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Perspectives - The importance of recognizing conduct disorders as lifelong issues
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<blockquote data-quote="mindinggaps" data-source="post: 763550" data-attributes="member: 29823"><p>[USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER] Thanks for your valuable insights here. It sounds like you did the best job you could managing things with your daugther and I am sure her ability to cope well as an adult today is a direct result of that. Obviously the long-term prognosis depends heavily on the situation and the diagnosis, but for those who are capable, sheltering them from the realities of the world doesn't help long term.</p><p> </p><p>Certainly in my experience, a big gap was getting the necessary information to understand and learn to live with my diagnoses as I developed. It's strange in a sense because those born with physical conditions (eg. diabetes), are often taught from a very young age about how to cope with their condition - what is required to stay healthy, how to manage treatment. etc. However, for behavioral or mental health conditions, it almost seems like people are afraid to confront that reality. As you say, I am sure this is partly due to stigma and the fact that previously such diagnoses could land children in special education or on the fringes elsewhere. However, today I think we have better awareness. I think it is extra important to teach as many life skills as possible in addition to the specific skills of coping with the disorder. It is certainly complex, but if possible, I think it will only help.</p><p></p><p>One obvious example for my case is medication management. Nobody ever really taught me how to deal with this as I grew up - decisions were made, things were not explained and I didn't understand how to make intelligent choices as a young adult. It should have been pretty obvious to me that medications were a must, but it wasn't. The result was that several times in early adulthood I discontinued medication with predictably awful results. Lessons were learned, but one of the things that ideally could have been prevented by confronting things a bit more head on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindinggaps, post: 763550, member: 29823"] [USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER] Thanks for your valuable insights here. It sounds like you did the best job you could managing things with your daugther and I am sure her ability to cope well as an adult today is a direct result of that. Obviously the long-term prognosis depends heavily on the situation and the diagnosis, but for those who are capable, sheltering them from the realities of the world doesn't help long term. Certainly in my experience, a big gap was getting the necessary information to understand and learn to live with my diagnoses as I developed. It's strange in a sense because those born with physical conditions (eg. diabetes), are often taught from a very young age about how to cope with their condition - what is required to stay healthy, how to manage treatment. etc. However, for behavioral or mental health conditions, it almost seems like people are afraid to confront that reality. As you say, I am sure this is partly due to stigma and the fact that previously such diagnoses could land children in special education or on the fringes elsewhere. However, today I think we have better awareness. I think it is extra important to teach as many life skills as possible in addition to the specific skills of coping with the disorder. It is certainly complex, but if possible, I think it will only help. One obvious example for my case is medication management. Nobody ever really taught me how to deal with this as I grew up - decisions were made, things were not explained and I didn't understand how to make intelligent choices as a young adult. It should have been pretty obvious to me that medications were a must, but it wasn't. The result was that several times in early adulthood I discontinued medication with predictably awful results. Lessons were learned, but one of the things that ideally could have been prevented by confronting things a bit more head on. [/QUOTE]
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