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<blockquote data-quote="nat73" data-source="post: 116449" data-attributes="member: 4509"><p>Thank you all so much! I feel better knowing that there are other parents who can relate. I've been so worried and stressed over all of this. </p><p></p><p>I so appreciate the links and book info and suggestions. etc. I will deff. look at the links provided and see about getting some of the suggested books. </p><p></p><p>To answer a few questions. He wasn't diagnosed until he tried to commit suicide and was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for teens. He was evaluated and diagnosed by </p><p>a board certified child psychiatrist. He was there for a week. </p><p></p><p>This doctor that diagnosed him and center are over 2 hours away & since we can not </p><p>drive there weekly or even monthly due to the distance we had to come home and get 2 new doctors. One local psy. Counsels him weekly and the other local psy. prescribes the medicine.</p><p></p><p>The doctor from the center who originally diagnose him </p><p> doesn't seem to think he's depressed. He thinks his suicide attempt was due to</p><p>the Impulse Control disorder....my son got in trouble that night for watching </p><p>the porn movie. He felt he could not stop himself from doing the things he had been doing so he in that moment decided we would better off without </p><p> him so he spontaneously got his belt and hung himself in hopes to die thinking our lives would be easier with-out him. The doctor explained that the strattera is usually given to ADHD patients but he wasn't diagnosis with- ADHD/ADD </p><p> but my son has a symptom (impulse control) and he thought this was the best medicine. </p><p>I would personally be interested in natural remedies (as someone mentioned) as I tend to get nervous thinking about the medications. So I may start looking in to that. </p><p></p><p>As for his early development; he has always had a speech impediment. His speech has improved A LOT though through speech therapy and outgrowing some of it </p><p> ...it use to be severe but now it's only minor....like some times it seems like his mind is going faster than what his mouth can get out. That's when he starts stuttering but like i</p><p>said he has learned to slow down and he has mproved dramatically! Other than that, he progressed at normal rate compared to other kids his age. He or none of our other kids went to pre-school or day care so they were all a bit overwhelmed when they </p><p> started K but they adjusted fine it seemed,</p><p></p><p>Also as for psychiatric disorders in the family; Yes my side of the family is saturated with- all sorts of mental disorders. On my mom's father's side I have an uncle (moms brother)</p><p> who is schizophrenic and an aunt (moms sister)</p><p>and several long distant relatives (great uncles and 3rd, 4th cousins)</p><p> that are manic depressed. My mom's grandma (her dads mom) was depressed as well as other mental issues like she would hide when people came to her house. She kept all her curtains, blinds etc. closed; she never wanted people to "see" her. Two long distant relatives committed suicide. Then on my mom's mother's side </p><p>I have 2 long distant cousins (my moms sisters children)who are schizophrenic and another cousin who is manic depressed. On my dad's side nothing that I'm aware of and my husbands mom's side nothing that we are aware of and he does not know who his bio-father is so we know nothing about his dad's side.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, thank you all again so much. We do have another appointment. today with- the one psy.doctor who prescribes the medicine (not the psy. he goes to for counseling) I do not like this dr. we are going today. Anyway I'll keep y'all posted. Good luck to each of you with- each of your situations! I don't feel like I can offer any advice to any of you as this time because this is all new to me with- my son but I wish you all the best and thank </p><p> you each for your support that you have given me so far!</p><p>God bless,</p><p>~Me</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nat73, post: 116449, member: 4509"] Thank you all so much! I feel better knowing that there are other parents who can relate. I've been so worried and stressed over all of this. I so appreciate the links and book info and suggestions. etc. I will deff. look at the links provided and see about getting some of the suggested books. To answer a few questions. He wasn't diagnosed until he tried to commit suicide and was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for teens. He was evaluated and diagnosed by a board certified child psychiatrist. He was there for a week. This doctor that diagnosed him and center are over 2 hours away & since we can not drive there weekly or even monthly due to the distance we had to come home and get 2 new doctors. One local psy. Counsels him weekly and the other local psy. prescribes the medicine. The doctor from the center who originally diagnose him doesn't seem to think he's depressed. He thinks his suicide attempt was due to the Impulse Control disorder....my son got in trouble that night for watching the porn movie. He felt he could not stop himself from doing the things he had been doing so he in that moment decided we would better off without him so he spontaneously got his belt and hung himself in hopes to die thinking our lives would be easier with-out him. The doctor explained that the strattera is usually given to ADHD patients but he wasn't diagnosis with- ADHD/ADD but my son has a symptom (impulse control) and he thought this was the best medicine. I would personally be interested in natural remedies (as someone mentioned) as I tend to get nervous thinking about the medications. So I may start looking in to that. As for his early development; he has always had a speech impediment. His speech has improved A LOT though through speech therapy and outgrowing some of it ...it use to be severe but now it's only minor....like some times it seems like his mind is going faster than what his mouth can get out. That's when he starts stuttering but like i said he has learned to slow down and he has mproved dramatically! Other than that, he progressed at normal rate compared to other kids his age. He or none of our other kids went to pre-school or day care so they were all a bit overwhelmed when they started K but they adjusted fine it seemed, Also as for psychiatric disorders in the family; Yes my side of the family is saturated with- all sorts of mental disorders. On my mom's father's side I have an uncle (moms brother) who is schizophrenic and an aunt (moms sister) and several long distant relatives (great uncles and 3rd, 4th cousins) that are manic depressed. My mom's grandma (her dads mom) was depressed as well as other mental issues like she would hide when people came to her house. She kept all her curtains, blinds etc. closed; she never wanted people to "see" her. Two long distant relatives committed suicide. Then on my mom's mother's side I have 2 long distant cousins (my moms sisters children)who are schizophrenic and another cousin who is manic depressed. On my dad's side nothing that I'm aware of and my husbands mom's side nothing that we are aware of and he does not know who his bio-father is so we know nothing about his dad's side. Anyway, thank you all again so much. We do have another appointment. today with- the one psy.doctor who prescribes the medicine (not the psy. he goes to for counseling) I do not like this dr. we are going today. Anyway I'll keep y'all posted. Good luck to each of you with- each of your situations! I don't feel like I can offer any advice to any of you as this time because this is all new to me with- my son but I wish you all the best and thank you each for your support that you have given me so far! God bless, ~Me [/QUOTE]
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