allhaileris
Crumbling Family Rock
We finally got a prescription to medications, she's going to start taking guanfacine/tenex. It sounds like this is one of the lower side effects drugs, which is good. The actual assesment said she had ADHD, predominantly inattentive type, ODD, development math disorder, developmental expressive writing disorder, Pervasive developmental disorders and that her other symptoms put her at risk of having BiPolar (BP)-not otherwise specified (I guess this is like Bipolar Lite). No stimulant right now, but we might start giving her a tad of coffee in the mornings as I've seen her calm down when she sneaks the coffee at Trader Joes.
We don't have anybody diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in our families, but my Dad is adopted and husband's family is out of the picture so it's kind of hard to really know. My mom has wondered if my sister has it.
Thanks for everybody that replied to my post asking about medications. It's was super helpful to be able to lookup some of that stuff beforehand.
I think I have a good idea of what to do about the ADHD, there is so much out there these days, but not so sure about the possible Bipolar stuff. I'd love to hear anybody's tales in this area. What to keep an eye out for, what to expect in the next few years as she goes through puberty, all that wonderfully fun stuff.
We don't have anybody diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in our families, but my Dad is adopted and husband's family is out of the picture so it's kind of hard to really know. My mom has wondered if my sister has it.
Thanks for everybody that replied to my post asking about medications. It's was super helpful to be able to lookup some of that stuff beforehand.
I think I have a good idea of what to do about the ADHD, there is so much out there these days, but not so sure about the possible Bipolar stuff. I'd love to hear anybody's tales in this area. What to keep an eye out for, what to expect in the next few years as she goes through puberty, all that wonderfully fun stuff.