Summer thunderstorms are becoming more frequent in New York City and my son is freaking out. Sure there are many people out there who admit to being afraid of thunderstorms, but with a teenager who battles with Aspergers' Syndrome and Bipolar this is not the norm.
Today my son started out okay. He kept looking outside of his window. He read some of his books, recited and went online and researched his favorite things. This must have lasted a couple of hours until ~ BOOM!
Okay, my son starts to freak out and starts to curse and threatens to runaway. I try the best that I can to calm him down and to reason with him. He tells me he is running away and I cannot stop him and yes outerspace is the perfect environment. This sounds absolutely funny to an outsider, but to a person who has these disabilities it is very real.
I managed to get him calm ~ oh, so I thought!!! Then all of sudden I hear heavy footsteps going down the stairs and the door opening up. I must have ran in an incredible speed, because I caught up with him. Oh, did I mention I was in my pajamas. I am not feeling so well and thought I could bum around some since after all I am on summer vacation.
The next thing I know is that my son is pushing me out of the way and then he grabs my neck. Now I know he is not trying to hurt me intentionally, but I am choking from his grip. I didn't have the strength to yell or to tell him to stop ~ instead I used my internal instincts. I grabbed him by the neck and he had to let go of my neck to get my hands off of his. It worked.
Then I asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital. He replied with a "yes". Now this is the last place you want to send someone, but he really figured it would be safer than hearing the sound of thunder. I managed to convince him to go to his room and get dressed. We go to his room and I begin to ask questions and to reason with him. It didn't work, but then I said Andrew the sun is coming out soon. He stopped. I went to the cabinet and took out his medication. This medication is only good for the evening, because it gets him groggy and he falls asleep. I figured if I give him 1 tablet he would be okay.
I continued to talk with him and inside of me I was really crying out to the Lord. God really knows I don't want to go to the hospital and leave my son in a place where they will not care for him the way we do.
I have to say that my son took a bath and then went to sleep. He is still sleeping and I am going to let him rest until my husband gets home from work. I thank God that He helped me make sense and that my son calmed down. I thank the Lord for His wisdom.
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