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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 139455" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Jen, I think you may have missed my point. A child can have anxiety and depression as the predominant symptoms and still have bipolar disorder. I'll ask again: When she stays up most of the night, is she able to function fine the next day? A decreased need for sleep is a symptom of mania. And if the evaluating doctor thought your difficult child had a sleep disorder, did she suggest a sleep study?</p><p></p><p>Ideally, a child psychiatrist should diagnosis bipolar disorder. In December 2006, a neuropsychologist diagnosed my son with Major Depressive Disorder with a rule-out on Bipolar Disorder. The reason: In spite of the history provided about my son, the neuropsychologist didn't see mania (just depression) and so he couldn't diagnosis BiPolar (BP). A year later, my son entered a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital, where staff observed him 6.5 hours a day for 6 weeks. The staff saw the mania as well as the depression, and therefore, were able to diagnosis BiPolar (BP).</p><p> </p><p>by the way, depression in children can look different from depression in adults. Childhood depression looks like irritability, reactive impulsivity and demoralization.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 139455, member: 2423"] Jen, I think you may have missed my point. A child can have anxiety and depression as the predominant symptoms and still have bipolar disorder. I'll ask again: When she stays up most of the night, is she able to function fine the next day? A decreased need for sleep is a symptom of mania. And if the evaluating doctor thought your difficult child had a sleep disorder, did she suggest a sleep study? Ideally, a child psychiatrist should diagnosis bipolar disorder. In December 2006, a neuropsychologist diagnosed my son with Major Depressive Disorder with a rule-out on Bipolar Disorder. The reason: In spite of the history provided about my son, the neuropsychologist didn't see mania (just depression) and so he couldn't diagnosis BiPolar (BP). A year later, my son entered a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital, where staff observed him 6.5 hours a day for 6 weeks. The staff saw the mania as well as the depression, and therefore, were able to diagnosis BiPolar (BP). by the way, depression in children can look different from depression in adults. Childhood depression looks like irritability, reactive impulsivity and demoralization. [/QUOTE]
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