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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 131790" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>First of all welcome. I will reread your post again, there is a lot there. So please excuse me if I don't do it justice.</p><p></p><p>From you description of your son, he reminds me a lot of my second--adopted, with a diagnosis among other things of fetal alcohol. Speech delay too. We had a full workup done when my son was sixteen months by a developmental pediatrician, who made the diagnosis based on facial features and what we knew of birthmother's history. We don't know what she did when she was pregnant, but she did have a history of alcohol and substance abuse.</p><p></p><p>I only bring this up because I think it is an important diagnosis to have someone look at and rule in or out. We got caught up later in trying to treat what we thought were more psychiatric disorders, when they fit much better with Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). We thought perhaps he might be bipolar for a while, but really that didn't fit very well as a diagnosis. Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) children are notoriously difficult to medicate. And to change through therapy and counseling.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like you have got some great resources at your disposal. You can learn a great deal from reading many of the posts on the board. </p><p></p><p>More later,</p><p></p><p>pepperidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 131790, member: 2322"] First of all welcome. I will reread your post again, there is a lot there. So please excuse me if I don't do it justice. From you description of your son, he reminds me a lot of my second--adopted, with a diagnosis among other things of fetal alcohol. Speech delay too. We had a full workup done when my son was sixteen months by a developmental pediatrician, who made the diagnosis based on facial features and what we knew of birthmother's history. We don't know what she did when she was pregnant, but she did have a history of alcohol and substance abuse. I only bring this up because I think it is an important diagnosis to have someone look at and rule in or out. We got caught up later in trying to treat what we thought were more psychiatric disorders, when they fit much better with Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). We thought perhaps he might be bipolar for a while, but really that didn't fit very well as a diagnosis. Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) children are notoriously difficult to medicate. And to change through therapy and counseling. It sounds like you have got some great resources at your disposal. You can learn a great deal from reading many of the posts on the board. More later, pepperidge [/QUOTE]
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