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Got testing results for oldest daughter. Would appreciate input if you have time : )
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 490950" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>uggg, I hate IQ tests. Never mind for difficult child's...... there is so much controversy for them period, and when you add a diagnosis, these tests were not standardized on people with these kinds of diagnosis so they are not valid. </p><p></p><p>Her not being able to see those big picture things is going to be such a huge obstical. She is stuck in the black/white thinking of depression. When there is such a range of scores like that in a child who did not previously test like that, obviously a problem. The doctor should not have reported the scores. THAT is the thing she should not trust in this testing, not the anxiety/depression. When a test is not valid, then they are not supposed to record them. Simply state tehre was a wide range of scores in subtests and the test was judged to be invalid due to depression/anxiety symptoms. </p><p></p><p>I am sorry they did that to her. So now, will she participate in any therapy from a therapist who understands BOTH ADD and depression and then she can have someone help her sort through her concerns and see what is what? That way her concerns are not dismissed and same is true for the depression. Does she know that some antidepressants are used for ADD? Maybe that kind of medication choice would be acceptable to her? I hope she can get some cognitive therapy help to help her change some of her mixed up ideas. Logically, adhd is a permanent issue, she is better off working on anxiety and depression which can be relieved and sometimes permanently helped. Does she see depression as a character flaw or something? why is she so resistive to it? I am asking because at 17 I refused (thru paralyzing worry, constant crying episodes, not wanting to get up, yet still going to college and maintaining an A average.... so used that as proof I didn't need help, duh) to admit I had depression. Now looking back I would never let myself get to that place. Any little hint of those kinds of feelings being on going and I go to doctor.</p><p></p><p>How does she account for the symptoms you describe if she only thinks it is ADD? the constant worry, the obsessions, the giving up on things...that is not directly from ADHD which is easy for us to see, but in her chemically challenged brain right now she changes her thoughts to the hopeless side of things. Poor poor girl. My heart aches for both of you. Can she put off college for a year to get healthy? Sounds like she might be having troubles with this huge change in life... what is that called??? adjustment disorder or something like that? </p><p>Well I wont ramble, sorry not much help, just letting you know I really feel badly for you and for her. It must be heart breaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 490950, member: 12886"] uggg, I hate IQ tests. Never mind for difficult child's...... there is so much controversy for them period, and when you add a diagnosis, these tests were not standardized on people with these kinds of diagnosis so they are not valid. Her not being able to see those big picture things is going to be such a huge obstical. She is stuck in the black/white thinking of depression. When there is such a range of scores like that in a child who did not previously test like that, obviously a problem. The doctor should not have reported the scores. THAT is the thing she should not trust in this testing, not the anxiety/depression. When a test is not valid, then they are not supposed to record them. Simply state tehre was a wide range of scores in subtests and the test was judged to be invalid due to depression/anxiety symptoms. I am sorry they did that to her. So now, will she participate in any therapy from a therapist who understands BOTH ADD and depression and then she can have someone help her sort through her concerns and see what is what? That way her concerns are not dismissed and same is true for the depression. Does she know that some antidepressants are used for ADD? Maybe that kind of medication choice would be acceptable to her? I hope she can get some cognitive therapy help to help her change some of her mixed up ideas. Logically, adhd is a permanent issue, she is better off working on anxiety and depression which can be relieved and sometimes permanently helped. Does she see depression as a character flaw or something? why is she so resistive to it? I am asking because at 17 I refused (thru paralyzing worry, constant crying episodes, not wanting to get up, yet still going to college and maintaining an A average.... so used that as proof I didn't need help, duh) to admit I had depression. Now looking back I would never let myself get to that place. Any little hint of those kinds of feelings being on going and I go to doctor. How does she account for the symptoms you describe if she only thinks it is ADD? the constant worry, the obsessions, the giving up on things...that is not directly from ADHD which is easy for us to see, but in her chemically challenged brain right now she changes her thoughts to the hopeless side of things. Poor poor girl. My heart aches for both of you. Can she put off college for a year to get healthy? Sounds like she might be having troubles with this huge change in life... what is that called??? adjustment disorder or something like that? Well I wont ramble, sorry not much help, just letting you know I really feel badly for you and for her. It must be heart breaking. [/QUOTE]
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