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Newbie intro- frustrated mom of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) teen
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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 579256" data-attributes="member: 15793"><p>Hi there, I'm an adoptee myself (7 months). I don't have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), so I can't speak to that, per se, but I will echo that GFG13 needs a specialist with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) experience. Not just any therapist or psychiatrist can do this stuff. I had to search up and down to find the find doctor to test my daughter for autism - she appears very high-functioning and no one wanted to test her at all. When I finally located a specialist who could do the testing? She's actually <em>lower</em>-functioning than she appears to be, her verbal scores and intelligence just make her <em>seem</em> much higher. Finding the right therapist and psychiatrist is key, righting the medication or medication cocktail is key. </p><p></p><p>And don't overlook the stress this puts on the other kids and yourself, they and you may well benefit from some therapy, too. Living with someone like GFG13 is hard. My daughter is great on her good days, but on her bad days has massive violent rages. I've been diagnosis'd with anxiety and PTSD from dealing with her and am on medications myself to handle it. Make sure you take care of everyone, including yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 579256, member: 15793"] Hi there, I'm an adoptee myself (7 months). I don't have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), so I can't speak to that, per se, but I will echo that GFG13 needs a specialist with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) experience. Not just any therapist or psychiatrist can do this stuff. I had to search up and down to find the find doctor to test my daughter for autism - she appears very high-functioning and no one wanted to test her at all. When I finally located a specialist who could do the testing? She's actually [I]lower[/I]-functioning than she appears to be, her verbal scores and intelligence just make her [I]seem[/I] much higher. Finding the right therapist and psychiatrist is key, righting the medication or medication cocktail is key. And don't overlook the stress this puts on the other kids and yourself, they and you may well benefit from some therapy, too. Living with someone like GFG13 is hard. My daughter is great on her good days, but on her bad days has massive violent rages. I've been diagnosis'd with anxiety and PTSD from dealing with her and am on medications myself to handle it. Make sure you take care of everyone, including yourself. [/QUOTE]
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