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<blockquote data-quote="devira" data-source="post: 152718" data-attributes="member: 5229"><p>thanx everyone... here are my answers to smallworld</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Consolas'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">My son has been evaluated by rating scales, observations, tallies and IQ testing (not sure which ones) but that is all they have done at this point.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Consolas'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">No, Ira was 4 when my pediatrician (father) and I decided to try strettera in small doses.. he was literally bouncing off of walls. The difference was immediate. The rating scales were not quite appropriate at the time, but have supported that decision going forward. I have seen several different psychiatrists since then... all giving the same diagnosis. This is the first one, who is willing to look at other possibilities and new methods of treatment... it just takes long.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Consolas'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Medications -- Ira takes 50mg og vyvanse in the morning and 30 mg afterschool... he was showing violent and uncontrollable outbursts so the psychiatrist suggested 100mg of tegretal in AM and PM... this was a miracle. It had an instant change for the better... now we are discussing changing to ?respiradol. but I am not sure if he means alone or with some combination.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Consolas'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">School -- Ira tests in the exceptional category in most subjects (when done one on one with-school psychiatric.) in class, he refuses to do any work unless teacher sits with him one on one. Somedays his work comes home and it is amazing, other days you would think a three year old did the work. He is better in the morning than the afternoon, he has no concern of consequences, rewards, danger, or others feelings. He can read with me, but pretends in school that he does not know how. The teacher is also frustrated, but I am lucky the school is fantastic. (we have a staffing next Thursday)</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Consolas'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">There are no real delays, only a refusal to show what he knows and/or can do</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Consolas'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Ira was adopted, his birth mother used crystal meth during pregnancy and he was born addicted to a drug, I will need to pull the records to verify which one... it had a five day withdrawal. I know nothing about his birth-father.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="devira, post: 152718, member: 5229"] thanx everyone... here are my answers to smallworld [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]My son has been evaluated by rating scales, observations, tallies and IQ testing (not sure which ones) but that is all they have done at this point.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]No, Ira was 4 when my pediatrician (father) and I decided to try strettera in small doses.. he was literally bouncing off of walls. The difference was immediate. The rating scales were not quite appropriate at the time, but have supported that decision going forward. I have seen several different psychiatrists since then... all giving the same diagnosis. This is the first one, who is willing to look at other possibilities and new methods of treatment... it just takes long.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Medications -- Ira takes 50mg og vyvanse in the morning and 30 mg afterschool... he was showing violent and uncontrollable outbursts so the psychiatrist suggested 100mg of tegretal in AM and PM... this was a miracle. It had an instant change for the better... now we are discussing changing to ?respiradol. but I am not sure if he means alone or with some combination.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]School -- Ira tests in the exceptional category in most subjects (when done one on one with-school psychiatric.) in class, he refuses to do any work unless teacher sits with him one on one. Somedays his work comes home and it is amazing, other days you would think a three year old did the work. He is better in the morning than the afternoon, he has no concern of consequences, rewards, danger, or others feelings. He can read with me, but pretends in school that he does not know how. The teacher is also frustrated, but I am lucky the school is fantastic. (we have a staffing next Thursday)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]There are no real delays, only a refusal to show what he knows and/or can do[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Consolas][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Ira was adopted, his birth mother used crystal meth during pregnancy and he was born addicted to a drug, I will need to pull the records to verify which one... it had a five day withdrawal. I know nothing about his birth-father.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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