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Thanks to you all for sharing your great info here!   I'm going to follow up on many of the resources mentioned here.   

We adopted our son 5 years ago when he was four and a half.  I had about 4 months of "new birth bliss" with my son before educators and doctors started saying his behavior wasn't normal.  Thus began the long journey that I sense Alex's parents have been through.  As I watched the show I kept thinking "We are so alike in what we were feeling" --- particularly as a mom I have felt tremendous frustration and inadequacy over not being able to find all the answers easily --- plus having to fight for every special service in the educational system. 

The good news is that I think we too are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  Two and a half years ago our son was diagnosed with Asperger's and went through what we felt was a "dart throwing" phase where doctors would say "okay, that didn't work, let's try this" with the meds.  We then discovered the Amen Clinic and they did a brain scan and pinpointed the medications exactly.  As we've had to refine meds they've provided additional advice which also proved to be right on target.  We just went back for a follow-up scan and the change is remarkable.  We've also started our son on a homeopathic product called Attend.  The rages have really minimized and we are now having GREAT family times --- actually enjoying each other's company instead of waiting for the other shoe to drop.   Right before Christmas one of his teachers said "I don't know what you are doing but he seems much more "with it" lately."   He's actually starting to try to tell jokes!   

Anyway, as a proud mom I could go on but bottom line is this --- we all have to stick together and collaborate on these solutions because it can be a very isolating experience otherwise!