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<blockquote data-quote="wakeupcall" data-source="post: 242946" data-attributes="member: 2287"><p>I've been reading all your responses with much interest. husband and I visited this morning over the coming and going of symptoms over the years. His psychiatrist, who does medications only, has his diagnosis as intermittent explosive disorder. He's no longer intermittently explosive. That's moved on in the last year. I've always resisted the diagnosis of Bipolar, not that anyone gave him that diagnosis, because he doesn't seem to have the "extremes" that I would ordinarily expect with Bipolar Disorder. But then again, I've never known anyone with Bipolar Disorder. In my book, he's only had one episode that I would have definitely called a rage and that was 1-1 1/2 years ago. I sat in disbelief as he fumed and spewed for way over two hours. It's not happened since. He IS argumentative, always has been, so I can't even lay that on teen-dom.</p><p></p><p>All this mauling has started since I started the weaning of Abilify (he's off it now), but he wasn't doing it before Abilify either. His Lithium level is therapeutic (just had bloodwork done). He's doing very well in school in his social development class (6 students) that he's in all day except for gym, band and lunch. He had one friend, who is now a semi-friend. I think the other boy is embarrassed that difficult child is in the SD class and doesn't want to associate with him at school much. He has no other friends. He doesn't seem particularly depressed (didn't we all act that way a little when we were growing up?). But lately I would say he's definitely more manic, particularly in the evenings. TerryJ2 hit the nail on the head.....difficult child is waaaaay immature. My grandson is almost ten and doesn't begin to still do the childish thinks that difficult child does at 13 1/2. My grown daughter seems to think that he's still a little boy in a body that is changing and he doesn't know what to do with it. I'm safe.</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for helping me sort this out. As soon as I get off this site for a bit, I'm going to look up a neuropsychologist in our area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wakeupcall, post: 242946, member: 2287"] I've been reading all your responses with much interest. husband and I visited this morning over the coming and going of symptoms over the years. His psychiatrist, who does medications only, has his diagnosis as intermittent explosive disorder. He's no longer intermittently explosive. That's moved on in the last year. I've always resisted the diagnosis of Bipolar, not that anyone gave him that diagnosis, because he doesn't seem to have the "extremes" that I would ordinarily expect with Bipolar Disorder. But then again, I've never known anyone with Bipolar Disorder. In my book, he's only had one episode that I would have definitely called a rage and that was 1-1 1/2 years ago. I sat in disbelief as he fumed and spewed for way over two hours. It's not happened since. He IS argumentative, always has been, so I can't even lay that on teen-dom. All this mauling has started since I started the weaning of Abilify (he's off it now), but he wasn't doing it before Abilify either. His Lithium level is therapeutic (just had bloodwork done). He's doing very well in school in his social development class (6 students) that he's in all day except for gym, band and lunch. He had one friend, who is now a semi-friend. I think the other boy is embarrassed that difficult child is in the SD class and doesn't want to associate with him at school much. He has no other friends. He doesn't seem particularly depressed (didn't we all act that way a little when we were growing up?). But lately I would say he's definitely more manic, particularly in the evenings. TerryJ2 hit the nail on the head.....difficult child is waaaaay immature. My grandson is almost ten and doesn't begin to still do the childish thinks that difficult child does at 13 1/2. My grown daughter seems to think that he's still a little boy in a body that is changing and he doesn't know what to do with it. I'm safe. Thanks so much for helping me sort this out. As soon as I get off this site for a bit, I'm going to look up a neuropsychologist in our area. [/QUOTE]
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