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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 312312" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ehlena, you seem like a good stepmother.</p><p></p><p>I have to think the meth has affected him and made him emotionally liable as drug affected kids usually are. She probably also drank. Let's face it. If she said "yup" to meth, she didn't say "no, sorry, can't drink I'm pregnant!" My son that we adopted from foster care at age two was born with crack in his system. </p><p></p><p>Drug exposed kids are very different and tend to have behavioral problelms. Also, the fact that mom was diagnosed as narcistic...there's mental illness on his family tree. He could have a lot of things. in my opinion a counselor isn't going to be able to nail the problems with this kid. He has too many issues. He was drug and probably alcohol affected in the womb. His mother was unstable...have you ever thought he may have attachment issues? He can make friends and be charming, but he can't really keep friends...red flags for a few disorders. </p><p></p><p>I'll be honest. It's hard to figure out drug exposed kids, but I doubt if you're only looking at ADHD. I don't even know if you'll ever get a totally correct label. And a word of warning about Adderrall. It is very "Hot" on the street. His birthmom is addicted to meth. My daughter (this one was adopted from Korea) once abused drugs...she is 25 now. She was a meth addict. She is a wealth of info on teens and drugs and Adderrall (and all ADHD drugs) are very abused on the streets.</p><p></p><p>Teens take the ADHD pills, crush them in pillcrushers, and snort them alone or with other drugs, like cocaine. Shocked? I was when she told me. Since then, I am leery of stimulants, especially if a child has drug abuse in the family. The kids she knew used to "fake" ADHD and get the medications and abuse them. Or they bought them off the street for $10.00 a pill. Drug abuse DOES run in families...or a genetic predisposition to becoming addicted. </p><p></p><p>I hope you do go the neuropsychologist route because I believe you'll find out more thru that sort of evaluation than seeing a counselor or even a psyschiatrist. LIkely the drugs damaged something in the kid and he probably has deficits along with mental illness and it will be hard for the professionals to figure him out.</p><p></p><p>Again, wish you luck. Glad you're here. Others will come along. A few of us are raising drug affected kids. By the way, my son is really doing well. He's sixteen now. He did get a lot of help and we did exhaust ourselves trying to nail down what was wrong with him. It was worth it. Tiring <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> but worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 312312, member: 1550"] Ehlena, you seem like a good stepmother. I have to think the meth has affected him and made him emotionally liable as drug affected kids usually are. She probably also drank. Let's face it. If she said "yup" to meth, she didn't say "no, sorry, can't drink I'm pregnant!" My son that we adopted from foster care at age two was born with crack in his system. Drug exposed kids are very different and tend to have behavioral problelms. Also, the fact that mom was diagnosed as narcistic...there's mental illness on his family tree. He could have a lot of things. in my opinion a counselor isn't going to be able to nail the problems with this kid. He has too many issues. He was drug and probably alcohol affected in the womb. His mother was unstable...have you ever thought he may have attachment issues? He can make friends and be charming, but he can't really keep friends...red flags for a few disorders. I'll be honest. It's hard to figure out drug exposed kids, but I doubt if you're only looking at ADHD. I don't even know if you'll ever get a totally correct label. And a word of warning about Adderrall. It is very "Hot" on the street. His birthmom is addicted to meth. My daughter (this one was adopted from Korea) once abused drugs...she is 25 now. She was a meth addict. She is a wealth of info on teens and drugs and Adderrall (and all ADHD drugs) are very abused on the streets. Teens take the ADHD pills, crush them in pillcrushers, and snort them alone or with other drugs, like cocaine. Shocked? I was when she told me. Since then, I am leery of stimulants, especially if a child has drug abuse in the family. The kids she knew used to "fake" ADHD and get the medications and abuse them. Or they bought them off the street for $10.00 a pill. Drug abuse DOES run in families...or a genetic predisposition to becoming addicted. I hope you do go the neuropsychologist route because I believe you'll find out more thru that sort of evaluation than seeing a counselor or even a psyschiatrist. LIkely the drugs damaged something in the kid and he probably has deficits along with mental illness and it will be hard for the professionals to figure him out. Again, wish you luck. Glad you're here. Others will come along. A few of us are raising drug affected kids. By the way, my son is really doing well. He's sixteen now. He did get a lot of help and we did exhaust ourselves trying to nail down what was wrong with him. It was worth it. Tiring :raspberry-tounge: but worth it. [/QUOTE]
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