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<blockquote data-quote="chrisb" data-source="post: 460766" data-attributes="member: 12811"><p>I understand the diagnosis thing, I honestly don't care much about diagnosis, I just want to improve our family situation. However, from what I see with my kids - they have those symptoms and I don't see symptoms of other things. Though I suppose if people had suggestions for what kinds of other issues we could be looking at, I could see if it fit at all. They have excellent (far better than normal) attention spans, they are otherwise pretty happy and affectionate and normal. They are very shy kids it takes them a long time to warm up to people. They haven't had any trauma in their lives and haven't even had any opportunity for potential abuse I would be unaware of. I've read protecting the gift, I'm not a complacent person, I look carefully for signs of these things. Maybe there is something I don't see, I don't know. My daughter bites her nails, maybe she might have some anxiety.</p><p></p><p>husband and I are the biological parents of both. My daughter (now 8) was a very easy going baby, around 15-18 months she started what seemed like the typical toddler issues, but compared to others I know, she was more difficult than most. It has ebbed and flowed over the years, but she's always been like this. My son as well, he was less easy going as an infant, was more difficult to get to sleep, etc as a baby, but not bad, but he was even worse than my daughter as a toddler. He is extremely stubborn and always has been. It was extremely frustrating when he was little because he knew what he wanted, wouldn't accept anything but but couldn't communicate it properly but went ballistic when he didn't get it. Things like pushing the button on the elevator. Things I couldn't undo if I did them wrong. We walked on eggshells around him for fear of setting him off by not giving him the choice of opening the door or whatever.</p><p></p><p>They have not been evaluated at all.</p><p></p><p>As for history. I have ADD (for which I take Ritalin occasionally), Anxiety (mostly mild but I take Xanax for my fear of flying) & Depression (which I take Wellbutrin for). As I said there is a family history of this kind of behavior, me and my brothers displayed it and my father & uncles as well. My husband has no issues and is the most well-adjusted person I've ever met, I'm so lucky he married me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisb, post: 460766, member: 12811"] I understand the diagnosis thing, I honestly don't care much about diagnosis, I just want to improve our family situation. However, from what I see with my kids - they have those symptoms and I don't see symptoms of other things. Though I suppose if people had suggestions for what kinds of other issues we could be looking at, I could see if it fit at all. They have excellent (far better than normal) attention spans, they are otherwise pretty happy and affectionate and normal. They are very shy kids it takes them a long time to warm up to people. They haven't had any trauma in their lives and haven't even had any opportunity for potential abuse I would be unaware of. I've read protecting the gift, I'm not a complacent person, I look carefully for signs of these things. Maybe there is something I don't see, I don't know. My daughter bites her nails, maybe she might have some anxiety. husband and I are the biological parents of both. My daughter (now 8) was a very easy going baby, around 15-18 months she started what seemed like the typical toddler issues, but compared to others I know, she was more difficult than most. It has ebbed and flowed over the years, but she's always been like this. My son as well, he was less easy going as an infant, was more difficult to get to sleep, etc as a baby, but not bad, but he was even worse than my daughter as a toddler. He is extremely stubborn and always has been. It was extremely frustrating when he was little because he knew what he wanted, wouldn't accept anything but but couldn't communicate it properly but went ballistic when he didn't get it. Things like pushing the button on the elevator. Things I couldn't undo if I did them wrong. We walked on eggshells around him for fear of setting him off by not giving him the choice of opening the door or whatever. They have not been evaluated at all. As for history. I have ADD (for which I take Ritalin occasionally), Anxiety (mostly mild but I take Xanax for my fear of flying) & Depression (which I take Wellbutrin for). As I said there is a family history of this kind of behavior, me and my brothers displayed it and my father & uncles as well. My husband has no issues and is the most well-adjusted person I've ever met, I'm so lucky he married me! [/QUOTE]
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