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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, so many spot-on assessments of my kid. Too many to summarize in this post but THANK YOU again to all who have replied with some understanding of the situation.

I love this kid and most of our interactions are warm and loving. Obviously my post was not about that so i didn't include any descriptions of that, LOL.

In addition to known food allergies, I think he may have ADD and also RAD. He stayed with us for a long weekend as an infant and never went back home. I ended up adopting him. In his short life he had already been starved, otherwise neglected and abused. I suppose all that is in there, even though I do feel I bonded with him very quickly and he did, too. Maybe it is written on his hard drive.

Again, lots to digest. Thanks again to all the uncannily spot-on assessments. This had been the most helpful thread I've ever been on.[/quote]

13:37 here. OP, given this additional information, you HAVE to get him (and yourself) into therapy.  There are a lot of factors at play here.  His adoption and possible RAD very much need to be explored. I'm not anti-adoption by any means- am in fact an adult adoptee and a parent to adopted children myself.  Also, my son (not adopted) has food allergies too. Don't discount the anxiety that may give him, and with anxiety often comes a need for control that manifests itself in many a way.[/quote]

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