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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 539794" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Hi there... <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/welcomecat.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":welcomecat:" title="welcomecat :welcomecat:" data-shortname=":welcomecat:" /></p><p></p><p>I know how you feel, to some extent. ADHD may be part of the issue, but I don't think that's your real problem. I have a son (step) who was diagnosis'd ADHD and the medications they gave him made life hell for him. And us. Stimulants were BAD for him.</p><p></p><p>I second aeroeng regarding a neuropsychologist evaluation.</p><p></p><p>I <em>also</em> have a daughter (step as well) who doesn't sleep, steals, lies, destroys, manipulates... Yep. She's better at hiding it now - I am not sanguine enough to say it's not happening. But she's also 17. Part of Onyxx's issues were learned, part PTSD, and part bipolar. At one point a psychiatrist said she might have ADHD, let's try stims. UUUGGGHHH that was HORRIBLE, she didn't sleep anyway and that was the worst.</p><p></p><p>Lack of sleep can cause some really horrible behavior. I'll be honest, I'm pretty much neurotypical and if I don't get enough sleep (at least 7 hours per night) I turn into someone I don't even like. When you take a child who has other issues and deprive them of sleep (as her brain is doing to her), the other issues not only multiply but grow exponentially. Even ADHD.</p><p></p><p>Onyxx began not sleeping through the night because of abuse she was experiencing at bio's home. Soon, she was hallucinating and hurting people. Mind, she'd always had a "temper" and was charming and manipulative (like bio). The less sleep she got, the worse the behavior was. She would sleep during daylight hours - when <em>everyone </em>else is awake - simply because of that. What I believe is that she's always been bipolar, and had a predisposition to Borderline (BPD)... And what happened to her triggered it.</p><p></p><p>She turned it into abusing others, destroying others' things, and so on. No remorse (unless it got something for her, and then it was over the top), and consequences have no effect except to make her more violent.</p><p></p><p>The police won't make a dent unless she ends up in juvie... And probably not even then. You really, really need to have her evaluated by a neuropsychologist team, and they may even suggest a residential treatment center (Residential Treatment Center (RTC)). Also, if she's not sleeping, stims may not be a good idea... What is she taking for the ADHD?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 539794, member: 6705"] Hi there... :welcomecat: I know how you feel, to some extent. ADHD may be part of the issue, but I don't think that's your real problem. I have a son (step) who was diagnosis'd ADHD and the medications they gave him made life hell for him. And us. Stimulants were BAD for him. I second aeroeng regarding a neuropsychologist evaluation. I [I]also[/I] have a daughter (step as well) who doesn't sleep, steals, lies, destroys, manipulates... Yep. She's better at hiding it now - I am not sanguine enough to say it's not happening. But she's also 17. Part of Onyxx's issues were learned, part PTSD, and part bipolar. At one point a psychiatrist said she might have ADHD, let's try stims. UUUGGGHHH that was HORRIBLE, she didn't sleep anyway and that was the worst. Lack of sleep can cause some really horrible behavior. I'll be honest, I'm pretty much neurotypical and if I don't get enough sleep (at least 7 hours per night) I turn into someone I don't even like. When you take a child who has other issues and deprive them of sleep (as her brain is doing to her), the other issues not only multiply but grow exponentially. Even ADHD. Onyxx began not sleeping through the night because of abuse she was experiencing at bio's home. Soon, she was hallucinating and hurting people. Mind, she'd always had a "temper" and was charming and manipulative (like bio). The less sleep she got, the worse the behavior was. She would sleep during daylight hours - when [I]everyone [/I]else is awake - simply because of that. What I believe is that she's always been bipolar, and had a predisposition to Borderline (BPD)... And what happened to her triggered it. She turned it into abusing others, destroying others' things, and so on. No remorse (unless it got something for her, and then it was over the top), and consequences have no effect except to make her more violent. The police won't make a dent unless she ends up in juvie... And probably not even then. You really, really need to have her evaluated by a neuropsychologist team, and they may even suggest a residential treatment center (Residential Treatment Center (RTC)). Also, if she's not sleeping, stims may not be a good idea... What is she taking for the ADHD? [/QUOTE]
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