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Originally Posted by goaway
I was told i was bipolar and they put me on all sorts of medications when i was younger. It turned out that i just had a lot of issues to work out on being adopted. I had terriable anxiety attacks especially when i had to go to school ...i didnt feel i fit in i had trouble focusing. I think people forget all the stress that sometimes comes with being adopted whatever baggage youve left be hind.. or pain and discomfort you have to work out. Iv been in therapy all my life and have found that as time went on and as i worked out my issues i no longer needed medication and my anxiety went away. iv read that many children are diagnosed bipolar because they are when there younger..they dont know who they are sometimes erratic.. esp adoptee or trama exposed. My best advise is to seek therapy if you can..talk about your issues and i feel its always healthyer if you can work it out instead of taking medication..they tried everything when i was younger.. i was like a lab rat nothing worked..only therapy..time..patinece...understanding..and lots and lots of love! i still have lots of work to do.. but anixety and erattic bevaviour has changed for the better!
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I so agree with you. I am not anti-medication to say the least, but as foster/adopt parents we have to remember what the child has gone through. The pain doesn't stop when they are adopted. It could take years to heal those wounds, and medication isn't always the answers.
Thanks for sharing with us, its alwasy nice to get adoptee's prospective.