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<blockquote data-quote="wethreepeeps" data-source="post: 309882" data-attributes="member: 3436"><p>Yes, he is adopted. I've had him since just after he turned three. There is strong suspicion that he was fetal drug exposed, but he doesn't have the classic physical symptoms. His birth mother is schizophrenic, and sadly, she just kept having babies one after the other and the state would take them away before she ever left the hospital with them. difficult child was her fifth child, and she didn't have custody of any of them. The food hoarding is something he's done since he was tall enough to reach the counters, and he's only been on the Remeron for two months, so I don't think they're related. He was on Depakote, various doses and both regular and XR for a couple of years, the Trileptal for about 8 months. Of all the dozens of medications he's been on, I've seen the most positive changes from stimulants and the Seroquel. I honestly think if we took him off the stimulant that I'd have to take him out of school; he's completely out of control without it. Rolls in the floor screeching, throws and hits. </p><p></p><p>I also don't know how accurate his diagnosis is; these are the ones they gave him after five months in the hospital. He went in with diagnosis of bipolar not otherwise specified, Autistic spectrum disorder not otherwise specified, Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), ADHD and borderline IQ (he's had identical tests three times and each time come out with very different scores, so we just don't know. 59 is the lowest and 80 the highest). From the time he was very small there was invisible version of himself who followed him everywhere and whispered bad things to him. Until he was 8 he spent every waking moment narrating himself out loud in third person, often arguing with himself. "Don't do that, you know you're not supposed to. Why do you care? You hate me and want to kill me anyway" It went on 24/7. It was the Seroquel that finally helped. Before the seroquel, I was considering dissolving the adoption, as my oldest child was developing post traumatic stress from his behaviors. He had a workable plan for burning the house down. I slept in the room with him, with his leg tied to mine by a length of rope to keep him from sneaking around the house at night. I'd tried alarms on the door but he'd trigger them on purpose to wake his sister up; he'd get up at 2am and just open and close the door over and over again, laughing. </p><p></p><p>He'd done pretty well since getting out of the hospital in April 2008. He was in a sub acute placement for five months. He's in the fourth grade and goes to special education for all of his classes, but is doing well in them and didn't have a serious incident at school for over a year until last week. This morning he was alternately tearful and giddy, crawling around while he was supposed to get dressed, cried and cried when he realized it was time for the bus and he didn't have time to eat. It was raining so I told him to stay inside and watch for the bus from the window, but he kept running to the front door and opening it, laughing when I told him to stop. I'm amazed I haven't gotten a call from the school yet today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wethreepeeps, post: 309882, member: 3436"] Yes, he is adopted. I've had him since just after he turned three. There is strong suspicion that he was fetal drug exposed, but he doesn't have the classic physical symptoms. His birth mother is schizophrenic, and sadly, she just kept having babies one after the other and the state would take them away before she ever left the hospital with them. difficult child was her fifth child, and she didn't have custody of any of them. The food hoarding is something he's done since he was tall enough to reach the counters, and he's only been on the Remeron for two months, so I don't think they're related. He was on Depakote, various doses and both regular and XR for a couple of years, the Trileptal for about 8 months. Of all the dozens of medications he's been on, I've seen the most positive changes from stimulants and the Seroquel. I honestly think if we took him off the stimulant that I'd have to take him out of school; he's completely out of control without it. Rolls in the floor screeching, throws and hits. I also don't know how accurate his diagnosis is; these are the ones they gave him after five months in the hospital. He went in with diagnosis of bipolar not otherwise specified, Autistic spectrum disorder not otherwise specified, Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), ADHD and borderline IQ (he's had identical tests three times and each time come out with very different scores, so we just don't know. 59 is the lowest and 80 the highest). From the time he was very small there was invisible version of himself who followed him everywhere and whispered bad things to him. Until he was 8 he spent every waking moment narrating himself out loud in third person, often arguing with himself. "Don't do that, you know you're not supposed to. Why do you care? You hate me and want to kill me anyway" It went on 24/7. It was the Seroquel that finally helped. Before the seroquel, I was considering dissolving the adoption, as my oldest child was developing post traumatic stress from his behaviors. He had a workable plan for burning the house down. I slept in the room with him, with his leg tied to mine by a length of rope to keep him from sneaking around the house at night. I'd tried alarms on the door but he'd trigger them on purpose to wake his sister up; he'd get up at 2am and just open and close the door over and over again, laughing. He'd done pretty well since getting out of the hospital in April 2008. He was in a sub acute placement for five months. He's in the fourth grade and goes to special education for all of his classes, but is doing well in them and didn't have a serious incident at school for over a year until last week. This morning he was alternately tearful and giddy, crawling around while he was supposed to get dressed, cried and cried when he realized it was time for the bus and he didn't have time to eat. It was raining so I told him to stay inside and watch for the bus from the window, but he kept running to the front door and opening it, laughing when I told him to stop. I'm amazed I haven't gotten a call from the school yet today. [/QUOTE]
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