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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 421012" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Actually, by US standards, it sounds different to me than ADHD. But you are right that you likely will not get a diagnosis that is right this young.You can not guess the future...nobody can. </p><p>My son's inability to be able to hold a conversation has impeded his ability to have friends. Remember, he is now almost eighteen. He has none of the interests of other eighteen year olds...girls, hanging out at malls, music, etc. He is "different" and I don't see different as bad. But he IS different. And as he got older, he became more different. It may not be so with your son. We had to wait and see. And, although it is very hard to do, other than getting proper interventions, we sort of have to sit around and wait for our children to grow older to get a good idea of how they will function when older.The waiting is hard, but living one day at a time is helpful.</p><p></p><p>I think that in our case it helps that we adopted him knowing he had issues and determined to bring him as far as we could. Also, we have four other children, two grown, who are doing well as productive young adults. Even though my oldest son has mental health issues, he also has a good job, a wife, and a precious son (my little grandchild!!!). My oldest daughter took drugs...I thought they would kill her. But she quit and now she won't even take an aspirin and refuses to be in the same room as anyone who smokes cigarettes. It is hard to predict the future <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Don't worry about your son no much. He is what and who he is and he will be who he is supposed to be <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Have a great day!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 421012, member: 1550"] Actually, by US standards, it sounds different to me than ADHD. But you are right that you likely will not get a diagnosis that is right this young.You can not guess the future...nobody can. My son's inability to be able to hold a conversation has impeded his ability to have friends. Remember, he is now almost eighteen. He has none of the interests of other eighteen year olds...girls, hanging out at malls, music, etc. He is "different" and I don't see different as bad. But he IS different. And as he got older, he became more different. It may not be so with your son. We had to wait and see. And, although it is very hard to do, other than getting proper interventions, we sort of have to sit around and wait for our children to grow older to get a good idea of how they will function when older.The waiting is hard, but living one day at a time is helpful. I think that in our case it helps that we adopted him knowing he had issues and determined to bring him as far as we could. Also, we have four other children, two grown, who are doing well as productive young adults. Even though my oldest son has mental health issues, he also has a good job, a wife, and a precious son (my little grandchild!!!). My oldest daughter took drugs...I thought they would kill her. But she quit and now she won't even take an aspirin and refuses to be in the same room as anyone who smokes cigarettes. It is hard to predict the future :) Don't worry about your son no much. He is what and who he is and he will be who he is supposed to be :) Have a great day! [/QUOTE]
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