Please help me, I don't no what to do!!
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my daughter is 25 months old, since birth she has had extreme behaviour problems. Can anyone relate to my story or maybe had a diagnosis or even offer ANY advise, I feel like I cannot cope anymore, and often wonder how I can continue to live like this anymore....
I am going to seek medical advice, but I am worried about health visitors and doctors telling me it's normal and thinking I am a hypochondriac.
My story so far.
Daughter was born and did nothing but scream for the first 12 hours of her life.
She has always clung to me, never been able to cuddle her dad or other family members (so basically left to deal with this alone)
She has never slept properly
She has extreme (super extreme) tantrums for no reason, tantrums can last for 4 hours at a time. Screaming, crying, head banging, smacking her self, stops breathing, bites herself. These as I said for no reason, sometimes just because she has woken like it or has just 'flipped'.
She would never cuddle anyone else but me from birth, but when I had a shower and clean clothes on she wouldn't even want me, she would scream for hours until I put my dirty clothes back on. As she got older this subsided, but I knew something was wrong then.
She is very obsessive, she became obsessed to watching the same tv program and would hit me with the tv remote until I gave in (which I didn't give in easy I have other children and it most definitely is not spoilt brat syndrome) she became obsessed with the same drink, the same food....
She has an extremely good pain threshold, she can fall over and bang her head for example and never even wimper.
She is relentless, she won't give in, I cannot explain enough how abnormal her tantrums are. She just gets worse, she ends up making herself sick from crying. She kicks, punches, pinches me! Let alone what she does to herself, chucks her legs out, bites herself, punches herself, bangs her head on the floor and even stops breathing. She turns her lips blue.
My family history is quite plank as my mother was adopted, but I know that I had ADHD (undiagnosed) and I feel I still have it mildly now
Her dad has a lot of depression on the one side of this family and he also thinks he me have a mild anxiety problem.
Anyone else had this experience with a child. Any help, stories or advice is much appreciated.
Also want to know, should I go to health visitor or doctor?
Worried about their response, will they think I am mad thinking my oh so young baby is mentally ill?
What on earth is wrong with my beautiful baby, what can I do, how on earth do I cope.
Help me!!!!
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Smurfete
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Sinusprob Smurfete
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Smurfete Sinusprob
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Thank you for your response I wasn't sure if anyone would even see this post.
I'm sure it's not an autism problem because she can communicate and does sometimes laugh etc.
Thank you x
lucy02639 Smurfete
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wendy31564 Smurfete
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louise21984 Smurfete
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I see you've had some good replies to this: I'm not sure I agree with Wendy. I'm a psychotherapist (CBT). See the specialists; take advice. They may be able to identify a syndrome, and perhaps advise on behavioural approaches. But remember especially, Smurfete, that this is not your fault.
anna70651 Smurfete
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Hope you can cope with my poor English. 😉
I just want to tell you you're not alone having children with a Neurologic disorder. Maybe your little girl has one, or she might not. IF she does, there must be a way of grtting help somehow.
(I'm from Sweden and don't know how it's working in England).
As for us, our whole family has just ADHD, or ADHD along with another diagnose.
The father to our children (my husband for 27 years by now, was diagnosed at age 39), our son (age 16, diagnosed at age 7), our youngest daughter (age 11, diagnosed when she was 5-years old, though she didn't start to medicate before she got 8-years old) and they're all having ADHD,.
I was dubble diagnosed as having ADHD, and Bipolar type 2 at the age of 36 (ADHD), Bipolar at age 41. Our oldest daughter (turning 24 this year) was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 18, and Bipolar type 2 and GAD at the age of 21.
Having a Neurologic disorder doesn't mean you're stupid, which is a common misunderstanding amongst people.
Often are those with Neurologic disorders very bright.
Steven Fry is an example of having Manic Depression disorder (Bipolar type 1) and being a genious.
Having a diagnose is nothing to be ashamed of, as I understand that you doesn't think either and I hope it's not going to stop you from getting help. I think you're just afraid they are going to turn you down. And that's normal.
Having read your story I'd get really surprised if they did. You definitely need some kind of help!
A diagnose are not somthing you can choose not to have, not for now anyway. Some develope a Neuropsychiatric diagnose depending on genes eventually inherited and you will get those genes even if you don't want them.
The choice aren't ours to make. The same goes for physiological diseases. You don't choose to have them either.
In general people are afraid of Psychological disorders as you can't see who's got it.
Sometimes I've been thinking: -What if I got a bandage on my head and told people I had fractured my brain? Whould they be less afraid then?
(Well, none of my disorders has caused anyone trouble, other than tiredness as I tend to speak a lot 😉).
Having said that, I think you are a reasonable woman, AND you must learn to trust yourself as being a mother. No one knows their children as well as their parents do.
You seems to be a strong woman. I'll cross both thumbs and toes for you! 😊💪👍
Good luck!
richard24270 Smurfete
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