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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 472502" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>ksm, kids who had prenatal drug/alcohol exposure have compromised impulse control and often some brain damage that may be hard to sort out from a mental illness (although they often have both, sicne if birthparents were stable, drugs wouldn't be an issue). They are vry hard to figure out. For our son, who had a similar history, it took eleven years for somebody to tell us things that made sense...yes, he saw a neuropsychologist from a top clinic in the country. He finally stated to improve a lot. And he was also lucky that eevn though he was born with crack in his system, he did not have a full scale Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and basically had a sunny nature. That does not mean he got off without problems, but his quality of life is going to be very good because he got good interventions, improved to the degree he could, and has some wonderful community services down the road. </p><p></p><p>A neuropsychologist will be able to tell you about your child's strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully, he understands prenatal drug/alcohol exposure or he may misdiagnose problems related to that to psychiatric disorders. Taking children like ours to regular therapists and psychiatrists, with little knowledge of how drugs before birth affect our children, I have found to be very unhelpful. I've even had a few say, "That has nothing to do with the way he is." REALLY???? </p><p></p><p>I hope you found a good neuropsychologist. They will track every part of his development and his behavior (seeing a meltdown would be a good thing), and be able to explain his deficits and strengths. I do find it odd though that he doesn't want to see your child at the first appointment, but maybe he just uses it to collect info. He did this with us too, but also wanted to observe Sonic while he did so. It was hard for us to fill in his birthfamily's info as we had so little of it...just that she had given birth while high, named him, and walked out t he door. We knew nothing else since she had spurned all prenatal care. </p><p></p><p>Our complicated kids, with "iffy" genetic history to share, are harder to diagnose, but hang in there. Eventually, you will know who your child is and how to give him the best life you can. been there done that (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 472502, member: 1550"] ksm, kids who had prenatal drug/alcohol exposure have compromised impulse control and often some brain damage that may be hard to sort out from a mental illness (although they often have both, sicne if birthparents were stable, drugs wouldn't be an issue). They are vry hard to figure out. For our son, who had a similar history, it took eleven years for somebody to tell us things that made sense...yes, he saw a neuropsychologist from a top clinic in the country. He finally stated to improve a lot. And he was also lucky that eevn though he was born with crack in his system, he did not have a full scale Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and basically had a sunny nature. That does not mean he got off without problems, but his quality of life is going to be very good because he got good interventions, improved to the degree he could, and has some wonderful community services down the road. A neuropsychologist will be able to tell you about your child's strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully, he understands prenatal drug/alcohol exposure or he may misdiagnose problems related to that to psychiatric disorders. Taking children like ours to regular therapists and psychiatrists, with little knowledge of how drugs before birth affect our children, I have found to be very unhelpful. I've even had a few say, "That has nothing to do with the way he is." REALLY???? I hope you found a good neuropsychologist. They will track every part of his development and his behavior (seeing a meltdown would be a good thing), and be able to explain his deficits and strengths. I do find it odd though that he doesn't want to see your child at the first appointment, but maybe he just uses it to collect info. He did this with us too, but also wanted to observe Sonic while he did so. It was hard for us to fill in his birthfamily's info as we had so little of it...just that she had given birth while high, named him, and walked out t he door. We knew nothing else since she had spurned all prenatal care. Our complicated kids, with "iffy" genetic history to share, are harder to diagnose, but hang in there. Eventually, you will know who your child is and how to give him the best life you can. been there done that (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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