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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 8733" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Martie,</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your lengthy reply. I so appreciate your sharing your experiences with your ex-difficult child because you give me hope for the future. And yes, I think our experiences share common threads, even down to the fact that my difficult child 2 plays the piano (since age 6). I'm certain she's not bound for Julliard, but she is talented and her fingers fly across the keyboard (somehow her working memory and processing speed "work" for piano). I hope I make your day when I say that you are indeed helping me.</p><p></p><p>An update of sorts: difficult child 2's psychiatrist is very concerned about the significant drop in IQ scores, particulary in Verbal and Working Memory. The psychiatrist said this type of drop is not generally expected with a mood disorder (the psychiatrist is head of child and adolescent psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital and treats lots of kids with mood disorders). While the mood stabilizers Topamax, Neurontin and Lithium are known to cause cognitive dulling, Lamictal is not; however, it cannot be ruled out, and the psychiatrist has a call into the neurologist we work with to get his opinion. She has arranged for difficult child 2 to undergo both projective testing to gauge her emotional state and the IVA to evaluate the extent of her inattention. As I said in my earlier post, we have never felt she had ADD, but she has become increasingly inattentive since school began in the fall. The question is why - medication, worsening anxiety, something else (with school environment and no 504 or IEP thrown in, I'm sure). We hope the testing results will shed light on this issue.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for sharing your experiences with me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 8733, member: 2423"] Martie, Thank you for your lengthy reply. I so appreciate your sharing your experiences with your ex-difficult child because you give me hope for the future. And yes, I think our experiences share common threads, even down to the fact that my difficult child 2 plays the piano (since age 6). I'm certain she's not bound for Julliard, but she is talented and her fingers fly across the keyboard (somehow her working memory and processing speed "work" for piano). I hope I make your day when I say that you are indeed helping me. An update of sorts: difficult child 2's psychiatrist is very concerned about the significant drop in IQ scores, particulary in Verbal and Working Memory. The psychiatrist said this type of drop is not generally expected with a mood disorder (the psychiatrist is head of child and adolescent psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital and treats lots of kids with mood disorders). While the mood stabilizers Topamax, Neurontin and Lithium are known to cause cognitive dulling, Lamictal is not; however, it cannot be ruled out, and the psychiatrist has a call into the neurologist we work with to get his opinion. She has arranged for difficult child 2 to undergo both projective testing to gauge her emotional state and the IVA to evaluate the extent of her inattention. As I said in my earlier post, we have never felt she had ADD, but she has become increasingly inattentive since school began in the fall. The question is why - medication, worsening anxiety, something else (with school environment and no 504 or IEP thrown in, I'm sure). We hope the testing results will shed light on this issue. Thanks again for sharing your experiences with me. [/QUOTE]
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