: February 2011
>manic episodes
>At least once a day M has a manic episode that causes him to explode in anger. I am trying to teach myself how to defuse these episodes. It starts by not allowing him to push buttons. Walking away or listening to an mp3 helps. The theory being that if I don’t feed the episode…
>obsessions
>M has a penchant for repeating two or three times everything that he hears. While we fine it annoying, we have to remember that he may need to do that for his compulsion. There are worse things that he could feel compelled to do. Sometimes when he does it, I am not entirely sure that…