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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 305643" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Yup, there's a big difference between how you TREAT psychiatric problems vs. neuro. problems, although often they are intertwined. After you said Tourettes, I thought it could definitely be that as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is HUGE in Tourettes as is bipolar...so there you have a possible mood disorder BECAUSE of a neurological disorder. It's not always like that though. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is neurological and only 50&#37; of those kids are on medication. The majority are mostly treated with specific interventions that are very helpful to their specific issues. Any raging in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is caused by extreme frustration and the fact t hat Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have lower thresholds of frustration as well. My son has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...he has a neurological problem.</p><p>I have a serious mood disorder...it is psychiatric, treated mostly with medication and therapy when I feel I need it. If I had my son's treatment it wouldn't help me. If he had mine, it wouldn't help HIM. It's really important to try to sort out what is going on. I think just treating symptoms means that you are missing the big pictures and the poor kid could end up on five medications, one for each symptom...and be cognitively dulled, doped up, and still struggling. in my opinion it's best to know the biggest disorder and treat it, working down from there. Usually if you treat the largest disorder the other ones get better as the big one does. They can even disappear.</p><p></p><p>I think a neuropsychologist is a very good idea. As for Tourette's, I'd want a neurologist for that (and, yes, a neurologist is way different than a neuropsychologist). So I'd visit a neurologist as well, but I would definitely still have a neuropsychologist evaluation.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 305643, member: 1550"] Yup, there's a big difference between how you TREAT psychiatric problems vs. neuro. problems, although often they are intertwined. After you said Tourettes, I thought it could definitely be that as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is HUGE in Tourettes as is bipolar...so there you have a possible mood disorder BECAUSE of a neurological disorder. It's not always like that though. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is neurological and only 50% of those kids are on medication. The majority are mostly treated with specific interventions that are very helpful to their specific issues. Any raging in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is caused by extreme frustration and the fact t hat Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have lower thresholds of frustration as well. My son has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...he has a neurological problem. I have a serious mood disorder...it is psychiatric, treated mostly with medication and therapy when I feel I need it. If I had my son's treatment it wouldn't help me. If he had mine, it wouldn't help HIM. It's really important to try to sort out what is going on. I think just treating symptoms means that you are missing the big pictures and the poor kid could end up on five medications, one for each symptom...and be cognitively dulled, doped up, and still struggling. in my opinion it's best to know the biggest disorder and treat it, working down from there. Usually if you treat the largest disorder the other ones get better as the big one does. They can even disappear. I think a neuropsychologist is a very good idea. As for Tourette's, I'd want a neurologist for that (and, yes, a neurologist is way different than a neuropsychologist). So I'd visit a neurologist as well, but I would definitely still have a neuropsychologist evaluation. Good luck! :happy: [/QUOTE]
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