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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 461510" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Malika,</p><p></p><p>Do you know whether your son might have been exposed to alcohol in utero? Sounds like there might be a possibility of fetal alcohol effects. You can read up on it, but it can definitely give rise to a pattern of ADHD like behavior, emotional dysregulation (trouble reining in emotions like anger, frustration, etc), knowing what is "correct" behavior but being unable to rein in impulsiveness, etc. </p><p></p><p>I say this because it is worth considering instead of or in addition to serious mental health disorders (like bipolar, etc). </p><p></p><p>All I can say is that medication has helped a fair amount with my youngest, though was not easy to figure out, and we are seeing signs of progress as he matures. One thing I have been told here and elsewhere, and it probably applies to your son, is that developmentally he might be 1/2 to 2/3 of his chronological. Try thinking of him as a 2 or 3 year old--doesn't make the behavior any easier to tolerate, but might help put it in perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 461510, member: 2322"] Malika, Do you know whether your son might have been exposed to alcohol in utero? Sounds like there might be a possibility of fetal alcohol effects. You can read up on it, but it can definitely give rise to a pattern of ADHD like behavior, emotional dysregulation (trouble reining in emotions like anger, frustration, etc), knowing what is "correct" behavior but being unable to rein in impulsiveness, etc. I say this because it is worth considering instead of or in addition to serious mental health disorders (like bipolar, etc). All I can say is that medication has helped a fair amount with my youngest, though was not easy to figure out, and we are seeing signs of progress as he matures. One thing I have been told here and elsewhere, and it probably applies to your son, is that developmentally he might be 1/2 to 2/3 of his chronological. Try thinking of him as a 2 or 3 year old--doesn't make the behavior any easier to tolerate, but might help put it in perspective. [/QUOTE]
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