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Another thread about someone who obviously has OCD, but was basically chastised by people, got me thinking about this.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: MrRCflying
Poor kid, I hope you find a remedy, but at least you can put a name to the face now.
I can relate to a certain point,after many years of therapy i was recently diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, or as I call it 'the artist formally known as Aspergers.' I can sympathize with your child, I share a few traits with him. The key is to be patient.
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: MrRCflying
I have sympathy for you as a parent and have a similar situation. I have a little better results by either circumstance or choice.
The therapy was useless. Child was a toe Walker and it was useless. That didnt go away but hiking up and down mountains definately helped even if you move at a foot per minute with little kids.
Also as far as disorders I am not sure we are addressing some real issues in society and education in particular.
For one the more we try and fit a square peg in a round hole the more we bury the real issue. The hole is square and there aren't any round ones.
People have had these problems and things like synthesia since probably we cells capable of mutation.
We as parents thought about what a person who's brain was wired like this could do, not really how to fix the brain to be different. Dance and interpreting the emotions of sound was a birth trait that went with the brain wiring.
For us it was the arts and sensory heavy learning. Waldorf, Montessori, magnet schools etc can help..
Of course like everything there are levels and degrees.
My advice as a parent dealing with this and having some success is find some ways you don't have to fight it but can help hone a brain predisposed to be better at certain things due to the wiring, jobs if they aren't overwhelmed by their processing so I do understand if it's so acute nothing seems to be working. That wasn't our case. Definately some emotional control issues for a while but teaching how to slow those down was also part of it, with breathing.
originally posted by: Justso
a reply to: notsure1
My adult daughter is using CBD in Florida and it does help alot with her anxiety thereby helping her cope with the CAPD consequences. I would recommend using it if possible although it truly is a trial and error situation.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: MrRCflying
I knew there were occasionally physical side effects like this, but mostly when I ran across sensory processing disorder, I would get stories of kids who had sensory overload visually or hearing or taste or touch and would throw tantrums. People would get them misdiagnosed with autism, but it's not that, just an extreme sensory overload response.
This is a different facet of it.