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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 651182" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I think sometimes we think medications are the answer to a lot of stuff that can't be helped. I take medications. I had depression as a kid and Learning Disability (LD) problems.</p><p></p><p>While medications, and only if the medication jives with the person, can help depression, it can't make anyone less Learning Disability (LD).</p><p></p><p>If the problem is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), there is really no medication for that. The kids are damaged because of the hello they went through in their early years and above and it's too intense and complicated for medications to change. This is more a therapeutic issue. My experience with RTCs and foster kids has been very negative. I did not find the kids to be getting better. Yes, some did better just so that they could come home, but then they just went back to it once they got home. The attachment disorder and PTSD, which is a part of attachment disorder, both need to be addressed or the medications are a band-aid and will not fix much. Being on high alert/anxiety is a part of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) because Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) kids are abused or neglected kids, usually both. But the cause of their anxiety is not just biological anxiety disorder...real, horrible things happened to them. They may not have had anxiety without those things having happened. That also needs therapy. Just food for thought, no answers here.</p><p></p><p>On the handwriting bit, they don't even teach it any more around here. I was alarmed when I heard this, but it's true. Cursive is gone. School is going to be computerized and so will the workforce by the time our younger kids get there. It's actually almost like that now. My son, who is on the autism spectrum, can print neatly, but he can't write. It's something about his learning processes or eye/hand coordination...it doesn't matter. Even working at a restaurant, everything is on computer. His Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) rigid thought processes have held him back, but not his lack of handwriting.</p><p></p><p>If your kids have been drug/alcohol exposed by bio. mom, I'd be cautious about using any controlled substances, even for ADHD. We did try Sonic on ADHD medications and he flipped out on all of them. Knowing what I do now, which Princess having told me how much those drugs are abused on the streets, I would never have tried him on ADHD medications. He had enough drugs in him before he was born. I think our drug exposed children respond differently to medications than those who have had a better start in life. I think it's sad too, but your kids are in a good place now...with you! My son is doing very well as a young adult and I am confident your kids will do as well as they can since they have you in their corner.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow...wish I had answers for you, but all I can tell you is what I'd do if I were you and you can take what you like, if anything, and leave the rest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 651182, member: 1550"] I think sometimes we think medications are the answer to a lot of stuff that can't be helped. I take medications. I had depression as a kid and Learning Disability (LD) problems. While medications, and only if the medication jives with the person, can help depression, it can't make anyone less Learning Disability (LD). If the problem is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), there is really no medication for that. The kids are damaged because of the hello they went through in their early years and above and it's too intense and complicated for medications to change. This is more a therapeutic issue. My experience with RTCs and foster kids has been very negative. I did not find the kids to be getting better. Yes, some did better just so that they could come home, but then they just went back to it once they got home. The attachment disorder and PTSD, which is a part of attachment disorder, both need to be addressed or the medications are a band-aid and will not fix much. Being on high alert/anxiety is a part of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) because Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) kids are abused or neglected kids, usually both. But the cause of their anxiety is not just biological anxiety disorder...real, horrible things happened to them. They may not have had anxiety without those things having happened. That also needs therapy. Just food for thought, no answers here. On the handwriting bit, they don't even teach it any more around here. I was alarmed when I heard this, but it's true. Cursive is gone. School is going to be computerized and so will the workforce by the time our younger kids get there. It's actually almost like that now. My son, who is on the autism spectrum, can print neatly, but he can't write. It's something about his learning processes or eye/hand coordination...it doesn't matter. Even working at a restaurant, everything is on computer. His Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) rigid thought processes have held him back, but not his lack of handwriting. If your kids have been drug/alcohol exposed by bio. mom, I'd be cautious about using any controlled substances, even for ADHD. We did try Sonic on ADHD medications and he flipped out on all of them. Knowing what I do now, which Princess having told me how much those drugs are abused on the streets, I would never have tried him on ADHD medications. He had enough drugs in him before he was born. I think our drug exposed children respond differently to medications than those who have had a better start in life. I think it's sad too, but your kids are in a good place now...with you! My son is doing very well as a young adult and I am confident your kids will do as well as they can since they have you in their corner. Anyhow...wish I had answers for you, but all I can tell you is what I'd do if I were you and you can take what you like, if anything, and leave the rest. [/QUOTE]
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