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Re: My 5-year old daughter is sooo aggressive

Posted by monica on May 29, 2001 at 13:52:09:

In Reply to: Re: My 5-year old daughter is sooo aggressive posted by worriedsickmom on May 26, 2001 at 11:26:25:

The explanation is a little complicated. As a matter of fact, when I told the docs that his horrible behavior would happen as a result of poor sleep, the absolutely dismissed me. The funny thing is that when I went and checked out sleep medicine text books, I found that sleep-disordered breathing's symptoms are abnormal behavior, unusual aggression, restless sleep, difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep etc. I am so glad you have an appt. at the sleep clinic. I will try to write more later tonight so that you can ask some more specific questions to them.
My children definitely had enlarged tonsils, but something it took almost a year for anyone to do is look up the children's noses, please make sure they do this. If she had only mildly enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and moderate nasal swelling, this could make for a real decrease in the amount of air that can be taken in at one time. Bring this to their attention if they say that about her tonsils aden, and nose. Sleep-disordered breathing is most of the time not a problem when they are awake, its only when they are asleep. If its sleep disordered breathing or something else, its interrupting their sleep, and the experts believe that sleep is restorative for both mind and body. boy, I know this is jumbled but let me go on. After my son had his tonsils and adenoids out, he had his sleep study which still showed the breathing problem. After searching and watching and many doctors, I found out he had chronic sinusitis. He wouldn't even have a runny nose sometimes but the swelling in his sinuses prevented drainage and really made him feel bad. I think you are very wise to have noticed the relationship btween the sleep and behavior, and also to not trust every doctor you see. They are human and they do not have all the answers. Trust yourself, you know your child and if you believe your child has a problem, chances are, you are right. There are other problems besides the breathing, but that is probably the most common. Researchers are now strongly linking sleep-disordered breathing with ADHD. One article I read said 25% of ADHD cases could be completely resovlved if their SDB were adequately treated. Gosh this is long. There is nothing else I get so worked up about. My son suffered with intense behvior problems, FREQUENT night terrors and if anyone had listened and helped sooner he would not have had to go through as much as he did. I so desparately hope you get a good doc. Please let me know how its going, ask about anything you don't understand, and please notice if your child snores or is mouth breathing day or night. ASk about the nose and sinusitis. Good luck, God bless

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