-=> Quoting Jerry Schwartz to Regina Finan <=-
 JS> [Jan 06, 97 - 17:14] Regina Finan of 1:2410/534 wrote to Mark
 JS> Probert: 
 RF> I figure I would ask for an opinion on my grandaughter.  My daughter is
 RF> manic depressive.  A real worry wart and also has an ulcer.  Her ulcer
 RF> got really bad a few years ago.  Now it seems to be like mine, just a 
 RF> nervous
 RF> stomach.  Anyways here it is:
 JS> Ulcers are now known to be caused by a bacterial infection in most
 JS> cases, and the right antibiotic takes care of it.  And for other
 JS> things like gastric reflux, there are some pretty good medications now
 JS> (I'm taking Prevacid). 
 This I know about, but in our family case it is not caused by that.  We
 have a family history of what has been called a nervous stomach.  If we
 get too tired, nervous, excited, hormone activity in female side or anything
 else our stomach reacts.  All that acid ends up causing the ulcer. I had
 one at 10 years old.  My ulcer heals and comes back every 10 years or so.
 My older daughter was in the hospital at 17 with a bleeding ulcer.  Tests
 were run and this is what they discovered.  They did at one point try an
 antibiotic treatment, but found that it would not work in her case.  As
 her personality became stronger and she started learning how to deal with
 some of her emotions and learned about the manic depression, she seems to
 have her stomach problems, for the most part under control.  They wanted
 her to see a psch. but she was a stubbord 17 year old and would not.  This
 is about the age we found out her problems in school (she dropped out and
 later got her GED) was not laziness (which was the term back when she was
 younger) she was never diagnosed ADD or ADHD, but later diagnosed as
 manic depressive (she was diagnosed as having an impulse disorder at 14).
 She probably is ADHD though.
 JS> As for the rest of what you described, Cora's attachment to her father
 JS> and fearfulness are (in my layman's opinion) not like any symptoms of
 JS> AD(H)D that I can think of; but much of the rest is, both in Cora and
 JS> in her mother. 
 JS> Jerry Schwartz
 I didn't think Cora's attachment to her father (not really her real father,
 but she doesn't know that) was part of ADHD.  Cora has real personality
 changes and is very impulsive.  She is now starting to come over my house
 (we live across the street now) and wanting to stay with me.  I'm hoping
 the attachment to her father will subside since she will be going to
 Head Start this September.  I was curious as to whether the disorders
 running in the family should be mentioned when she signs her up.  They
 usually do some testing before they enter head start and wondered if
 mentioning this before hand will help the child though her school years.
 I know this helped Jonathon until we got in a school district who hated
 using the dollars putting children in special ed classes.
 Regina
... A feature is a bug with seniority.
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