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<blockquote data-quote="wen" data-source="post: 320667" data-attributes="member: 8477"><p>We are guardians of a little girl that was extremely abused, born addicted to drugs, and has had many, many hospitalizations for suicide attempts. </p><p> </p><p>The doctors and specialists in the hospitals told us that when babies are in utero and their mothers do drugs, the wires in the brain do not connect/connect the proper way. They also ran many tests (MRI's, EEG's, neurological, etc.) while she was inpatient. </p><p> </p><p>It took one of the nurses explaining to us, that their is not any technology out there to determine which wires in the brain were not connected or "mis-wired". The nurse also explained that it is harder to medicate certain disorders because they do not have proper brain function. She gave the example of a normal (non-drug baby) being depressed, and the person would be helped by anti-depressants. In a drug baby, there is a lot of trial and error with medications.</p><p> </p><p>The one thing I have noticed is that if a medication or therapy starts to work on one behavior, we start seeing some other behaviors. It's a little frustrating at times, but we try to keep her balanced.</p><p> </p><p>We are surrounded by a therapists, and we are trying our best to raise this little girl.</p><p> </p><p>One bad thing I have noticed is she had a cough last year, and was given cough syrup with codeine. She woke up in the morning begging for more of that medicine. She was shaky and demanded more. I was a little scared of how one dose of medication could make her go back into that addictive mode so fast and so strong. (So, be careful of medications with addictive agents in them.)</p><p> </p><p>I am not trying to sound negative, just offer some suggestions, share experiences, and be a friend.</p><p> </p><p>Have a blessed day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wen, post: 320667, member: 8477"] We are guardians of a little girl that was extremely abused, born addicted to drugs, and has had many, many hospitalizations for suicide attempts. The doctors and specialists in the hospitals told us that when babies are in utero and their mothers do drugs, the wires in the brain do not connect/connect the proper way. They also ran many tests (MRI's, EEG's, neurological, etc.) while she was inpatient. It took one of the nurses explaining to us, that their is not any technology out there to determine which wires in the brain were not connected or "mis-wired". The nurse also explained that it is harder to medicate certain disorders because they do not have proper brain function. She gave the example of a normal (non-drug baby) being depressed, and the person would be helped by anti-depressants. In a drug baby, there is a lot of trial and error with medications. The one thing I have noticed is that if a medication or therapy starts to work on one behavior, we start seeing some other behaviors. It's a little frustrating at times, but we try to keep her balanced. We are surrounded by a therapists, and we are trying our best to raise this little girl. One bad thing I have noticed is she had a cough last year, and was given cough syrup with codeine. She woke up in the morning begging for more of that medicine. She was shaky and demanded more. I was a little scared of how one dose of medication could make her go back into that addictive mode so fast and so strong. (So, be careful of medications with addictive agents in them.) I am not trying to sound negative, just offer some suggestions, share experiences, and be a friend. Have a blessed day. [/QUOTE]
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