Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)?

[FallingApart]

Hello,

 

for anyone who is not familiar: DD is 6yo - PANDAS onset at 3 yo discovered Lyme/Bart approx 1 year ago.

 

Has anyone considered that their child may show signs/symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder? I strongly believe that DD had PANDAS/Lyme first and that is the main and underlying issue. However, DH and I are now considering that DD may be showing signs of RAD and it would be the secondary disorder. THe first 3 years of DDs life were "normal" until all her hospitalizations for IVIG and PEX. I'm just wondering if anyone else sees signs of this in their child and if they are also treating for this issue.

 

THanks so much

FA

[SSS]

Hi-

I googled this, as I had never heard of it before.

I have to say my dd was the complete opposite - when she was 3, she displayed selective Mutism in social settings, and was often, literally, glued to my side-separation anxiety.

 

This is an interesting disorder- very distinct, it seems.

[LNN]

I know very little about RAD but since you mention that her first 3 yrs were normal, I would highly doubt that what you're seeing is RAD. I always thought RAD was something that occurred as a result of a lack if bonding in infancy, not something that could develop later, after bonding had already occurred. Something about pathways and development - that RAD was a lack of those pathways ever being formed and that you only had a window during infancy development in which those pathways could be developed. But again, it's been a long time since I looked at it and then, only briefly (because our pedi had written RAD in DS's medical records and I freaked - but the pedi meant Reactive Airway Disease).

 

Is it possible you're seeing an asperger's like response from your daughter? Lots of us have seen aspie-like behaviors at certain times.

[smartyjones]

here's what dr. ross greene says about RAD --

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dr-ross-greene/2011/11/22/parenting-your-challenging-child