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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 639370" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>I am fond of saying that he has FUBS (effed up brain syndrome). We have a nephew with severe autism (nonverbal at 22), so of course that comes into play. difficult child is a twin, and had developmental issues all along..we were hypervigilant because of nephew, and of course had direct twin comparison. Good gross motor, delayed fine motor, delayed speech, delayed toilet training, therapy for all (except the toilet training...they said when he was 4 1/2 that HE was fine but they wanted to see ME for my anger issues! I was 8 months pregnant with the next one and still changing his diapers, I think it was ok to be mad!)</p><p></p><p>He has carried diagnoses of ADD, sensory integration issues, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified, aspergers, autism, adjustment disorder, substance abuse, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective. He does not hear voices, and has had only one true hallucination that I know of. His substance abuse is a secondary diagnosis in my mind, self treatment. He has had therapists, hospitalizations, case workers, been granted SSI, been in job readiness programs for people with autism...you name it. Now, at 20, he will have none of it. Won't take his medications, won't consider a group home, prefers to think of himself as an addict trying to recover rather than some one with mental illness who needs to take good care of his brain chemistry...I know where you are going, and I appreciate it...but all the supports we put in place for him have been tossed aside repeatedly...just as the clothes, things, support, and love have been tossed aside. Again and again. It is part of his illness, part of his problem, part of my pain. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for bending your warmth and your thoughts towards him and me as well. </p><p></p><p>Echo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 639370, member: 17269"] I am fond of saying that he has FUBS (effed up brain syndrome). We have a nephew with severe autism (nonverbal at 22), so of course that comes into play. difficult child is a twin, and had developmental issues all along..we were hypervigilant because of nephew, and of course had direct twin comparison. Good gross motor, delayed fine motor, delayed speech, delayed toilet training, therapy for all (except the toilet training...they said when he was 4 1/2 that HE was fine but they wanted to see ME for my anger issues! I was 8 months pregnant with the next one and still changing his diapers, I think it was ok to be mad!) He has carried diagnoses of ADD, sensory integration issues, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified, aspergers, autism, adjustment disorder, substance abuse, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective. He does not hear voices, and has had only one true hallucination that I know of. His substance abuse is a secondary diagnosis in my mind, self treatment. He has had therapists, hospitalizations, case workers, been granted SSI, been in job readiness programs for people with autism...you name it. Now, at 20, he will have none of it. Won't take his medications, won't consider a group home, prefers to think of himself as an addict trying to recover rather than some one with mental illness who needs to take good care of his brain chemistry...I know where you are going, and I appreciate it...but all the supports we put in place for him have been tossed aside repeatedly...just as the clothes, things, support, and love have been tossed aside. Again and again. It is part of his illness, part of his problem, part of my pain. Thank you for bending your warmth and your thoughts towards him and me as well. Echo [/QUOTE]
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