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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 660577" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Actually, Rollercoaster, your daughter sounds almost exactly like my Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son at that age. They ARE moody, but they get over it faster than mood disordered kids, of which I was one (and my moods...well, I was usually depressed and it didn't lift). Defiance is common in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) because the ASDers are inflexible and almost panic when they have to transition or change what they are doing or do it another way. My son was not violent in any way, but neither was I (with the mood disorder as a kid). That can go with either one.</p><p></p><p>ADHD behavior is the rule with Aspergers. They are impulsive and hyperactive. medications often do not work or make ASDers worse. They are sensitive to medications...my son can't take any medications. He does better off of them.</p><p></p><p>Nobody can prove a diagnosis yet. Psychiatry and certain disorders in neurology (Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/ADHD) can not be verified by blood tests. I'm beginning to think, in hindsight, that it is best to treat the behaviors and use Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions, if there is any chance of that because it won't hurt any kid to have them, but it WILL hurt an ASDer to skip the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions as the child gets older.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight again, my now twenty-one year old son was misdiagnosed with bipolar because he could be defiant when he was younger and had meltdowns, but the medications doped him up, made him gain thirty pounds (he is still obese) and he didn't HAVE bipolar. The doctor, a certified child plsychiatrist, was wrong in his diagnosis. Our son is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and is doing quite well after Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions. He is now healthy, even-temptered, happy, medication-free and living on his own with some minor adult supports. With the way he regulates his moods now there is NO WAY he had a mood disorder.</p><p></p><p>As parents we have to be careful. Psychiatry is in it's infancy and diagnoses criteria changes all the time. Be careful of the "flavor of the day" too. Use your mom gut and be firm with diagnosticians.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 660577, member: 1550"] Actually, Rollercoaster, your daughter sounds almost exactly like my Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son at that age. They ARE moody, but they get over it faster than mood disordered kids, of which I was one (and my moods...well, I was usually depressed and it didn't lift). Defiance is common in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) because the ASDers are inflexible and almost panic when they have to transition or change what they are doing or do it another way. My son was not violent in any way, but neither was I (with the mood disorder as a kid). That can go with either one. ADHD behavior is the rule with Aspergers. They are impulsive and hyperactive. medications often do not work or make ASDers worse. They are sensitive to medications...my son can't take any medications. He does better off of them. Nobody can prove a diagnosis yet. Psychiatry and certain disorders in neurology (Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/ADHD) can not be verified by blood tests. I'm beginning to think, in hindsight, that it is best to treat the behaviors and use Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions, if there is any chance of that because it won't hurt any kid to have them, but it WILL hurt an ASDer to skip the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions as the child gets older. In hindsight again, my now twenty-one year old son was misdiagnosed with bipolar because he could be defiant when he was younger and had meltdowns, but the medications doped him up, made him gain thirty pounds (he is still obese) and he didn't HAVE bipolar. The doctor, a certified child plsychiatrist, was wrong in his diagnosis. Our son is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and is doing quite well after Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions. He is now healthy, even-temptered, happy, medication-free and living on his own with some minor adult supports. With the way he regulates his moods now there is NO WAY he had a mood disorder. As parents we have to be careful. Psychiatry is in it's infancy and diagnoses criteria changes all the time. Be careful of the "flavor of the day" too. Use your mom gut and be firm with diagnosticians. [/QUOTE]
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