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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 577954" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>You adopted him at 16 months. THAT is, in fact, major trauma, coming right in the midst of when a child is developing critical attachment, consistency, all sorts of things that play into relationships for the rest of his life.</p><p>He hit the teen years... and didn't have the degree of attachment and internal security he needed to survive. It wasn't YOUR parenting. There probably wasn't much else you could have done. </p><p></p><p>I tend to be skeptical of people who attribute all sorts of dxes to a single cause.</p><p>Having walked the road we've been on... ADHD is not such a nice neat little package.</p><p>And I'm prepared to go out on a limb and say that in my opinion, ADHD is the most mis-diagnosed diagnosis out there - often given when it doesn't apply, and totally missed when it should be given. Doesn't make it an invalid diagnosis, but... it isn't nearly the simple diagnosis we assume it is.</p><p></p><p>I do believe that modern life contributes to the formation of ADHD symptoms. Some of these are: (random, top-of head rambled list...)</p><p></p><p>1) technology (radio, TV, computers, cell phones, video games, etc.) has interfered significantly with both the quantity and quality of family time and family communication</p><p></p><p>2) the need for double-income families and the extensive use of daycare</p><p></p><p>3) far less physical work (if you have to milk 6 cows before you walk two miles to school, it makes it MUCH easier to sit still, Know what I mean??)</p><p></p><p>4) noise pollution, which has multiple effects - from hearing loss that typically goes undetected but which affects anyone who spends hours plugged into technology and more so with headphones - to making life much worse for people with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)</p><p></p><p>5) the break-down of the close-knit extended family, where the siblings and cousins stood up for each other, looked out for each other, and generally filled in many of the gaps for those in the clan who had a few struggles.</p><p></p><p>(And I'm not a Luddite. I make my living from technology.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 577954, member: 11791"] You adopted him at 16 months. THAT is, in fact, major trauma, coming right in the midst of when a child is developing critical attachment, consistency, all sorts of things that play into relationships for the rest of his life. He hit the teen years... and didn't have the degree of attachment and internal security he needed to survive. It wasn't YOUR parenting. There probably wasn't much else you could have done. I tend to be skeptical of people who attribute all sorts of dxes to a single cause. Having walked the road we've been on... ADHD is not such a nice neat little package. And I'm prepared to go out on a limb and say that in my opinion, ADHD is the most mis-diagnosed diagnosis out there - often given when it doesn't apply, and totally missed when it should be given. Doesn't make it an invalid diagnosis, but... it isn't nearly the simple diagnosis we assume it is. I do believe that modern life contributes to the formation of ADHD symptoms. Some of these are: (random, top-of head rambled list...) 1) technology (radio, TV, computers, cell phones, video games, etc.) has interfered significantly with both the quantity and quality of family time and family communication 2) the need for double-income families and the extensive use of daycare 3) far less physical work (if you have to milk 6 cows before you walk two miles to school, it makes it MUCH easier to sit still, Know what I mean??) 4) noise pollution, which has multiple effects - from hearing loss that typically goes undetected but which affects anyone who spends hours plugged into technology and more so with headphones - to making life much worse for people with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) 5) the break-down of the close-knit extended family, where the siblings and cousins stood up for each other, looked out for each other, and generally filled in many of the gaps for those in the clan who had a few struggles. (And I'm not a Luddite. I make my living from technology.) [/QUOTE]
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