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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 177294" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ok. Adoptive mom here with PLENTY of .02</p><p></p><p>First of all, adopted kids are harder to get a handle on unless we have extensive history on the birthfamilies (both). If the birthmother drank during her pregnancy, she could have passed fetal alcohol spectrum problems onto the child, even if the child does not have facial characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This is not something psychiatrists and therapists normally look for because most mothers do not drink while pregnant and because kids affected by alcohol often look like regular kids. They just don't ACT like regular kids. Not only are they impulsive off-the-charts, but they don't learn from their mistakes. There is a "disconnect" between understanding cause and effect, which can and will affect t hem all their lives. They need constant supervision. Now...say it's not fetal affects. What else could it be?</p><p></p><p>Has this child ever been seen by a neuropsychologist to see if she is possibly suffering from neuro differences such as autistic spectrum disorder? My son was shot full of heavy drugs and they didn't help him one bit because he had Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The interventions he got after the diagnosis helped him--he is now medication free and doing great. His list of wrong diagnoses??? ADHD, ODD, bipolar. Yes, it hurt him that they were treating him for the wrong disorder. When doctors throw ten diagnoses at you plus five medications (I'd never personally allow my kid on that many medications)...sorry...that mostly means the professional doesn't know what he's dealing with so he hopes the medication sticks and works. </p><p></p><p>I hope you get a neuropsychologist evaluation for this child. The medications alone could be doing more harm than good. I've taken medications since I was 23 and medications as as likely to make you worse as better. In fact, my own experience is that they are more likely to make you worse because half the time the doctors don't even really know what they are trying to medicate. I would get another, fresh opinion and it may not be a bad idea to have the new doctor help you do a medication wash (don't try it alone). Then to the neuropsychologist to see what's really going on...</p><p></p><p>That's my advice, as one with four adopted kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 177294, member: 1550"] Ok. Adoptive mom here with PLENTY of .02 First of all, adopted kids are harder to get a handle on unless we have extensive history on the birthfamilies (both). If the birthmother drank during her pregnancy, she could have passed fetal alcohol spectrum problems onto the child, even if the child does not have facial characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This is not something psychiatrists and therapists normally look for because most mothers do not drink while pregnant and because kids affected by alcohol often look like regular kids. They just don't ACT like regular kids. Not only are they impulsive off-the-charts, but they don't learn from their mistakes. There is a "disconnect" between understanding cause and effect, which can and will affect t hem all their lives. They need constant supervision. Now...say it's not fetal affects. What else could it be? Has this child ever been seen by a neuropsychologist to see if she is possibly suffering from neuro differences such as autistic spectrum disorder? My son was shot full of heavy drugs and they didn't help him one bit because he had Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The interventions he got after the diagnosis helped him--he is now medication free and doing great. His list of wrong diagnoses??? ADHD, ODD, bipolar. Yes, it hurt him that they were treating him for the wrong disorder. When doctors throw ten diagnoses at you plus five medications (I'd never personally allow my kid on that many medications)...sorry...that mostly means the professional doesn't know what he's dealing with so he hopes the medication sticks and works. I hope you get a neuropsychologist evaluation for this child. The medications alone could be doing more harm than good. I've taken medications since I was 23 and medications as as likely to make you worse as better. In fact, my own experience is that they are more likely to make you worse because half the time the doctors don't even really know what they are trying to medicate. I would get another, fresh opinion and it may not be a bad idea to have the new doctor help you do a medication wash (don't try it alone). Then to the neuropsychologist to see what's really going on... That's my advice, as one with four adopted kids. [/QUOTE]
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