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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 150021" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I don't really understand the neuro psychiatric test, so I don't have any advice particular to that.</p><p></p><p>I think if I were in your shoes I would worry that perhaps you have gone as far as you can with this psychiatrist. After all, that professional relationship has to be built on trust with your most innermost workings and those of your difficult child's. If difficult child isn't participating in the therapy, it's throwing good money after bad to continue.</p><p></p><p>I saw the same types of behaviors with M at around your difficult child's age. I found out later that he and his friends were doing some street drugs. I really don't know how much it was, because he was such a liar. I think in your case that after 4 years, further testing seems reasonable. He was only 8 when he was tested before. That's a huge age difference as far as mental maturity goes. I would also ask for a tox screen on him, but I wouldn't tell him why they were drawing blood. It would be a breech of trust if he actually isn't doing recreational drugs. But in my humble opinion, it would be better to rule it out than to wonder. Just as you would want to rule out a brain tumor or encephalitis. </p><p></p><p>I am so in awe of all you folks who adopted children at birth, and have found that there may be family illnesses or previously hidden birth defects that you were unaware of. You keep going and I know that must be hard when you really don't know the whole background other than what little bit you were clued into.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 150021, member: 99"] I don't really understand the neuro psychiatric test, so I don't have any advice particular to that. I think if I were in your shoes I would worry that perhaps you have gone as far as you can with this psychiatrist. After all, that professional relationship has to be built on trust with your most innermost workings and those of your difficult child's. If difficult child isn't participating in the therapy, it's throwing good money after bad to continue. I saw the same types of behaviors with M at around your difficult child's age. I found out later that he and his friends were doing some street drugs. I really don't know how much it was, because he was such a liar. I think in your case that after 4 years, further testing seems reasonable. He was only 8 when he was tested before. That's a huge age difference as far as mental maturity goes. I would also ask for a tox screen on him, but I wouldn't tell him why they were drawing blood. It would be a breech of trust if he actually isn't doing recreational drugs. But in my humble opinion, it would be better to rule it out than to wonder. Just as you would want to rule out a brain tumor or encephalitis. I am so in awe of all you folks who adopted children at birth, and have found that there may be family illnesses or previously hidden birth defects that you were unaware of. You keep going and I know that must be hard when you really don't know the whole background other than what little bit you were clued into. [/QUOTE]
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