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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 344794" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>Just saying Hi! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /> And to answer one of your questions, yes a child can be misdiagnosed, and/or the psychiatrist can hmmmmm and ohhhh and not really give a diagnosis as they know SOMETHING is going on but aren't sure what. We had our difficult child first evaluated about 8 years old, and got the 2nd scenario I mentioned above, then when he was 11 I found this board, figured out a few things and said what we're doing isn't working it's been 3 years, something is going on with difficult child, and had him reevaluated and got his diagnosis that I'm sure is the right one. With the proper diagnosis and the right medication and accomodations at school my difficult child is doing very well right now. At one point I swore he wouldn't even make it to grade 8 and now he's 1/2 way through grade 11 and gets good marks (in the classes he likes anyway LOL)</p><p></p><p>Like nvts suggested, try getting your difficult child in for a neuropych evaluation, or a multi-disciplinary evaluation. If you're not sure in your diagnosis, then it's probably not the right one. And a re-evaluation, and the most in-depth one you can get, won't hurt and could be just what your difficult child needs.</p><p></p><p>Also like nvts I saw my difficult child in some of the things you said, the anxiety big time, impulse control, intelligence, frustration when not getting answers immediately. Not saying your difficult child is on the autistic spectrum, not a doctor here, but it's just one more thing a re-evaluation could rule out or confirm for you. You could go to <a href="http://www.childbrain.com/" target="_blank">http://www.childbrain.com/</a> and do the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionaire they have on their website, print it out and take it to your psychiatrist. It doesn't diagnose for you, but can give you an indication. Do lots of reading on anything you suspect, helped me a lot, educating myself. And post here lots and ask lots of questions of the members, there's lots here with experience in most stuff, you're not the only one. That's how I always felt till I found this site, because none of my friends/family had ever gone through what we were going through. Check out the book The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. Helped me a lot.</p><p></p><p>Being Canada here, can't really help you out with your school questions, but do suggest you check out the Special Education 101 forum on the board and ask some questions there. They really can help you out with that.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the site <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/flower.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":flower:" title="flower :flower:" data-shortname=":flower:" /> Hope you find the advice you need and the ear you need to vent to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 344794, member: 1161"] Just saying Hi! :bigsmile: And to answer one of your questions, yes a child can be misdiagnosed, and/or the psychiatrist can hmmmmm and ohhhh and not really give a diagnosis as they know SOMETHING is going on but aren't sure what. We had our difficult child first evaluated about 8 years old, and got the 2nd scenario I mentioned above, then when he was 11 I found this board, figured out a few things and said what we're doing isn't working it's been 3 years, something is going on with difficult child, and had him reevaluated and got his diagnosis that I'm sure is the right one. With the proper diagnosis and the right medication and accomodations at school my difficult child is doing very well right now. At one point I swore he wouldn't even make it to grade 8 and now he's 1/2 way through grade 11 and gets good marks (in the classes he likes anyway LOL) Like nvts suggested, try getting your difficult child in for a neuropych evaluation, or a multi-disciplinary evaluation. If you're not sure in your diagnosis, then it's probably not the right one. And a re-evaluation, and the most in-depth one you can get, won't hurt and could be just what your difficult child needs. Also like nvts I saw my difficult child in some of the things you said, the anxiety big time, impulse control, intelligence, frustration when not getting answers immediately. Not saying your difficult child is on the autistic spectrum, not a doctor here, but it's just one more thing a re-evaluation could rule out or confirm for you. You could go to [URL]http://www.childbrain.com/[/URL] and do the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionaire they have on their website, print it out and take it to your psychiatrist. It doesn't diagnose for you, but can give you an indication. Do lots of reading on anything you suspect, helped me a lot, educating myself. And post here lots and ask lots of questions of the members, there's lots here with experience in most stuff, you're not the only one. That's how I always felt till I found this site, because none of my friends/family had ever gone through what we were going through. Check out the book The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. Helped me a lot. Being Canada here, can't really help you out with your school questions, but do suggest you check out the Special Education 101 forum on the board and ask some questions there. They really can help you out with that. Welcome to the site :flower: Hope you find the advice you need and the ear you need to vent to. [/QUOTE]
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