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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 170010" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>My son is diagnosis'd with bipolar by his regular psychiatrist, but a higher qualified psychiatrist didn't want to put the life-long label on him just yet because she thought there was some hope that he might stop having uncontrollable mood cycles at some point in the future, although she does agree that he needs to be on mood stabilizers now. So the shorter answer to your question would be that we are treating it as bipolar right now.</p><p></p><p>If I interpreted your post correctly, your difficult child just got diagnosis's as bipolar yet has been on the same medications for a while. Your signature indicates that he was diagnosis'd as adhd. I'm not sure about those medications that are listed- others here will be familiar with them I'm sure, but if he is experiencing mood cycling, you really have to be careful with what medications they are taking. Even when you are careful, it still seems to take forever to get them right, as Steely pointed out. With my son, they seem to be right for several months, then he grows or spring comes, and we are back where we started from.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, hang in there. Others with more experience than me will be along, but things are sometimes slower here on weekends. (My son has only had this diagnosis for 1 year.)</p><p></p><p>PS I just read Steely's post more carefully and I second her suggestions. I didn't realize that none of those medications he is on is a mood stabilizer. If that psychiatrist diagnosis'd him as bipolar and kept him on stims and/or SSRI without even adding a mood stabilizer, then there is a problem. (I learned that one the hard way too- although it wasn't quite that blatent.) I like the MDE's if you can get one, if you can't, at least get another opinion for a child & adolescent certified psychiatrist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 170010, member: 3699"] My son is diagnosis'd with bipolar by his regular psychiatrist, but a higher qualified psychiatrist didn't want to put the life-long label on him just yet because she thought there was some hope that he might stop having uncontrollable mood cycles at some point in the future, although she does agree that he needs to be on mood stabilizers now. So the shorter answer to your question would be that we are treating it as bipolar right now. If I interpreted your post correctly, your difficult child just got diagnosis's as bipolar yet has been on the same medications for a while. Your signature indicates that he was diagnosis'd as adhd. I'm not sure about those medications that are listed- others here will be familiar with them I'm sure, but if he is experiencing mood cycling, you really have to be careful with what medications they are taking. Even when you are careful, it still seems to take forever to get them right, as Steely pointed out. With my son, they seem to be right for several months, then he grows or spring comes, and we are back where we started from. Anyway, hang in there. Others with more experience than me will be along, but things are sometimes slower here on weekends. (My son has only had this diagnosis for 1 year.) PS I just read Steely's post more carefully and I second her suggestions. I didn't realize that none of those medications he is on is a mood stabilizer. If that psychiatrist diagnosis'd him as bipolar and kept him on stims and/or SSRI without even adding a mood stabilizer, then there is a problem. (I learned that one the hard way too- although it wasn't quite that blatent.) I like the MDE's if you can get one, if you can't, at least get another opinion for a child & adolescent certified psychiatrist. [/QUOTE]
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