Re: [SPAM] new and need some help

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group. I can't comment on that report except to say that if your

daughter is PDD then " oppositional defiance disorder " and anxiety are part of

that diagnosis. It seems redundant. Anyway, my son was diagnosed PDD and yet

was talking when he was 2. He said words, but he didn't use them to

communicate. Only to label. PDD kids typically have a language delay, but it

doesn't always mean they aren't talking by 2. I would second the recommendation

on getting that lab work on your daughter. It is scary to put such a small

child on prescription drugs, but if she's sick (which would be determined by the

labwork) then you wouldn't want to deny her the medication she'll need to get

better. Please look at the neuroimmunedr.com website and find the list of lab

tests that Dr. Goldberg recommends. It'll only cost your daughter some blood

(an unpleasant afternoon, but she'll recover ) and the information that it

will afford you will be invaluable.

Best of luck to you.

April

[sPAM] new and need some help

Ok just received in the mail today a 10 page report from the

psychologist we met with for wrap arpund services. I have never been

more confused trying to read it in my life. Talk about not saying

what she is dx'ed with upfront. I'll try to let you all know what I

can tell from what he wrote on the report. OK here it is

Results of psychological assessment:

They used the Achenbach child behavoir checklist results are

scale 1: affective problems is 75 which is clinically significant

scale 2:anxiety problems is 70 which is clinically significant

scale 3: pervasive developmental problems score is a 72 which is

clinically significant

scale 4: ahdh score is 76 which is clinically significant

scale 5: oppositional defiant problems score is 77 which is

clinically signigicant

Results of the Gilliam Autsim rating scale:

stereotyped behaviors score is a 8 which is equivalent to 25 th

percentile

communication score is a 11 equivalent to the 63 rd percentile

scoial ineraction score is a 8 equivalent to the 25 th percentile

developmental score is 7 equivalent to the 16th percentile

so her autism quotient score of 90 is equivalent to the 25th

percentile and indicates the the probability of autsim is average

It goes on to say later in the report that she demonstrates symptoms

of adhd, pdd nos, add, anxiety problems and affective problems. then

in another part talk about

The hypothetical formulation concerning her primary symptoms

requiring treatment are those due to disruptive behavoir disorder nos

with a rule-out of ahdh and pdd nos. but in her diagnostic

impressions is the axis thing again that goes like this

AXIS I:

disruptive bahavoir sidorder

rule-out ahdh combined type

rule-out pdd, nos

AXIS II:

diagnosis deferred on Axis II

AXIS III:

none reported

AXIS IV:

PSYCHO-SOCIAL/ENVIROMENTAL STRESSORS- intensive due to problems with

the social enviroment, primary support group and need for specialized

education

AVIS V:

Childrens global assessment scale- 42

I HOPE SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT ALL THAT MEANS OR WHAT THEY THINK IT MEANS

BC I AM LOST AS ALL HECK.

The good thing is they are recommending 10 hours of tss a week in the

home and community settings, they also want a psychiatriac

consultation to determine the appropriateness of a pharmacotherapy

program to address her needs in attention, disruptive behavior,

oppostion and behavior decompensation, they also want her to be

examined by her ped to determine is a referral is necessary to rule-

out any seizure activity ( dont understand that one) it also says

that she should be involved in structured play groups and support

groups such as offered by family behavior resources, autism link,

avid learning center, ABOARD, and other community based resources.

I guess I should introduce myself too. My name is and I am from

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, I have 2 children a son aged 9 with a dx's

of bipolar disorder and I have a daughter aged 2 not yet dx'ed but

her developmentalist/behaviorist is thinking PDD even though I am

still trying to figure out all the stuff above. We see so many

autistic traits in her but other ppl tell us its neither autism or

Pdd bc she talks. A little background history on her fathers side of

family he has 4 other children 3 girls 1 boy oldest girl has severe

autism and MR middle daughter has PDD youngest daughter has mild

autsim and son has LD's and is thought to be pdd but they wont take

him to be evaluated. My side of the family is me, my son and my dad

all have bipolar. My daughter does not even compare to my son at that

age it is way different. Sorry this post is so long I didnt mean for

it to be just really needing help to figure this all out. thank you

all for your help what ever it may be.

K

[Guest guest]

Hi -

Just one tip on the oppositional defiance issues... My

son and at least two other children had significant

improvements in oppositional behavior when removing

soy from their diets. In my son's case, soy lecithen

(present in tons of packaged foods) mildly dilates his

pupils (they look larger to me but wouldn't qualify as

officially dilated, but there's definitely a

difference) and makes him extremely aggressive and

oppositional. It takes about 5 days of regular

exposure to soy lecithen (or other soy proteins -

soybean oil not included and is fine) to bring about

the most dramatic effects, and about 5 days off all

soy proteins to see the benefits.

That's one thing you could try right now to see if it

helps. There are many potential negative effects to

soy in very sensitive individuals.

HTH-

--- April Jagnow <april@...> wrote:

> Hi ,

>

> Welcome to the group. I can't comment on that

> report except to say that if your daughter is PDD

> then " oppositional defiance disorder " and anxiety

> are part of that diagnosis.

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