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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 136624" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ok, ok. First of all, do not beat this child. It won't help and you can get into serious trouble. He's sick not bad.</p><p>Have you seen a Psychiatrist (with the MD). I'm not a big fan of psychologists or therapists making diagnoses. They never went to medication school. This kid has serious psychiatric issues on the family tree, both that are hereditary. With his history, it seems safer to go to the big gun, the Psychiatrist.It also makes more sense to me to look for signs of bipolar or schizophrenia than something vague like ODD and Conduct Disorder with this sort of history. Also, this is a personal opinion, but I have zilch trust in anyone who diagnoses CD in such a young child. Although your nephew has been on a lot of medications almost all of them have been in the same classification: ADHD stimulants. How long was he on Depakote? That's a bipolar medication, and probably a good one to try, and if it didn't work there are other mood stabilizers, but your nephew may not do well on stims because he doesn't have ADHD. Can you tell us a little bit more? Has he ever said he hears or sees things that aren't there? Does he have sleep issues? Does he rage and seem to be out of control? Does he have any early delays that may have resolved?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 136624, member: 1550"] Ok, ok. First of all, do not beat this child. It won't help and you can get into serious trouble. He's sick not bad. Have you seen a Psychiatrist (with the MD). I'm not a big fan of psychologists or therapists making diagnoses. They never went to medication school. This kid has serious psychiatric issues on the family tree, both that are hereditary. With his history, it seems safer to go to the big gun, the Psychiatrist.It also makes more sense to me to look for signs of bipolar or schizophrenia than something vague like ODD and Conduct Disorder with this sort of history. Also, this is a personal opinion, but I have zilch trust in anyone who diagnoses CD in such a young child. Although your nephew has been on a lot of medications almost all of them have been in the same classification: ADHD stimulants. How long was he on Depakote? That's a bipolar medication, and probably a good one to try, and if it didn't work there are other mood stabilizers, but your nephew may not do well on stims because he doesn't have ADHD. Can you tell us a little bit more? Has he ever said he hears or sees things that aren't there? Does he have sleep issues? Does he rage and seem to be out of control? Does he have any early delays that may have resolved? [/QUOTE]
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