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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 415268" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Wow,first of all my sympathies.</p><p></p><p>Here is my humble opinion-its not worth much. You obviously have a major problem on your hands. Frankly at this age unless there is some discussion of autism or you suspect some real learning disabilities I am not sure neuropsychologist testing is going to tell you a whole lot.</p><p></p><p>Second, the medications that your child is on strike me as perhaps some of the problem. I would have expected that someone along the line Risperdal might have been tried to deal with the aggression. Second, I wonder if Ritalin could be making things worse. Third, my son had (twice) a parodoxical reaction to Tenex (made him very aggressive). So I hope you are keeping clear records of what medications he has been on, what you notice in terms of side effects, or primary effects if anything.</p><p>Unfortunately most of us with "difficult" difficult children have had a long road of medication trials to come up with combinations that work.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Has anyone spoken to you of reactive attachment disorder? or perhaps of biopolar? </p><p></p><p>Thinking that you are probably not independently wealthy, you need to think about the best way to spend your money to get this kid help. Therapy--unless you are the world's worst mother which sounds far from the case is probably not going to help him or you as long as you are reasonably consistent and and don't go looking for battles. (Have you read the explosive child?)</p><p></p><p>So if I were in your shoes, I would be trying to find the best child development clinic I could. Because it sounds like your child needs the combined look of regular peds plus child development specialists plus child psychiatrists. I think there are a few really good clinics in the us and I would be moving heaven and earth to get a team to look at him. And a really good child dev. clinic will look at him much the same way as a neuropsychologist would I think. You are going to want a team that really knows its medications inside and out and isn't afraid to look at some difficult diagnoses. (Has he been tested for fragile X by the way?)</p><p></p><p>Then if I had time and energy and money I would be looking for a special education lawyer because he doesn't sound like a kid who will accommodated in most public schools in any program. soon as the school realizes that the better. But you will need a lawyer. </p><p></p><p>You sound like a great mom who has been through the wringer with far more to come. I really hope you can get a team of docs that you feel good about. </p><p></p><p>good luck. It really stinks, and I am sorry for what you are going through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 415268, member: 2322"] Wow,first of all my sympathies. Here is my humble opinion-its not worth much. You obviously have a major problem on your hands. Frankly at this age unless there is some discussion of autism or you suspect some real learning disabilities I am not sure neuropsychologist testing is going to tell you a whole lot. Second, the medications that your child is on strike me as perhaps some of the problem. I would have expected that someone along the line Risperdal might have been tried to deal with the aggression. Second, I wonder if Ritalin could be making things worse. Third, my son had (twice) a parodoxical reaction to Tenex (made him very aggressive). So I hope you are keeping clear records of what medications he has been on, what you notice in terms of side effects, or primary effects if anything. Unfortunately most of us with "difficult" difficult children have had a long road of medication trials to come up with combinations that work. Has anyone spoken to you of reactive attachment disorder? or perhaps of biopolar? Thinking that you are probably not independently wealthy, you need to think about the best way to spend your money to get this kid help. Therapy--unless you are the world's worst mother which sounds far from the case is probably not going to help him or you as long as you are reasonably consistent and and don't go looking for battles. (Have you read the explosive child?) So if I were in your shoes, I would be trying to find the best child development clinic I could. Because it sounds like your child needs the combined look of regular peds plus child development specialists plus child psychiatrists. I think there are a few really good clinics in the us and I would be moving heaven and earth to get a team to look at him. And a really good child dev. clinic will look at him much the same way as a neuropsychologist would I think. You are going to want a team that really knows its medications inside and out and isn't afraid to look at some difficult diagnoses. (Has he been tested for fragile X by the way?) Then if I had time and energy and money I would be looking for a special education lawyer because he doesn't sound like a kid who will accommodated in most public schools in any program. soon as the school realizes that the better. But you will need a lawyer. You sound like a great mom who has been through the wringer with far more to come. I really hope you can get a team of docs that you feel good about. good luck. It really stinks, and I am sorry for what you are going through. [/QUOTE]
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