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<blockquote data-quote="jacqb" data-source="post: 330629" data-attributes="member: 8712"><p>Hi Everyone,</p><p>Thanks to all who resonded to me. When I was talking about lying she lies about things she did or didn't do. For instance, she either lies or refuses to answer when questioned about her behavior. She lies about things like doing homework, taking a bath, brusing her teeth (we actually have to do a body smell & bathroom check). I guess she lies about her behavior or she will give me a blank look and refuse to answer even with the threat of punishment. I don't know if she is doing things intentionally. To me it seems as if she is very impulsive.She does things because her brain tells her to and she does not consider consequecnes. When you ask her why (and she actually answers) she seems to have no clue. For instance, yesterday she drew all over her sheets and her pj's with black marker. Then she tried( later I'm guessing) to clean it up with water so she knew she did something wrong. This happened at night. When I asked her why she did it when she has plenty of paper she just looked at me. She has destroyed most of her toys & books, broke her bed, destroyed her dresser with back sharpie. We have locks on our storage room, refrigerator and pantry. She steals food and eats anything she can get her hands on including weird stuff like unpopped microwave popcorn an entire jar of cake icing and koolaide powder without the sugar. It is mostly sugar she craves and she will do anthing to get it. one day we found 8 soda cans under her bed and she ate an entire box of chocolates. We try to lock up or hide anything she can be destructive with like scissors, markers, etc. but if someone forgets she will take it in a second. We are going to have to resort to putting locks on every door ( how sad is that). I gained custody of her when she was about 1. No abuse that I know of because my sister was living with her in a locked rehab until I got her. My sister drank when she was pregnant but I am not sure about drugs. She didn't start showing problems until she was late 2 or 3 but I dismissed it for the first few years that maybe it was a phase.When it didn't go away and we started getting really weird behaviors I started doing research. Also. she was born with low muscle tone on her left side which required a few years of PT. She is still clumsy. She is also Learning Disability (LD) and has a normal IQ but a processing problem although she did well on her last report card. I looked up bipolar in children and she had almost every symptom except the sexual part. She gets up at night, defiant, lies, hoards food. steals, has nighmares, switchs moods quickly, goes off when told no, takative, giddy,unaware of her behavior, etc.. This is why I thought it could be bipolar, especially when I think her mom is bipoloar although her symptoms didn't show up until she was a teen.We have no information about her father and he may be bipoloar or have some other mental health issue too. I would love to get her help. I wanted to hold out putting her on medications for as long as possible but unfortunately it may be her reality. I will try to see if I can get help through her primary care doctor. If I can't I will have to wait until her mom gets out of jail. Otherwise, I would have to go through the court which cost a lot of money and who's to say if her mom would even sign the papers since I have not spoken to her in a long time.</p><p>Thanks for your help and support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacqb, post: 330629, member: 8712"] Hi Everyone, Thanks to all who resonded to me. When I was talking about lying she lies about things she did or didn't do. For instance, she either lies or refuses to answer when questioned about her behavior. She lies about things like doing homework, taking a bath, brusing her teeth (we actually have to do a body smell & bathroom check). I guess she lies about her behavior or she will give me a blank look and refuse to answer even with the threat of punishment. I don't know if she is doing things intentionally. To me it seems as if she is very impulsive.She does things because her brain tells her to and she does not consider consequecnes. When you ask her why (and she actually answers) she seems to have no clue. For instance, yesterday she drew all over her sheets and her pj's with black marker. Then she tried( later I'm guessing) to clean it up with water so she knew she did something wrong. This happened at night. When I asked her why she did it when she has plenty of paper she just looked at me. She has destroyed most of her toys & books, broke her bed, destroyed her dresser with back sharpie. We have locks on our storage room, refrigerator and pantry. She steals food and eats anything she can get her hands on including weird stuff like unpopped microwave popcorn an entire jar of cake icing and koolaide powder without the sugar. It is mostly sugar she craves and she will do anthing to get it. one day we found 8 soda cans under her bed and she ate an entire box of chocolates. We try to lock up or hide anything she can be destructive with like scissors, markers, etc. but if someone forgets she will take it in a second. We are going to have to resort to putting locks on every door ( how sad is that). I gained custody of her when she was about 1. No abuse that I know of because my sister was living with her in a locked rehab until I got her. My sister drank when she was pregnant but I am not sure about drugs. She didn't start showing problems until she was late 2 or 3 but I dismissed it for the first few years that maybe it was a phase.When it didn't go away and we started getting really weird behaviors I started doing research. Also. she was born with low muscle tone on her left side which required a few years of PT. She is still clumsy. She is also Learning Disability (LD) and has a normal IQ but a processing problem although she did well on her last report card. I looked up bipolar in children and she had almost every symptom except the sexual part. She gets up at night, defiant, lies, hoards food. steals, has nighmares, switchs moods quickly, goes off when told no, takative, giddy,unaware of her behavior, etc.. This is why I thought it could be bipolar, especially when I think her mom is bipoloar although her symptoms didn't show up until she was a teen.We have no information about her father and he may be bipoloar or have some other mental health issue too. I would love to get her help. I wanted to hold out putting her on medications for as long as possible but unfortunately it may be her reality. I will try to see if I can get help through her primary care doctor. If I can't I will have to wait until her mom gets out of jail. Otherwise, I would have to go through the court which cost a lot of money and who's to say if her mom would even sign the papers since I have not spoken to her in a long time. Thanks for your help and support. [/QUOTE]
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