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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 408943" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello Janique. I am new here too and absolutely not an expert but... my gut feeling on reading your story - just my instinct, for whatever it is worth - is that your son's behaviour is related to his past history... Have you read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Primal-Wound-Understanding-Adopted-Child/dp/0963648004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298471090&sr=8-1" target="_blank">"The Primal Wound" by Nancy Verrier</a>? I think it's an important read for anyone who adopts (I have an adopted son also). There is something called reactive attachment disorder and I think it may be worth while your investigating this. Look up a website of something called the Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Consultancy. Not that I particularly want to give them an advertisement because they seem very focused on making money but the basic thesis seems sound... My own 20 cents worth - and others may well disagree - is that you should indeed not give such drugs to a 3 year old unless as an absolute last resort - until all else has been tried and failed. There is such a lot of energy and life behind your son's protest and anger... I know how very hard and soul-destroying it must be to live with . But i feel sure, at my gut level, that if you could get the right help his pain could be slowly transformed... I hope this is of some tiny help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 408943, member: 11227"] Hello Janique. I am new here too and absolutely not an expert but... my gut feeling on reading your story - just my instinct, for whatever it is worth - is that your son's behaviour is related to his past history... Have you read [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Primal-Wound-Understanding-Adopted-Child/dp/0963648004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298471090&sr=8-1"]"The Primal Wound" by Nancy Verrier[/URL]? I think it's an important read for anyone who adopts (I have an adopted son also). There is something called reactive attachment disorder and I think it may be worth while your investigating this. Look up a website of something called the Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Consultancy. Not that I particularly want to give them an advertisement because they seem very focused on making money but the basic thesis seems sound... My own 20 cents worth - and others may well disagree - is that you should indeed not give such drugs to a 3 year old unless as an absolute last resort - until all else has been tried and failed. There is such a lot of energy and life behind your son's protest and anger... I know how very hard and soul-destroying it must be to live with . But i feel sure, at my gut level, that if you could get the right help his pain could be slowly transformed... I hope this is of some tiny help. [/QUOTE]
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