Thanks - sm

Posted By: Oh Dear! on 2005-09-26
In Reply to: Short note..more tomorrow - WA

Any information you can give me to pass on will be appreciated.

I just spoke with S on the phone and got more of the lowdown on what happened today. What a mess. I have known S for many many years and she has raised 3 kids of her own. She has never been this distressed over anything that I can remember.

As far as the ADHD, I'm not sure Tater would fit that profile. She is very smart and has a lot of patience. If you make her angry over something, she literally plans on how she is going to get back at you and it could take days or weeks. She's not very compulsive, more manipulating and cunning.

I really am at a loss to give her any advise. I have a stepson who was very difficult as a child and still is as an adult because he is very manipulating too but never to this extent. My own kids are angels compared to Tater.

They need help and I don't think the psychologist is professionally equipped to handle this particular situation, given that she has admittedly never known a case this extreme.

Just a thought but, if anyone has any experience with autism, isn't there a type of functional autism with similar displays of personality like this?

Would appreciate any feedback.

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HELP - Advice needed for my friend ASAP - sm - Oh Dear!
- The kid needs some stability, not being pushed from - 2 cents
- sm - WA
  - Thanks for the input - sm - Oh Dear!
- Thanks to everyone for the advice and offer of prayer - sm - Oh Dear!
- I briefly talked to my uncle, who is psychiatrist, about Tater. His recommendation was to take her - Sugar
- I'd give this monster back to her mother - and life goes on
  - Wow! You really think that is going to help anything? - Oh Dear!
  - The responsible thing to do... - SM
  - love and responsibility are sure left out of your assessment. - nm
- Tater - Dianean
  - email me - Dianean
    - Thanks, Sent you email. - nm - Oh Dear!
- From what I've learned from... - SM
  - That's the problem I have with - sm - Oh Dear!
    - maybe, if neglected, - sm
- advice /oh dear - Nanna23
- Short note..more tomorrow - WA
  - Thanks - sm - Oh Dear!
    - OH DEAR! - GRAPENUT
- Sounds pretty sad. - MTMommy
  - It is very sad - sm - Oh Dear!
    - Even more sad is the fact that there doesn't seem to be - sm - Oh Dear!
- Forgot one other important piece of information - sm - Oh Dear!
  - I am so sorry for your friend and this situation sm - Karen S.
    - would the local - sm
      - She has been referred in the past - sm - Oh Dear!

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