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<blockquote data-quote="tictoc" data-source="post: 428306" data-attributes="member: 7916"><p>I feel that I should caution against the rising tide of advice on here about discounting a psychiatrist's diagnosis of mood disorder in favor of a neuropsychologist's diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). All children are different and both mood disorders and ASDs exist in young children. We on this board cannot say that one diagnosis is better than the other for any particular child, other than our own. </p><p> </p><p>It is good advice to go to both a psychiatrist and a neuropsychologist for a full evaluation of any child with a suspected mood disorder. A neuorpsych just isn't going to diagnosis a mood disorder. They are not qualified. </p><p> </p><p>MWM and HaoZi have both had the experience of a mood disorder turning out to be an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I have had the opposite experience and I can tell you that misdiagnosing with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is also horrible for a child. We lost valuable time that should have been used getting proper medication for our son. He is now functioning well, though not perfectly, on a heavy combination of medications. And, I am grateful every day for the psychiatrist who finally said, "this is bipolar disorder."</p><p> </p><p>Your daughter's chronic irritability and fixation on sex words and macabre thoughts are very concerning. Again, we can't say for sure what that means. I can tell you that when my son is stable, he is not like that at all. But, when he starts to cycle, he is irritable, fixates on sexual behavior, and talks constantly about violence. That is when we know that a medication increase or change is due.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tictoc, post: 428306, member: 7916"] I feel that I should caution against the rising tide of advice on here about discounting a psychiatrist's diagnosis of mood disorder in favor of a neuropsychologist's diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). All children are different and both mood disorders and ASDs exist in young children. We on this board cannot say that one diagnosis is better than the other for any particular child, other than our own. It is good advice to go to both a psychiatrist and a neuropsychologist for a full evaluation of any child with a suspected mood disorder. A neuorpsych just isn't going to diagnosis a mood disorder. They are not qualified. MWM and HaoZi have both had the experience of a mood disorder turning out to be an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I have had the opposite experience and I can tell you that misdiagnosing with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is also horrible for a child. We lost valuable time that should have been used getting proper medication for our son. He is now functioning well, though not perfectly, on a heavy combination of medications. And, I am grateful every day for the psychiatrist who finally said, "this is bipolar disorder." Your daughter's chronic irritability and fixation on sex words and macabre thoughts are very concerning. Again, we can't say for sure what that means. I can tell you that when my son is stable, he is not like that at all. But, when he starts to cycle, he is irritable, fixates on sexual behavior, and talks constantly about violence. That is when we know that a medication increase or change is due. [/QUOTE]
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