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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 147332" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I was also thinking possible early onset bipolar. It has a huge ODD component. Or maybe also a combo of high functioning autism, which can make kids behavior very inappropriately and not have a clue how to socialize. Even factoring in a divorce and a stepparent (which half our kids have these days), the behavior in my opinion is still too extreme. All in all, I still think a neuropsychologist evaluation is the way to go as this professional is familiar with both neurological and psychiatric issues and does intensive testing. Psychiatrists often know nothing about neurological problems and bipolar can be diagnosed when it's really Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Of course, none are perfect, but we found NeuroPsychs to be the best. I am thinking that this child needs more than therapy, even good therapy, and ADHD medications didn't help him, which makes me think it is probably not ADHD. Of course, none of us are professionals, but I do think the symptoms here are serious and that the child has probably not been completely diagnosed or has been misdiagnosed. Lots of red flags here. For the record, if anyone in the family has bipolar, depression, or substance abuse, that puts the child also at high risk for mood disorders, which cause violence far more than ADHD. Also Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can cause violence in a very frustrated child, but the stabbing...that would get me moving. Lack of sleep is common in both bipolar kids and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids...anxiety can also keep a child awake, however, like ODD, anxiety rarely stands alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 147332, member: 1550"] I was also thinking possible early onset bipolar. It has a huge ODD component. Or maybe also a combo of high functioning autism, which can make kids behavior very inappropriately and not have a clue how to socialize. Even factoring in a divorce and a stepparent (which half our kids have these days), the behavior in my opinion is still too extreme. All in all, I still think a neuropsychologist evaluation is the way to go as this professional is familiar with both neurological and psychiatric issues and does intensive testing. Psychiatrists often know nothing about neurological problems and bipolar can be diagnosed when it's really Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Of course, none are perfect, but we found NeuroPsychs to be the best. I am thinking that this child needs more than therapy, even good therapy, and ADHD medications didn't help him, which makes me think it is probably not ADHD. Of course, none of us are professionals, but I do think the symptoms here are serious and that the child has probably not been completely diagnosed or has been misdiagnosed. Lots of red flags here. For the record, if anyone in the family has bipolar, depression, or substance abuse, that puts the child also at high risk for mood disorders, which cause violence far more than ADHD. Also Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can cause violence in a very frustrated child, but the stabbing...that would get me moving. Lack of sleep is common in both bipolar kids and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids...anxiety can also keep a child awake, however, like ODD, anxiety rarely stands alone. [/QUOTE]
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