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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 143474" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>um, ok, so this has been on my mind thru my dinner.....</p><p>I made a comment something about how I wished all the difficult children could get CTs and or spect scaans, whatever? you said something about no obvious signs of brain tumor? </p><p></p><p>OK what I had on my mind was---brain tumors can have such a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from vague to neon signs. "ADD, ADHD, bipolar" could all possibly be "signs" </p><p>My mother, my best friend, my husband- my girls girl scout leader- my friend in HS--all had brain tumors. ALL manifested in entirely different ways, many were very subtle. Some affected behavior changes, some affected activity level, some affected cognitive functioning.....they all manifested SO differently. </p><p>Seizures, too, can manifest in so many many different ways. Someone here has vast knowledge of seizures. (not me) I am hoping they post, cuz I try but I cannot keep the info straight. My son has seizures, his are NOT obvious and even many docs can not tell he is seizing. My son cannot tell....I cannot tell, but they tell me he IS seizing, sometimes several HUNDRED times a day. He does NOT shake, fall, trmeble......he does not stare or stutter......sometimes he sleepwalks, or sleep talks, or sleep plays or sleep bathes. Sometimes he misss bits and peices of information that noone realizes he has missed until he tries to recall what has been said or gone on while he was seizing. His goofy little brain just sometimes goes and does its own thing while he is going on doing whatever it is he is doing. </p><p>The reason I said I wished more docs would do more scans etc on difficult children is becuz I have personally seen SO MANY MANY times there HAS been something not right in a persons brain, but before a scan was done, EVERYONE assumed it was something else. </p><p>My siblings swore my mom was being a spoiled brat diva but turns out she had a brain tumor causeing her to behave how she was. I thought my husband was simply being an abusive horrid abnoxious lazy jerk.....we thought my friend had gone psychotic. In my son for years I was told my son was not doing things becuz I was a crummy parent, it took till he was 8 years old with me begging someone to investigate further to see WHY even when behavior mod docs worked in our home 5 days a week, he was not reaching his milestones, and that could NOT be ONLY that I was a crummy parent, they FINALLY did an MRI and found incredible brain structure abnormalities. All the parenting classes in the world were NOT gonna improve my sons life by themself. </p><p>The signs and symptoms of ADD, ADHD, bipolar? SO many many many other biological phsyical non mentally ill things CAN create such symptoms----from kidney problems, to diabetes to brain lesions or cysts or tumors, seizures, heavy metal posioning, metabolic disorders, endocrine disorders, thyroid problems. food sensitivities. I am a big fan of investigating the body to seek causes for behavoirs. and doing so BEFORE calling a child ADD, ADHD, bipolar, ODD etc. Sleep apnea is another issue I feel docs do not rule out often enough. </p><p></p><p>My thoughts and prayers are with you, and your son, and your family. I am hoping that finding this and finding it now rather than later is a good thing.....becuz now the docs can hopefully come up with an appropriate plan. I am sorry it is something so scary, but am glad they did find it. (does that make sense?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 143474, member: 1697"] um, ok, so this has been on my mind thru my dinner..... I made a comment something about how I wished all the difficult children could get CTs and or spect scaans, whatever? you said something about no obvious signs of brain tumor? OK what I had on my mind was---brain tumors can have such a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from vague to neon signs. "ADD, ADHD, bipolar" could all possibly be "signs" My mother, my best friend, my husband- my girls girl scout leader- my friend in HS--all had brain tumors. ALL manifested in entirely different ways, many were very subtle. Some affected behavior changes, some affected activity level, some affected cognitive functioning.....they all manifested SO differently. Seizures, too, can manifest in so many many different ways. Someone here has vast knowledge of seizures. (not me) I am hoping they post, cuz I try but I cannot keep the info straight. My son has seizures, his are NOT obvious and even many docs can not tell he is seizing. My son cannot tell....I cannot tell, but they tell me he IS seizing, sometimes several HUNDRED times a day. He does NOT shake, fall, trmeble......he does not stare or stutter......sometimes he sleepwalks, or sleep talks, or sleep plays or sleep bathes. Sometimes he misss bits and peices of information that noone realizes he has missed until he tries to recall what has been said or gone on while he was seizing. His goofy little brain just sometimes goes and does its own thing while he is going on doing whatever it is he is doing. The reason I said I wished more docs would do more scans etc on difficult children is becuz I have personally seen SO MANY MANY times there HAS been something not right in a persons brain, but before a scan was done, EVERYONE assumed it was something else. My siblings swore my mom was being a spoiled brat diva but turns out she had a brain tumor causeing her to behave how she was. I thought my husband was simply being an abusive horrid abnoxious lazy jerk.....we thought my friend had gone psychotic. In my son for years I was told my son was not doing things becuz I was a crummy parent, it took till he was 8 years old with me begging someone to investigate further to see WHY even when behavior mod docs worked in our home 5 days a week, he was not reaching his milestones, and that could NOT be ONLY that I was a crummy parent, they FINALLY did an MRI and found incredible brain structure abnormalities. All the parenting classes in the world were NOT gonna improve my sons life by themself. The signs and symptoms of ADD, ADHD, bipolar? SO many many many other biological phsyical non mentally ill things CAN create such symptoms----from kidney problems, to diabetes to brain lesions or cysts or tumors, seizures, heavy metal posioning, metabolic disorders, endocrine disorders, thyroid problems. food sensitivities. I am a big fan of investigating the body to seek causes for behavoirs. and doing so BEFORE calling a child ADD, ADHD, bipolar, ODD etc. Sleep apnea is another issue I feel docs do not rule out often enough. My thoughts and prayers are with you, and your son, and your family. I am hoping that finding this and finding it now rather than later is a good thing.....becuz now the docs can hopefully come up with an appropriate plan. I am sorry it is something so scary, but am glad they did find it. (does that make sense?) [/QUOTE]
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