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This chapter has so much iniotmarfon it is hard to pick just a couple to talk about. Learning how the symptoms of personality disorders are arranged into clusters is interesting (I like things to be put into groups). Cluster A type is Paranoid and Schizoid, which seem to be opposite ends of the spectrum. Where someone who is paranoid is distrustful and may be hostile, someone who is Schizoid are withdrawn and self-absorbed. Cluster B again seems to cover the full range of spectrums, from being anti-social and withdrawn to Narcissistic, or thinking you are better than everyone. Cluster C can either be avoidant, or shy and timid, dependent on others, or be in the OCD or type A, anal category. I wonder how they separated these disorders into the clusters.Suicide is a horrible way to deal with ones problems. On the other hand, in the ER we see a few people who routinely attempt suicide as a cry for help . It seems to me, the people you most need to worry about actually achieving suicide are the ones you have no clue are contemplating it.My oldest son has been diagnosed with ADHD. Interestingly, the younger two children (who have a different biological father) have no signs or symptoms. His school career has been frightful. I believe from Kindergarten through 8th grade I was on the Principle's speed dial. He was classic text book. We tried several medications, none of which worked and the final one, Stratera, gave him suicidal ideations at 9 years old. I discontinued his medications after he was slamming his head into a tree screaming that he wanted to die (he bloodied his own nose). He failed grades 4-7 yet the school system would not hold him back as he scored in the 98th percentile in the academic tests. After many, many years of trying everything under the sun, including therapy, he has finally caught up to his brain. Now in high-school, he has been in no trouble, is completing his assignments (for the most part) and starting to worry about his grades getting him into college. I wonder if the diagnosis was actually correct because of the following .. if you look at ADHD and Gifted criteria side by side, they are very similar. He is also ambidextrous, I believe it took a long time for the right and left side of his brain to figure out what the hell was going on, and which side would be in charge. He is the youngest kid in his grade level (I wish I would have started him out a year later .hindsight is 20/20). Medication never worked for him. If he wanted to be an ass, he would. I am not saying that ADHD is not real, it is, I am saying I think many children are misdiagnosed.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Ali
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