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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 317936" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>What a great day for both of you! Is there anything that can make us happier than to see our difficult child's doing well, stable, and maturing? My son is only about 6 mos older than yours- he LOVED the Medieval Times!</p><p></p><p>I was touched by your description of how your son went along with so much trying to be helped. I don't want to throw out false hope for a miracle, but since my son has a questionable diagnosis of BiPolar (BP), I wanted to let you know that a couple of doctors told me that since they are now watching more closely for signs of BiPolar (BP) in kids, they are finding that sometimes what appears as BiPolar (BP) or MI in kids tends to go away or at least greatly improve after they cross puberty and the chemicals in the brain and hormones stabilize out on an adult level. Apparently, some believe that it really is a chemical imbalance in some of these kids but then after getting worse for a few years with puberty, the hormones settle down and the balance shifts to reflect an adult's brain and many who had a chemical imbalance before no longer have it at all or at least, not as bad as it was. It gave me a little hope for improvement in my son. It sounds like you might be seeing some of that in your son, too. I can definitely relate to your description of what things were like when he was 11yo and how you feel when you look back on that period.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your day and kudos to your son!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 317936, member: 3699"] What a great day for both of you! Is there anything that can make us happier than to see our difficult child's doing well, stable, and maturing? My son is only about 6 mos older than yours- he LOVED the Medieval Times! I was touched by your description of how your son went along with so much trying to be helped. I don't want to throw out false hope for a miracle, but since my son has a questionable diagnosis of BiPolar (BP), I wanted to let you know that a couple of doctors told me that since they are now watching more closely for signs of BiPolar (BP) in kids, they are finding that sometimes what appears as BiPolar (BP) or MI in kids tends to go away or at least greatly improve after they cross puberty and the chemicals in the brain and hormones stabilize out on an adult level. Apparently, some believe that it really is a chemical imbalance in some of these kids but then after getting worse for a few years with puberty, the hormones settle down and the balance shifts to reflect an adult's brain and many who had a chemical imbalance before no longer have it at all or at least, not as bad as it was. It gave me a little hope for improvement in my son. It sounds like you might be seeing some of that in your son, too. I can definitely relate to your description of what things were like when he was 11yo and how you feel when you look back on that period. Enjoy your day and kudos to your son! [/QUOTE]
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