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<blockquote data-quote="starcloaked" data-source="post: 34075" data-attributes="member: 3632"><p>Lurker here, but my just-turned-five-year-old difficult child is very much the same. I'm so careful about what I expose him to, but he picks up on EVERYTHING. I'm amazed at what people with typical kids can expose them to--with DS, from the age of about 2.5, he would hear 5 seconds of NPR and I'd get a million questions. "Where's China? They said there was an earthquake there. They said people were killed? How did they get killed? What did the earthquake do?" On and on from the time it takes me to move my hand from the car ignition to turning off the radio.</p><p></p><p>We're in the process of waiting for a neuropsychologist evaluation and don't have a clear diagnosis beyond anxiety. Abilify will probably be the first medication we try if we go that route (I'm more willing to go there than spouse is).</p><p></p><p>Star--Full-time educational researcher (higher ed)</p><p>Spouse--SAH parent and half-time tax accounting software developer</p><p>difficult child--DS5, generalized anxiety disorder, full IEP services, still working on diagnosis, Fish oil is only medication. Psychiatrist, therapist, and waiting for neuropsychologist evaluation.</p><p>easy child-DD5 (difficult child's twin sister) in a different preschool; will be back together for kindergarten.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="starcloaked, post: 34075, member: 3632"] Lurker here, but my just-turned-five-year-old difficult child is very much the same. I'm so careful about what I expose him to, but he picks up on EVERYTHING. I'm amazed at what people with typical kids can expose them to--with DS, from the age of about 2.5, he would hear 5 seconds of NPR and I'd get a million questions. "Where's China? They said there was an earthquake there. They said people were killed? How did they get killed? What did the earthquake do?" On and on from the time it takes me to move my hand from the car ignition to turning off the radio. We're in the process of waiting for a neuropsychologist evaluation and don't have a clear diagnosis beyond anxiety. Abilify will probably be the first medication we try if we go that route (I'm more willing to go there than spouse is). Star--Full-time educational researcher (higher ed) Spouse--SAH parent and half-time tax accounting software developer difficult child--DS5, generalized anxiety disorder, full IEP services, still working on diagnosis, Fish oil is only medication. Psychiatrist, therapist, and waiting for neuropsychologist evaluation. easy child-DD5 (difficult child's twin sister) in a different preschool; will be back together for kindergarten. [/QUOTE]
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