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<blockquote data-quote="Wonderful Family" data-source="post: 196085"><p>This is a great group - I do read a lot at various times to catch up and I've learned so much. You've been given a lot of advice and suggestions - all excellent ones.</p><p> </p><p>We still have a very long way to go with our difficult child and I don't have time to post all that much too often; but this question tugged at my heart a lot because I remember just how much we struggled when difficult child was little and we just wanted to know what to do! Nothing else mattered. </p><p> </p><p>In the end, husband and I ended with a list of difficult child do's and don'Tourette's Syndrome and a very low key (e.g., boring) personal life just so that we could survive. Our difficult child needed age, maturity, and most importantly, medical stability before he could really have any positive response. </p><p> </p><p>Our son has been hospitalized; although at an older age. Scary as it was, it ended up being one of the best experiences for him. Although we went from doctor to doctor for years with no answers (common), I often wonder what he would be like today if he had been stabilized much earlier on. It's worth the price now to keep seeing doctor after doctor for your difficult child until you start to see positive results - whatever the diagnosis is. And don't be afraid to politely disagree with doctors; they always seem to like to think Mom is exaggerating.</p><p> </p><p>Although there are no easy answers; the most important thing I can tell you is that all the time outs, discipline, rules, and high expectations that were not met at younger ages (still usually are not or only partially); <em>does seem </em>to have had an impact on our difficult child now that he is older and somewhat stabilized; he just couldn't do it when he was younger. He has remembered them - and our difficult child actually does care; alot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wonderful Family, post: 196085"] This is a great group - I do read a lot at various times to catch up and I've learned so much. You've been given a lot of advice and suggestions - all excellent ones. We still have a very long way to go with our difficult child and I don't have time to post all that much too often; but this question tugged at my heart a lot because I remember just how much we struggled when difficult child was little and we just wanted to know what to do! Nothing else mattered. In the end, husband and I ended with a list of difficult child do's and don'Tourette's Syndrome and a very low key (e.g., boring) personal life just so that we could survive. Our difficult child needed age, maturity, and most importantly, medical stability before he could really have any positive response. Our son has been hospitalized; although at an older age. Scary as it was, it ended up being one of the best experiences for him. Although we went from doctor to doctor for years with no answers (common), I often wonder what he would be like today if he had been stabilized much earlier on. It's worth the price now to keep seeing doctor after doctor for your difficult child until you start to see positive results - whatever the diagnosis is. And don't be afraid to politely disagree with doctors; they always seem to like to think Mom is exaggerating. Although there are no easy answers; the most important thing I can tell you is that all the time outs, discipline, rules, and high expectations that were not met at younger ages (still usually are not or only partially); [I]does seem [/I]to have had an impact on our difficult child now that he is older and somewhat stabilized; he just couldn't do it when he was younger. He has remembered them - and our difficult child actually does care; alot. [/QUOTE]
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