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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 177407" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi again.</p><p>Yeah, it's not a bad idea to update the neuropsychologist evaluation. I don't think there are doctors specific to drug and alcohol exposure, but there are symptoms that could mean fetal alcohol syndrome. Believe it or not, alcohol is more damaging than even cocaine (wild I know). </p><p></p><p>She could be on the spectrum, she could have alcohol affects...NeuroPsychs are better at catching those things than Psychiatrists. Hate to say it, but most psychiatrists don't know squat about either one as they know zilch about neurology. </p><p></p><p>I'd be VERY concerned about all those drugs. Seems like whenever you bring up a symptom, they throw a new drug at her. That isn't going to help (as you can see). I'm not anti-medication, but I'm anti drugging-a-child-senseless. My guess is, due to this child's history, there is a lot of actual medical reasons why she behaves as she does. The older she gets, the clearer an evaluation is--more stuff shows up.</p><p></p><p>I'd be surprised if all she has is ADHD. Take her for another evaluation. I know it's a royal pain in the neck, but it's worth it. We had our son evaluated until he actually got a diagnosis. that improved with intervention. Until then, we figured that, being falliable, the professionals didn't know what they were treating. And that made us uncomfortable, to say the least. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 177407, member: 1550"] Hi again. Yeah, it's not a bad idea to update the neuropsychologist evaluation. I don't think there are doctors specific to drug and alcohol exposure, but there are symptoms that could mean fetal alcohol syndrome. Believe it or not, alcohol is more damaging than even cocaine (wild I know). She could be on the spectrum, she could have alcohol affects...NeuroPsychs are better at catching those things than Psychiatrists. Hate to say it, but most psychiatrists don't know squat about either one as they know zilch about neurology. I'd be VERY concerned about all those drugs. Seems like whenever you bring up a symptom, they throw a new drug at her. That isn't going to help (as you can see). I'm not anti-medication, but I'm anti drugging-a-child-senseless. My guess is, due to this child's history, there is a lot of actual medical reasons why she behaves as she does. The older she gets, the clearer an evaluation is--more stuff shows up. I'd be surprised if all she has is ADHD. Take her for another evaluation. I know it's a royal pain in the neck, but it's worth it. We had our son evaluated until he actually got a diagnosis. that improved with intervention. Until then, we figured that, being falliable, the professionals didn't know what they were treating. And that made us uncomfortable, to say the least. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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