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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 53127" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Before you discount Aspergers for bipolar (or ADHD), let me tell you that psycologists tend NOT to understand Aspergers. For example, they may think because a child understands a joke, he can't be Aspergers. That's so NOT TRUE. I know many Aspies since my son is on the Spectrum. Also, please note that bipolar mimics Aspergers in many kids, so you REALLY need a neuropsychologist to figure out what's going on. My son was on more than ten medications. He is better OFF medications. The stims and antidepressants only made his symptoms worse. I suppose he could focus better--kids have been using stims for eons to study for tests--but his behavior was so aggressive and off-the-wall, in my opinion, it wasn't worth it. Both kids with bipolar and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can't focus well, unless they are very absorbed. The only way to pick apart what disorder is what is to see a good (and I mean one with a good rep) neuropsychologist. Psycologists are not trained enough and don't do extensive testing. We've been there done that with MANY Psycologists without the "Neuro" training, and it just didn't help us. Psychiatrists may or may not understand Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Ours didn't and said my son had bipolar and put him on HEAVY duty mood stabilizers. I disagree with even going there until you have a good, 8-12 hour neuropsychologist test. You could be giving the kid the wrong medications. Obviously, whatever he is on now isn't working. We had to jump through many hoops to get our son to where he is now--happy and functional, albeit "quirky." He is still finally doing great. I strongly urge you to go the neuropsychologist route and not necessarily believe that the psycologist understands Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). They don't have that extra training in the brain that NeuroPsychs have, and they don't run the same sort of tests. Here's an online Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) test. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. It's hard to figure our kids out.</p><p><a href="http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html" target="_blank">http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 53127, member: 1550"] Before you discount Aspergers for bipolar (or ADHD), let me tell you that psycologists tend NOT to understand Aspergers. For example, they may think because a child understands a joke, he can't be Aspergers. That's so NOT TRUE. I know many Aspies since my son is on the Spectrum. Also, please note that bipolar mimics Aspergers in many kids, so you REALLY need a neuropsychologist to figure out what's going on. My son was on more than ten medications. He is better OFF medications. The stims and antidepressants only made his symptoms worse. I suppose he could focus better--kids have been using stims for eons to study for tests--but his behavior was so aggressive and off-the-wall, in my opinion, it wasn't worth it. Both kids with bipolar and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can't focus well, unless they are very absorbed. The only way to pick apart what disorder is what is to see a good (and I mean one with a good rep) neuropsychologist. Psycologists are not trained enough and don't do extensive testing. We've been there done that with MANY Psycologists without the "Neuro" training, and it just didn't help us. Psychiatrists may or may not understand Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Ours didn't and said my son had bipolar and put him on HEAVY duty mood stabilizers. I disagree with even going there until you have a good, 8-12 hour neuropsychologist test. You could be giving the kid the wrong medications. Obviously, whatever he is on now isn't working. We had to jump through many hoops to get our son to where he is now--happy and functional, albeit "quirky." He is still finally doing great. I strongly urge you to go the neuropsychologist route and not necessarily believe that the psycologist understands Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). They don't have that extra training in the brain that NeuroPsychs have, and they don't run the same sort of tests. Here's an online Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) test. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. It's hard to figure our kids out. [url="http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html"]http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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