I’m stumped too, it is getting so I don’t know a family who does not have, or know well, another child with autism or aspbergers or some variation
ADD/ADHD and depression seem almost garden variety normal
and these are families who eat well, do sports, seek activities and enrichment for their kids...
Sure some of it is curriculum and teaching technique and classoom boredom, but sheesh.
I have a child with severe problems traceable to prenatal substance abuse by his birth mother. Spent $2K ot get a diagnosis. Now the question is- what do we do about it? at is in his future? For now meds helps him a lot, not all the way. Is this a permanent solution?
I don’t now. We take it day by day.
But dismissive comments by people who haven’t lived with this or gotten involved to see for themslves - set me off. LOL!
One of my best friend’s has a son with Aspergers. To be honest, you could “see” an issue when he was very little. My friend did everything in the world to “fix” him. She could have beaten him all day and it wouldn’t have made a bit of difference (except destroy any sort of dignity or self esteem he had). After years of medications, he showed improvement in 8th grade and they lowered the meds. He is now a sophomore in high school and doesn’t take anything but regular vitamins. With your situation, I am sure that prenatal exposure to drugs does cause lifelong issues. God bless and prayers for your child. It is a day by day handling (that same phrase was told to me by my girlfriend... she didn’t look till next week but dealt day by day). It is a difficult road!