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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 214870" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Thank you all for the words of encouragement. I needed them!</p><p></p><p>House of Cards, your description of your son's Major personality is so right on target. What is hard about these kids is that they may have psychiatric disorders on top of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). But medicating them may be harder. He has a sunny nature, but now is getting depressed often. I wonder how much of it is situational and how much is biochemical. We haven't had much luck with mood stabilizers or Zoloft. We got up to 200 on Lamictal but didn't see much benefit. He could probably benefit from stimulants, but they make him more anxious and cause tics.</p><p></p><p>We are fortunate that the cognitive issues are not too serious. But the impulsiveness, difficulty learning from mistakes etc is huge. We have done about two years or more of therapy, but I think the results are pretty small. I think it is really hard for the therapist to address these issues. OUr school has some social skills groups for boys; I think having a therapist there to give immediate feedback would be far more useful. What breaks my heart most about my child is that he is so desperate for friends and he is basically a sweet kid; but as he says his aggressiveness, impulsivity and difficulty going along with the flow sometimes gets in the way. Every weekend he wants to call up his "friends"; but they are usually busy. And then when they do come over they gravitate more to his older brother, who is more interesting and has less social issues in many ways. He hasn't been invited to someone's house on a playdate in at least a year. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, keep me in mind if you hear of any great fetal alcohol clinics. I'd like some advice on how to manage all the mood issues, deal with the impulsiveness etc, and manage to be a loving mom at the same time. Not too much to ask, is it? lol.</p><p></p><p>I'll hang in there. My dream is a camp for difficult children that you could check them into for a week or two and not worry about them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 214870, member: 2322"] Thank you all for the words of encouragement. I needed them! House of Cards, your description of your son's Major personality is so right on target. What is hard about these kids is that they may have psychiatric disorders on top of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). But medicating them may be harder. He has a sunny nature, but now is getting depressed often. I wonder how much of it is situational and how much is biochemical. We haven't had much luck with mood stabilizers or Zoloft. We got up to 200 on Lamictal but didn't see much benefit. He could probably benefit from stimulants, but they make him more anxious and cause tics. We are fortunate that the cognitive issues are not too serious. But the impulsiveness, difficulty learning from mistakes etc is huge. We have done about two years or more of therapy, but I think the results are pretty small. I think it is really hard for the therapist to address these issues. OUr school has some social skills groups for boys; I think having a therapist there to give immediate feedback would be far more useful. What breaks my heart most about my child is that he is so desperate for friends and he is basically a sweet kid; but as he says his aggressiveness, impulsivity and difficulty going along with the flow sometimes gets in the way. Every weekend he wants to call up his "friends"; but they are usually busy. And then when they do come over they gravitate more to his older brother, who is more interesting and has less social issues in many ways. He hasn't been invited to someone's house on a playdate in at least a year. Anyway, keep me in mind if you hear of any great fetal alcohol clinics. I'd like some advice on how to manage all the mood issues, deal with the impulsiveness etc, and manage to be a loving mom at the same time. Not too much to ask, is it? lol. I'll hang in there. My dream is a camp for difficult children that you could check them into for a week or two and not worry about them. [/QUOTE]
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