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<blockquote data-quote="Cressida" data-source="post: 512687" data-attributes="member: 14097"><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Hello DDD, and thanks for the welcome. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">She has been monitored closely by the Educational Psychologist since she was 4, when I insisted she was seen as I was sure her behaviour was not entirely within the realms of 'normal'. Her school has been incredibly supportive, and after several 6-monthly evaluations from said psychologist, she was finally referred to a Specialist Child Behavioural Unit (in a child psychiatry and psychology centre), and was seen by both a psychiatrist and a behavioural psychologist before being officially diagnosed with ADHD in January 2011. She wasn't medicated until July as I was trying to manage it behaviourally, but it just got harder & harder. Her school was also suffering - it's a tiny one (there are only 16 or so children in her class, and that's years 3 & 4 together!) so any behaviour that's outside the norm is very noticeable. She didn't have any friends as the other children were scared of her - without medication she is incredibly manic, loud, and overwhelming. She - and her schoolwork - are doing <em>much </em>better now... she even has friends. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I rang her unit after the recent behaviour, and they've agreed that her issues go beyond treating the ADHD and into needing emotional therapy to help her manage her feelings. There's been no diagnosis per-se regarding these emotional issues, but alongside the ADHD both myself and her psychologist feel that she potentially has ODD as well, given her relentless antagonistic behaviour & inability to obey even the simplest rules.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">To be honest, when she was finally officially diagnosed with ADHD, it was almost a relief - I'd been told everything from 'there's nothing wrong, you're just not disciplining her enough' to 'she's borderline-retarded and has severe learning difficulties'. Since the diagnosis (and regular sessions with a support worker at school) she's now learning 'properly', supported appropriately, and is 'academically way beyond her peers' in all subjects. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Thank you for the support and the hope. I'll talk to her psychologist about perhaps changing her medication as the mornings are getting worse and worse. I don't want to resort to having to put an alarm on her bedroom door, but she rises so erratically (sometimes - admittedly rarely! - as late as 8, sometimes as early as 4 - [I have an amusing anecdote about thinking I had burglars downstairs only to discover it was Menace re-enacting 'Labyrinth' at 3am, in full costume... but perhaps another time!] and she deliberately doesn't wake me as she enjoys 'having the house to herself'.) that I just don't know what else to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Children are indeed exhausting; thank you for providing the light at the end of the tunnel. I was feeling truly despairing earlier, but have reached a kind of Nirvana at the moment. I may have mentioned in my signature, I suffer with rapid moodswing cycles. I just really appreciate the support; thank you, and everyone who's replied, so much. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Cx</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cressida, post: 512687, member: 14097"] [FONT=palatino linotype]Hello DDD, and thanks for the welcome. :) She has been monitored closely by the Educational Psychologist since she was 4, when I insisted she was seen as I was sure her behaviour was not entirely within the realms of 'normal'. Her school has been incredibly supportive, and after several 6-monthly evaluations from said psychologist, she was finally referred to a Specialist Child Behavioural Unit (in a child psychiatry and psychology centre), and was seen by both a psychiatrist and a behavioural psychologist before being officially diagnosed with ADHD in January 2011. She wasn't medicated until July as I was trying to manage it behaviourally, but it just got harder & harder. Her school was also suffering - it's a tiny one (there are only 16 or so children in her class, and that's years 3 & 4 together!) so any behaviour that's outside the norm is very noticeable. She didn't have any friends as the other children were scared of her - without medication she is incredibly manic, loud, and overwhelming. She - and her schoolwork - are doing [I]much [/I]better now... she even has friends. :) I rang her unit after the recent behaviour, and they've agreed that her issues go beyond treating the ADHD and into needing emotional therapy to help her manage her feelings. There's been no diagnosis per-se regarding these emotional issues, but alongside the ADHD both myself and her psychologist feel that she potentially has ODD as well, given her relentless antagonistic behaviour & inability to obey even the simplest rules. To be honest, when she was finally officially diagnosed with ADHD, it was almost a relief - I'd been told everything from 'there's nothing wrong, you're just not disciplining her enough' to 'she's borderline-retarded and has severe learning difficulties'. Since the diagnosis (and regular sessions with a support worker at school) she's now learning 'properly', supported appropriately, and is 'academically way beyond her peers' in all subjects. :)[/FONT] [FONT=palatino linotype]Thank you for the support and the hope. I'll talk to her psychologist about perhaps changing her medication as the mornings are getting worse and worse. I don't want to resort to having to put an alarm on her bedroom door, but she rises so erratically (sometimes - admittedly rarely! - as late as 8, sometimes as early as 4 - [I have an amusing anecdote about thinking I had burglars downstairs only to discover it was Menace re-enacting 'Labyrinth' at 3am, in full costume... but perhaps another time!] and she deliberately doesn't wake me as she enjoys 'having the house to herself'.) that I just don't know what else to do. Children are indeed exhausting; thank you for providing the light at the end of the tunnel. I was feeling truly despairing earlier, but have reached a kind of Nirvana at the moment. I may have mentioned in my signature, I suffer with rapid moodswing cycles. I just really appreciate the support; thank you, and everyone who's replied, so much. :) Cx[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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