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<blockquote data-quote="dandrews" data-source="post: 214130"><p>wow thanks for all the info.</p><p> </p><p>My daughter was first put on medications at 6 yrs old and has been changed from one set of medications to another so many times I can't even count.</p><p>About seeing a specialist... we have medicaid and have to get refered by her pediatrician. Of course the doctor is just trying medications for one type of problem after another and says we will eventually hit the right mix. She doesn't see a need to refer her to someone else. </p><p> </p><p>She has an IEP at school that started 3 yrs ago when we moved to Texas. We used to live in California and there the schools all said we don't have the time or resources to deal with her, they put her in a desk in the back corner of the room and sent her home whenever she would not stay in her seat. Its much better since we moved to Texas tho. They had her in a class called Adjustive Behavior Unit. They counsel them on age appropriate behaviors, respecting other peoples space and things etc. </p><p>She has a lot of problems with group activities. She works best by herself. Doesn't get along with anyone. Yet she is always trying so hard to make friends, she is a very close talker (although she will not keep eye contact with you while speaking to you or listening to you) she likes to hug and hang on people all the time. She is very smart and gets A's and B's when she is trying but a lot of the time she refuses to do her work. She gets distracted easily and always finds something she would rather do than her classwork. She always has her nose in a book but likes books that are for younger kids. She mixes and matches her clothes so she looks like a five yr old or a hippy. She constantly is making up make believe games and wants all the kids around her to play her pretend games with her and gets upset when they don't want to. On good days she sits in the classroom and does some of her work. Other days she walks around the classroom putting her hands in front of the other kids books so they can't read, yells in their faces, and shakes her fists at anyone who even looks at her. She has an obsession with food. She will eat 3 plates of food and whine, beg, cry, scream for more. We have to lock up all the snacks, sodas etc. or she gets up in the middle of the night and sneaks food and literally eats until she makes herself sick. She is not fat tho, she is the oposite, she is very skinny. Some days she does anything and everything she is asked to do with no questions asked, other days she argues with everyone and you can't get her to do anything and she will sit on the floor in the middle of her room for hours doing nothing. When she is frustrated or angry, she will bang her head on the wall, pull her hair out, bite herself, run around the room breaking things etc. I have to really watch her around her younger brothers because I never know when she will blow up on them because they don't want to play along with one of her games. She also is obsessed with running away. She has run away several times, she doesn't stay gone more than 1/2 a day tho. She gets scared or tired of being alone and comes home. She basically acts like most 6 or 7 yr olds act.</p><p> </p><p>When she was a baby she didn't like to be held and played with much she was always happier to lay or sit and play by herself. She did not like certain sounds, like vacuum cleaner, plastic bags, any kind of crinkly sound always uspet her very much. She seemed to out grow that around 6 or 7 yrs old. She never crawled went straight to walking or mabey I should say running everywhere. Was always climbing on everything. But she always seemed to understand things fine and she started talking etc. on time, if not a bit earlier than most kids. Used 3 word scentences by about 1 1/2. Was walking at 7 1/2 months. But never did well around other kids. She seems to get along ok with adults about 60% of the time but never can seem to get along with other kids.</p><p> </p><p>anyway I don't know if that helps any of you with an idea of what she is like. Thats what I can think of for now.</p><p> </p><p>My 10 yr old son is another story for another time. He hasn't been figured out yet either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dandrews, post: 214130"] wow thanks for all the info. My daughter was first put on medications at 6 yrs old and has been changed from one set of medications to another so many times I can't even count. About seeing a specialist... we have medicaid and have to get refered by her pediatrician. Of course the doctor is just trying medications for one type of problem after another and says we will eventually hit the right mix. She doesn't see a need to refer her to someone else. She has an IEP at school that started 3 yrs ago when we moved to Texas. We used to live in California and there the schools all said we don't have the time or resources to deal with her, they put her in a desk in the back corner of the room and sent her home whenever she would not stay in her seat. Its much better since we moved to Texas tho. They had her in a class called Adjustive Behavior Unit. They counsel them on age appropriate behaviors, respecting other peoples space and things etc. She has a lot of problems with group activities. She works best by herself. Doesn't get along with anyone. Yet she is always trying so hard to make friends, she is a very close talker (although she will not keep eye contact with you while speaking to you or listening to you) she likes to hug and hang on people all the time. She is very smart and gets A's and B's when she is trying but a lot of the time she refuses to do her work. She gets distracted easily and always finds something she would rather do than her classwork. She always has her nose in a book but likes books that are for younger kids. She mixes and matches her clothes so she looks like a five yr old or a hippy. She constantly is making up make believe games and wants all the kids around her to play her pretend games with her and gets upset when they don't want to. On good days she sits in the classroom and does some of her work. Other days she walks around the classroom putting her hands in front of the other kids books so they can't read, yells in their faces, and shakes her fists at anyone who even looks at her. She has an obsession with food. She will eat 3 plates of food and whine, beg, cry, scream for more. We have to lock up all the snacks, sodas etc. or she gets up in the middle of the night and sneaks food and literally eats until she makes herself sick. She is not fat tho, she is the oposite, she is very skinny. Some days she does anything and everything she is asked to do with no questions asked, other days she argues with everyone and you can't get her to do anything and she will sit on the floor in the middle of her room for hours doing nothing. When she is frustrated or angry, she will bang her head on the wall, pull her hair out, bite herself, run around the room breaking things etc. I have to really watch her around her younger brothers because I never know when she will blow up on them because they don't want to play along with one of her games. She also is obsessed with running away. She has run away several times, she doesn't stay gone more than 1/2 a day tho. She gets scared or tired of being alone and comes home. She basically acts like most 6 or 7 yr olds act. When she was a baby she didn't like to be held and played with much she was always happier to lay or sit and play by herself. She did not like certain sounds, like vacuum cleaner, plastic bags, any kind of crinkly sound always uspet her very much. She seemed to out grow that around 6 or 7 yrs old. She never crawled went straight to walking or mabey I should say running everywhere. Was always climbing on everything. But she always seemed to understand things fine and she started talking etc. on time, if not a bit earlier than most kids. Used 3 word scentences by about 1 1/2. Was walking at 7 1/2 months. But never did well around other kids. She seems to get along ok with adults about 60% of the time but never can seem to get along with other kids. anyway I don't know if that helps any of you with an idea of what she is like. Thats what I can think of for now. My 10 yr old son is another story for another time. He hasn't been figured out yet either. [/QUOTE]
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