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<blockquote data-quote="zoo_keeper" data-source="post: 470065" data-attributes="member: 12188"><p>Hi. I think you've gotten some excellent perspectives. My son was originally diagnosed adhd/odd by our peditrician who put him on stims. He progressively got worse and we went to see a psychiatrist when he was 7. This psychiatrist responded to my concerns that this was something more than adhd/odd by assuring me his mood swings were cycling much too fast for BiPolar (BP) and treated him as more of a behavior problem. Not until I finally wised up and found a pediactric psychiatrist will lots of experience with mood disorders (at a local university hospital) that he finally got the diagnosis of early onset bipolar at 9. suziestar already explained everything i could have really well. </p><p>When I read your first post I thought about Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I've been doing lots of reading on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) because our new psychiatrist is suggesting it as a co-morbid condition for my difficult child 1. It does explain alot of elements of my sons behavior and the more and more I read about it makes sense as a diagnosis for difficult child 1. You may want to look into it. </p><p>The point of my post is persue second, third and fourth opinions. Each opinion will only help you and give you a better idea of whats going on inside of your sons head. Also, I definetly agree with midwest mom's caution about being careful with a bipolar diagnosis because in my experience it has been difficult to get professionals to 'see beyond' my sons BiPolar (BP) diagnosis and look for alternative reasoning behind his behaviors (ie: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)). </p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zoo_keeper, post: 470065, member: 12188"] Hi. I think you've gotten some excellent perspectives. My son was originally diagnosed adhd/odd by our peditrician who put him on stims. He progressively got worse and we went to see a psychiatrist when he was 7. This psychiatrist responded to my concerns that this was something more than adhd/odd by assuring me his mood swings were cycling much too fast for BiPolar (BP) and treated him as more of a behavior problem. Not until I finally wised up and found a pediactric psychiatrist will lots of experience with mood disorders (at a local university hospital) that he finally got the diagnosis of early onset bipolar at 9. suziestar already explained everything i could have really well. When I read your first post I thought about Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I've been doing lots of reading on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) because our new psychiatrist is suggesting it as a co-morbid condition for my difficult child 1. It does explain alot of elements of my sons behavior and the more and more I read about it makes sense as a diagnosis for difficult child 1. You may want to look into it. The point of my post is persue second, third and fourth opinions. Each opinion will only help you and give you a better idea of whats going on inside of your sons head. Also, I definetly agree with midwest mom's caution about being careful with a bipolar diagnosis because in my experience it has been difficult to get professionals to 'see beyond' my sons BiPolar (BP) diagnosis and look for alternative reasoning behind his behaviors (ie: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)). Good luck [/QUOTE]
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