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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 28442" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi, Rachel (pretty name). Welcome. I have a few questions that could help us. First of all, who diagnosed him? CD is not really a diagnosis that is meant for little guys, and I'm wondering if he's been evaluated by a Psychiatrist or a neuropsychologist. CD is for people over 18 and is usually co-morbid with another psychiatric disorder...it has a gloomy prognosis, and I'm just guessing that this diagnosis is possibly not right. For MY info...lol...what is Prevacid and Flonase? This is my opinion. I would not put a violent child on a stimulant...there's a chance he could have a mood disorder rather than ADHD and Metadate or any stimulant could make him even worse. Has he ever tried a mood stabilizer (Lithium, Lamictal, Depakote, Trileptal, Tegretal)? Any mood disorders, substance abuse, suicide attempts in the family tree on either side? Neurological problems? In my experience (I have bipolar and son is on the autism spectrum) Therapy doesn't work until the person is stable, and your son sounds far from that. If he hasn't been evaluated by a neuropsychologist (they do intensive testing) and/or a Psychiatrist (the guy with the MD), I'd want to do that. I'm leery of diagnoses that therapists make--they don't really have the training to know about all the different disorders and what they look like. As for what you can do--I don't believe your child is in control of himself, and in my opinion he needs the right medications to help him before anything will work. Even if he's seeing a Psychiatrist, I'd get a second opinion, since the treatment is obviously not working. It could be he has something that has been missed. More people will drop by and put in their two cents. I'm sorry you and your child are having such a hard time. I really don't think he intentionally wishes to be bad--in my opinion he's sick and needs a different type of help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 28442, member: 1550"] Hi, Rachel (pretty name). Welcome. I have a few questions that could help us. First of all, who diagnosed him? CD is not really a diagnosis that is meant for little guys, and I'm wondering if he's been evaluated by a Psychiatrist or a neuropsychologist. CD is for people over 18 and is usually co-morbid with another psychiatric disorder...it has a gloomy prognosis, and I'm just guessing that this diagnosis is possibly not right. For MY info...lol...what is Prevacid and Flonase? This is my opinion. I would not put a violent child on a stimulant...there's a chance he could have a mood disorder rather than ADHD and Metadate or any stimulant could make him even worse. Has he ever tried a mood stabilizer (Lithium, Lamictal, Depakote, Trileptal, Tegretal)? Any mood disorders, substance abuse, suicide attempts in the family tree on either side? Neurological problems? In my experience (I have bipolar and son is on the autism spectrum) Therapy doesn't work until the person is stable, and your son sounds far from that. If he hasn't been evaluated by a neuropsychologist (they do intensive testing) and/or a Psychiatrist (the guy with the MD), I'd want to do that. I'm leery of diagnoses that therapists make--they don't really have the training to know about all the different disorders and what they look like. As for what you can do--I don't believe your child is in control of himself, and in my opinion he needs the right medications to help him before anything will work. Even if he's seeing a Psychiatrist, I'd get a second opinion, since the treatment is obviously not working. It could be he has something that has been missed. More people will drop by and put in their two cents. I'm sorry you and your child are having such a hard time. I really don't think he intentionally wishes to be bad--in my opinion he's sick and needs a different type of help. [/QUOTE]
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