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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 76450" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Heather, I have three thoughts about what might be going on.</p><p></p><p>First, your difficult child sounds very depressed. Lexapro might not be the right AD. In addition to talking to the psychiatrist about the bug episodes, you need to get across that her mood is still at the core very depressive.</p><p></p><p>Second, since she has characteristics of a child with NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), she may very well be misinterpreting communication between you, easy child and herself. I don't remember the exact percentages, but a great deal of communication comes through the non-verbal realm (gestures, facial expression, etc). She may be completely missing these non-verbal cues and misinterpreting what's going on around her. Have you thought about therapy that addresses social skills and pragmatic language?</p><p></p><p>Third, we are having a situation with A, who is the same age as your difficult child, that is kind of hard to explain but in a nutshell involves her extreme anger with us, her parents. Even though we are very loving and attentive parents, she was 3.5 years old when her sister was born, a critical time in her development (according to her psychiatrist), and she feels subconciously that we took love away from her. So A continually lashes out at her little sister whenever we pay the slightest attention to M. What was going on with easy child when difficult child was young? Is that when he experienced his depression? </p><p></p><p>These are just thoughts I have that may or may not pertain to your situation, but I wanted to put them out there for you to consider.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 76450, member: 2423"] Heather, I have three thoughts about what might be going on. First, your difficult child sounds very depressed. Lexapro might not be the right AD. In addition to talking to the psychiatrist about the bug episodes, you need to get across that her mood is still at the core very depressive. Second, since she has characteristics of a child with NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), she may very well be misinterpreting communication between you, easy child and herself. I don't remember the exact percentages, but a great deal of communication comes through the non-verbal realm (gestures, facial expression, etc). She may be completely missing these non-verbal cues and misinterpreting what's going on around her. Have you thought about therapy that addresses social skills and pragmatic language? Third, we are having a situation with A, who is the same age as your difficult child, that is kind of hard to explain but in a nutshell involves her extreme anger with us, her parents. Even though we are very loving and attentive parents, she was 3.5 years old when her sister was born, a critical time in her development (according to her psychiatrist), and she feels subconciously that we took love away from her. So A continually lashes out at her little sister whenever we pay the slightest attention to M. What was going on with easy child when difficult child was young? Is that when he experienced his depression? These are just thoughts I have that may or may not pertain to your situation, but I wanted to put them out there for you to consider. [/QUOTE]
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