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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 214490" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'm not sure I'd spend the money on the EEG unless you have plenty of it, as it probably won't do any good.</p><p>I know a lot about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) because my adopted son was exposed to a lot of stuff in utero and I spent a lot of time with professionals asking about it and then I spent even more time reading about it. We wanted to be prepared in case he had it. We were lucky--he dodged that bullet (not all of them, but that one).</p><p> We did take him to a great, well-known Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) Clinic in Chicago. If you PM me I can give you the name of it. However, as you probably know, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) kids suffer from organic brain damage and do not understand right from wrong that well, and often "forget" things from day to day. It's called "swiss cheese learning." They may understand something one day, then forget. </p><p> The best treatment that I've read about for even adults with it (and I read a new article just recently) is to have them live in a very structured enviroment so that their caregivers can keep them out of trouble. The adults themselves were very relieved to understand why they didn't seem to be able to learn from their mistakes or stay out of trouble. It is a deficit they have. Since these people do have brain damage, medications can only treat the symptoms. Both Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) kids and adults need supervision to stay on track. Although this may sound bleak, it's really not. The adults can live very happy lives, they just need to have "parents" watching them so that they remember what they should/should not do. This is not a psychiatric condition. It is more on a par with an older person who has some Alzheimers (this was how it was explained to me). It is very frustrating to deal with, but if you understand it maybe that makes it easier...PM me if you want the name of the clinic. I do not know how much treatment they have. I do know they have a great nationwide rep. We only took my son for diagnostic purposes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 214490, member: 1550"] I'm not sure I'd spend the money on the EEG unless you have plenty of it, as it probably won't do any good. I know a lot about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) because my adopted son was exposed to a lot of stuff in utero and I spent a lot of time with professionals asking about it and then I spent even more time reading about it. We wanted to be prepared in case he had it. We were lucky--he dodged that bullet (not all of them, but that one). We did take him to a great, well-known Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) Clinic in Chicago. If you PM me I can give you the name of it. However, as you probably know, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) kids suffer from organic brain damage and do not understand right from wrong that well, and often "forget" things from day to day. It's called "swiss cheese learning." They may understand something one day, then forget. The best treatment that I've read about for even adults with it (and I read a new article just recently) is to have them live in a very structured enviroment so that their caregivers can keep them out of trouble. The adults themselves were very relieved to understand why they didn't seem to be able to learn from their mistakes or stay out of trouble. It is a deficit they have. Since these people do have brain damage, medications can only treat the symptoms. Both Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) kids and adults need supervision to stay on track. Although this may sound bleak, it's really not. The adults can live very happy lives, they just need to have "parents" watching them so that they remember what they should/should not do. This is not a psychiatric condition. It is more on a par with an older person who has some Alzheimers (this was how it was explained to me). It is very frustrating to deal with, but if you understand it maybe that makes it easier...PM me if you want the name of the clinic. I do not know how much treatment they have. I do know they have a great nationwide rep. We only took my son for diagnostic purposes. [/QUOTE]
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