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<blockquote data-quote="Jena" data-source="post: 145249" data-attributes="member: 4514"><p>hi,</p><p></p><p>many of you have gotten to know me so very well and so i tend to type with-o always fully engaging brain.</p><p></p><p>i just wanted to say and i'm sure you guys knew what i meant when i made that comment about the a typical antipyschotics. smallworld suzie i know that they do work for many children and i wasn't under cutting that at all and i'm so glad that their working for yours, truly. i think the way i should of phrased it was that there has been so little research and testing (absolutely none on children) and it's incredibly hard for us parents to make these decisions based on no stats, no clinical trials to know ok how is this going to affect my kid ten years down the road? it's hard for us and i really do think that there needs to be so so much more testing and research into this particular disorder. it seems that there is such controversary over it, some say nope doens't exist others say yup. bottom line is a kid is either functioning on a fairly average level with behaviors for that particular age range or they aren't. it's clear cut black and white.</p><p></p><p>this whole dmv whatever to try to see if they have it i think needs to be revised as well as other children exhibit different behaviors. how can you possibly have one standardized way of ruling out these types of disorders if we're stil in teh process of learnign about it?</p><p></p><p>also i have Occupational Therapist (OT) say i know alot of parents go through alot worse than i. kids are grabbing knives in the middle of the night threatening their parents i cannot even imagine. difficult child doesn't exhibit those behaviors right now. all we've seen is alot of anger and rage getting physical with other kids now occassionally stomping of feet slamming doors broke one toy hit me once her threshold on certain days for "no" from me is non existant.</p><p></p><p>yet is her quality of life good enough right now? that she is experiencing diarrhea in school daily, that she faces wall in lunchroom to eat, that each night she can't calm down enough to sleep that it seems like her little heart is so sensitive there is almost no filtering system like most of us and even children have to some extent. just seems like life hits her head on every little incident.</p><p></p><p>i'm aggrivated i guess. times a wasting, she's 9 now at 100 pounds way too much for her age. she overeats maybe it's the depression end of it, she's always anxiety ridden always insecure views herself very negatively. the school says oh just give it time? i said give it time?? time for what till she's 12 and popping pills possibly. they keep viewing it like she's adjusting to new school and neighborhood this past year we have been here and tha'Tourette's Syndrome what it's all about. that's just an added stress she didn't need. yet these thigns these behaviors have been exhibited and are only getting worse for years.</p><p></p><p>the sleep thing totally throws me for a loop. what defines mania?? i look it up grandiose thoughts, not needing as much sleep, etc. this is what i see. moments when difficult child is ontop of the world doens't happen much but it does. it seems to bounce from one thing to the next with her mood wise. i feel like we're never in the same mood for long. before it flips again on me and her.</p><p></p><p>sleep disorders. i looked them up, doctor and i spoke of it. ok i guess i'll put her throuhg more testing regarding that even though she's mentally done i also think that that is affecting her she's super sensitive now she thinks she has problems big ones. none of the sleep disorders fit her at all. they all state kid can't function the next day yet difficult child can. she's anxiety ridden but she can. is that normal for a child to get one or two hours of sleep and go all day and into the next night with out any major problems????</p><p></p><p>so many questions not enough answers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jena, post: 145249, member: 4514"] hi, many of you have gotten to know me so very well and so i tend to type with-o always fully engaging brain. i just wanted to say and i'm sure you guys knew what i meant when i made that comment about the a typical antipyschotics. smallworld suzie i know that they do work for many children and i wasn't under cutting that at all and i'm so glad that their working for yours, truly. i think the way i should of phrased it was that there has been so little research and testing (absolutely none on children) and it's incredibly hard for us parents to make these decisions based on no stats, no clinical trials to know ok how is this going to affect my kid ten years down the road? it's hard for us and i really do think that there needs to be so so much more testing and research into this particular disorder. it seems that there is such controversary over it, some say nope doens't exist others say yup. bottom line is a kid is either functioning on a fairly average level with behaviors for that particular age range or they aren't. it's clear cut black and white. this whole dmv whatever to try to see if they have it i think needs to be revised as well as other children exhibit different behaviors. how can you possibly have one standardized way of ruling out these types of disorders if we're stil in teh process of learnign about it? also i have Occupational Therapist (OT) say i know alot of parents go through alot worse than i. kids are grabbing knives in the middle of the night threatening their parents i cannot even imagine. difficult child doesn't exhibit those behaviors right now. all we've seen is alot of anger and rage getting physical with other kids now occassionally stomping of feet slamming doors broke one toy hit me once her threshold on certain days for "no" from me is non existant. yet is her quality of life good enough right now? that she is experiencing diarrhea in school daily, that she faces wall in lunchroom to eat, that each night she can't calm down enough to sleep that it seems like her little heart is so sensitive there is almost no filtering system like most of us and even children have to some extent. just seems like life hits her head on every little incident. i'm aggrivated i guess. times a wasting, she's 9 now at 100 pounds way too much for her age. she overeats maybe it's the depression end of it, she's always anxiety ridden always insecure views herself very negatively. the school says oh just give it time? i said give it time?? time for what till she's 12 and popping pills possibly. they keep viewing it like she's adjusting to new school and neighborhood this past year we have been here and tha'Tourette's Syndrome what it's all about. that's just an added stress she didn't need. yet these thigns these behaviors have been exhibited and are only getting worse for years. the sleep thing totally throws me for a loop. what defines mania?? i look it up grandiose thoughts, not needing as much sleep, etc. this is what i see. moments when difficult child is ontop of the world doens't happen much but it does. it seems to bounce from one thing to the next with her mood wise. i feel like we're never in the same mood for long. before it flips again on me and her. sleep disorders. i looked them up, doctor and i spoke of it. ok i guess i'll put her throuhg more testing regarding that even though she's mentally done i also think that that is affecting her she's super sensitive now she thinks she has problems big ones. none of the sleep disorders fit her at all. they all state kid can't function the next day yet difficult child can. she's anxiety ridden but she can. is that normal for a child to get one or two hours of sleep and go all day and into the next night with out any major problems???? so many questions not enough answers. [/QUOTE]
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