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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 352153" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, you know exactly what I'm thinking <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p><p></p><p>Luvbooks, in my opinion, you should take her to a neuropsychologist. I have a son with Aspergers/high functioning autism and she shares a lot of his symptoms and behaviors. A psychiatrist often misses that because it's a neuroloigcal problem, but it's important to have an evaluation. NeuroPsychs test for 6-10 hours rather than listening and just coming to snap diagnoses. My son was very hard to diagnosis. and he ended up wrongly diagnosed twice and on a slew of medications that he didn't need because he didn't really have a psychiatric problem. He needed school interventions such as social skills classes, speech (to learn how to hold a conversation) and, in his case, PT and Occupational Therapist (OT) when he was younger. I suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) from early on so he got the interventions anyway because I insisted and went to great lengths to make sure he got them. I'm not saying that your daughter has this, but it's worth evaluating her COMPLETELY before treating her. If you don't, she may be getting treatment for the wrong problem(s). </p><p></p><p>Oppositional kids are the rule here. They probably all qualify as ODD, but that's not the main problem. Treating a child just for ODD is usually unhelpful and doesn't address the greater problem. I think the thumbsucking, the quirky faces she makes with her mouth, the defiance, the inflexibility, and doing things on her terms could be Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Or it could be something else. But I'd want her tested for the whole nine yards and many of us here like neuropsychologist testing the best. They actually will test the child for everything possible and often they nail what other professionals miss because others do not test. She could have attentional deficits or learning disabilities as well, all of this causing her much frustration. There is rarely one diagnosis per child. One usually leads to another.</p><p></p><p>Of course, you also need to look for signs of schizophrenia, but, as much as I know being a layperson who reads about that stuff, doesn't sound like that's an issue right now. She would lose contact with reality if she had that, so I'd do the neuropsychologist.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, regardless of the path you take. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 352153, member: 1550"] Marg, you know exactly what I'm thinking :raspberry-tounge: Luvbooks, in my opinion, you should take her to a neuropsychologist. I have a son with Aspergers/high functioning autism and she shares a lot of his symptoms and behaviors. A psychiatrist often misses that because it's a neuroloigcal problem, but it's important to have an evaluation. NeuroPsychs test for 6-10 hours rather than listening and just coming to snap diagnoses. My son was very hard to diagnosis. and he ended up wrongly diagnosed twice and on a slew of medications that he didn't need because he didn't really have a psychiatric problem. He needed school interventions such as social skills classes, speech (to learn how to hold a conversation) and, in his case, PT and Occupational Therapist (OT) when he was younger. I suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) from early on so he got the interventions anyway because I insisted and went to great lengths to make sure he got them. I'm not saying that your daughter has this, but it's worth evaluating her COMPLETELY before treating her. If you don't, she may be getting treatment for the wrong problem(s). Oppositional kids are the rule here. They probably all qualify as ODD, but that's not the main problem. Treating a child just for ODD is usually unhelpful and doesn't address the greater problem. I think the thumbsucking, the quirky faces she makes with her mouth, the defiance, the inflexibility, and doing things on her terms could be Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Or it could be something else. But I'd want her tested for the whole nine yards and many of us here like neuropsychologist testing the best. They actually will test the child for everything possible and often they nail what other professionals miss because others do not test. She could have attentional deficits or learning disabilities as well, all of this causing her much frustration. There is rarely one diagnosis per child. One usually leads to another. Of course, you also need to look for signs of schizophrenia, but, as much as I know being a layperson who reads about that stuff, doesn't sound like that's an issue right now. She would lose contact with reality if she had that, so I'd do the neuropsychologist. Good luck, regardless of the path you take. :happy: [/QUOTE]
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