MC has been having some episodes lately that are really concerning me the first time it happened was this past Monday morning. She had ended up sleeping in our bed with me, my husband came in to wake her up for school and she started crying saying she didn't want to go...nobody understands her and she has a meltdown crying uncontrollably and took over 3 hours to calm her down. Here is the weird/scary part she doesn't remember any of this. It happened again the other night the only difference is that she definitely was awake...due to her allergies there are days that if they are serving something she can't eat she has to eat a salad at school. Normally that would not be a big deal she loves salad well all of the sudden she said she hated the meat they put on it..it is squishy and slimy..so I asked if it was ham or turkey she argued with me for like 5 mins in tears the whole time. Yesterday we picked her up from school and I asked what meat they had on the salad and she got rather irradiated with me saying that I should have known it was ham...I asked her if she remembered the conversation from the night before and she said no and was really serious she really didn't. I have been noticing that when she is in meltdown mode once she comes out of it she doesn't remember anything that occurred during it. Is this typical and if so is there anything I can do to help her?

I rarely keep full memories of when I'm in a meltdown. I often have partial memories, but not nearly what others would expect me to remember. Sometimes I remember what the trigger was, other times I don't. Sometimes all I remember is being overwhelmingly upset.

It's actually one of the issues I've been having with working with my therapist who's helping me with meltdowns - I don't retain enough information after them to give the information to her.

Tuttleturtle-

Thank you it really helps knowing that others go through the same thing.

When I try to talk to my son after a meltdown, he has little, if any, recall of it. I am so thankful that on his new supplements regimen we have only had 1 tiny, partial meltdown in the past 4 months. Last summer was HORRIBLE.

Marci-

Ya we have just realized that when she is in crisis meltdown mode really trying or expecting her to communicate with us just isn't reasonable. If you don't mind me asking what kind of supplements is your son on?

(02-13-2012, 07:40 PM)Monkey0413 Wrote: Marci-

Ya we have just realized that when she is in crisis meltdown mode really trying or expecting her to communicate with us just isn't reasonable. If you don't mind me asking what kind of supplements is your son on?

I'm reluctant to post specifics because what he gets is carefully calculated by his neurologist and gastroenterolosit based on a barrage of tests, including bloodwork every 4 months. One size definitely doesn't fit all, and while his 19 daily pills work for him, that combination might hurt someone else's child.

If you're interested in seeing if supplements can help your child, I'd suggest having a neurologist/GI doc do a full nutritional profile (blood tests - ugh!) first, to see what nutrients the child might be lacking (that's how my son's doses are calculated) and then discuss therapies for "white matter" in the brain.

Marci-

I will defiantly do that! At this point we are almost willing to try anything. Thank you for the suggestions!