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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 412044" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>i am glad easy child opened up enough to the therapist to let all her problems show. That is HUGE!! Don't beat yourself up for not seeing this. You are NOT psychic. You are also in a super stressful situation and have been for YEARS because difficult child's problems. Girls seem to be very good at hiding problems and I imagine that easy child had a number of reasons why she hid much of this. Not wanting to worry you, thinking that difficult child's problems were so big she didn't want to distract you with what seemed like "little" or "lesser" problems of hers, not watning anyone to know and think she was different or weird, etc...</p><p> </p><p>Girls also do not typically present adhd the way boys do, so it is easier to miss. </p><p> </p><p>Just be glad you know now and start working toward a solution. She is likely to need medications. I am not surprised at the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) given the strength of yours and difficult children Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). NOT saying you should have known or seen it or anything like that. Just saying it isn't totally surprising to find out about this. </p><p> </p><p>I don't know if you want to consider stimulants or if strattera might be a better choice for her adhd. I have been pleasantly shocked at how well strattera has worked for the people I know with adhd. Given the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the stress of life in your home, combining strattera with an ssri might be something to consider. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) requires higher levels of ssri medications to reach a therapeutic level than depression and/or anxiety do. Wiz has adhd and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and aspergers. Until he was on strattera and luvox (at a high enough dosage of the luvox) he saw little change in the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Luvox alone at a higher level than the one used with strattera was not very effective. It actually took adding a third a/d - a tricyclic antidepressant - to get him to sleep at night on a regular basis. So it is possible that strattera and an SSRI might be a good combo.</p><p> </p><p>just because it worked for Wiz doesn't mean it will work for her, but I watned to toss that out there.</p><p> </p><p>I hope easy child can accept the help now that she knows there is a name for her problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 412044, member: 1233"] i am glad easy child opened up enough to the therapist to let all her problems show. That is HUGE!! Don't beat yourself up for not seeing this. You are NOT psychic. You are also in a super stressful situation and have been for YEARS because difficult child's problems. Girls seem to be very good at hiding problems and I imagine that easy child had a number of reasons why she hid much of this. Not wanting to worry you, thinking that difficult child's problems were so big she didn't want to distract you with what seemed like "little" or "lesser" problems of hers, not watning anyone to know and think she was different or weird, etc... Girls also do not typically present adhd the way boys do, so it is easier to miss. Just be glad you know now and start working toward a solution. She is likely to need medications. I am not surprised at the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) given the strength of yours and difficult children Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). NOT saying you should have known or seen it or anything like that. Just saying it isn't totally surprising to find out about this. I don't know if you want to consider stimulants or if strattera might be a better choice for her adhd. I have been pleasantly shocked at how well strattera has worked for the people I know with adhd. Given the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the stress of life in your home, combining strattera with an ssri might be something to consider. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) requires higher levels of ssri medications to reach a therapeutic level than depression and/or anxiety do. Wiz has adhd and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and aspergers. Until he was on strattera and luvox (at a high enough dosage of the luvox) he saw little change in the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Luvox alone at a higher level than the one used with strattera was not very effective. It actually took adding a third a/d - a tricyclic antidepressant - to get him to sleep at night on a regular basis. So it is possible that strattera and an SSRI might be a good combo. just because it worked for Wiz doesn't mean it will work for her, but I watned to toss that out there. I hope easy child can accept the help now that she knows there is a name for her problems. [/QUOTE]
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