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Formerlly perfect child is now depressed and possibly ADD
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<blockquote data-quote="janebrain" data-source="post: 143071" data-attributes="member: 3208"><p>Hi Rachel,</p><p>my younger dtr also was a "perfect" child--it was her older sister who was the difficult child. But then difficult child was sent to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and after a few months easy child felt safe enough to divulge how depressed she was and we realized she had been hiding her problems because she felt she had to be perfect. She too started antidepressants and was in therapy but she didn't like how the antidepressants made her feel (she tried several). We also were sure she had the inattentive type adhd but it turns she was dissociating--she had begaun dissociating as a young child as a way to cope with her older sister's abuse (which we were unaware of).</p><p></p><p>I remember how discouraged and weary I felt when I realized I had another kid with lots of problems. I felt I couldn't deal with it but of course I did (and still am). </p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="janebrain, post: 143071, member: 3208"] Hi Rachel, my younger dtr also was a "perfect" child--it was her older sister who was the difficult child. But then difficult child was sent to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and after a few months easy child felt safe enough to divulge how depressed she was and we realized she had been hiding her problems because she felt she had to be perfect. She too started antidepressants and was in therapy but she didn't like how the antidepressants made her feel (she tried several). We also were sure she had the inattentive type adhd but it turns she was dissociating--she had begaun dissociating as a young child as a way to cope with her older sister's abuse (which we were unaware of). I remember how discouraged and weary I felt when I realized I had another kid with lots of problems. I felt I couldn't deal with it but of course I did (and still am). Hugs, Jane [/QUOTE]
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