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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 24294" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'd like to add that a Neurologist will be unlikely to pick anything up because a Neurologist deals with things like MS or epilepsy, not the psychiatric disorders and usually is poor, for some reason, at finding autism and other neurological issues that cause behavioral problems rather than physical symptoms. I don't like the psychiatric community either. I have bipolar and have been misdiagnosed myself, and my son was too, at first, that is why I highly recommend sticking to a neuropsychologist (for testing--they do the best job) and a Psychiatrist with a good reputation (the guy with the MD). I don't like any non-MD therapists to be first line doctors for psychiatric issues. I really got nothing out of therapy. My son was misdiagnosed by a myriad of psycologists. Neuropsychs are different. They have training in the brain and, again, they do extensive testing to try to pinpoint what's wrong as scientifically as they can. Then they refer you out. They don't try to treat the problem. They direct you. They are far more accurate than a school district. We got nowhere with the school testing, not in two different school districts. Let's just say, schools are rarely "up" on things and don't tend to hire the best. They thought everything was due to ADHD. I think that's because ADHD was all they knew, and it was their catch-all for everything. They recommended medications, although they have no medical degrees. My son saw a few neurologists and they missed the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) because it's not severe, but it was still causing him lots of learning and behavior issues. He is such a settled, nice kid now. The right help can often make such a big difference. However, with adopted kids, stuff like the trauma they lived through, substance abuse in utero, inherited psychiatric problems, lack of history, etc. all come into the mix. The kids that we adopted overseas were in better shape than the two fosters that we adopted who are now gone. However, we did adopt one brilliant six year old from Hong Kong and, although he never caused me a lick of trouble and grew up to be quite affluent, he is not attached to us the way my other kids are. The other kids came at ages 2 and under. I also have one bio. child. I believe all the kids except for the one I adopted at six are as attached to us as our biological kid. Because of the false info we got on elevin year old, and the problems it caused, we will never adopt an older child again. EVER. As for getting help after the adoption for special needs kids, that hasn't been our experience. We got precious little help before we finalized our adoption, and none afterwards. To be honest, I'm glad. I'd rather pick out my own help. There are so many bad apples out there...a university hospital would be my first choice and a good place WILL have a waiting list. Until then, you may want to read "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 24294, member: 1550"] I'd like to add that a Neurologist will be unlikely to pick anything up because a Neurologist deals with things like MS or epilepsy, not the psychiatric disorders and usually is poor, for some reason, at finding autism and other neurological issues that cause behavioral problems rather than physical symptoms. I don't like the psychiatric community either. I have bipolar and have been misdiagnosed myself, and my son was too, at first, that is why I highly recommend sticking to a neuropsychologist (for testing--they do the best job) and a Psychiatrist with a good reputation (the guy with the MD). I don't like any non-MD therapists to be first line doctors for psychiatric issues. I really got nothing out of therapy. My son was misdiagnosed by a myriad of psycologists. Neuropsychs are different. They have training in the brain and, again, they do extensive testing to try to pinpoint what's wrong as scientifically as they can. Then they refer you out. They don't try to treat the problem. They direct you. They are far more accurate than a school district. We got nowhere with the school testing, not in two different school districts. Let's just say, schools are rarely "up" on things and don't tend to hire the best. They thought everything was due to ADHD. I think that's because ADHD was all they knew, and it was their catch-all for everything. They recommended medications, although they have no medical degrees. My son saw a few neurologists and they missed the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) because it's not severe, but it was still causing him lots of learning and behavior issues. He is such a settled, nice kid now. The right help can often make such a big difference. However, with adopted kids, stuff like the trauma they lived through, substance abuse in utero, inherited psychiatric problems, lack of history, etc. all come into the mix. The kids that we adopted overseas were in better shape than the two fosters that we adopted who are now gone. However, we did adopt one brilliant six year old from Hong Kong and, although he never caused me a lick of trouble and grew up to be quite affluent, he is not attached to us the way my other kids are. The other kids came at ages 2 and under. I also have one bio. child. I believe all the kids except for the one I adopted at six are as attached to us as our biological kid. Because of the false info we got on elevin year old, and the problems it caused, we will never adopt an older child again. EVER. As for getting help after the adoption for special needs kids, that hasn't been our experience. We got precious little help before we finalized our adoption, and none afterwards. To be honest, I'm glad. I'd rather pick out my own help. There are so many bad apples out there...a university hospital would be my first choice and a good place WILL have a waiting list. Until then, you may want to read "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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