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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 96501" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Janna, you're going through what I still go through. "Why did I let them put my son on 100 medications???" Why did they say he was bipolar? Well, let's see. His birthmother was a drug addict so she obviously had bipolar. She couldn't possibly be self-medicating for any OTHER reason, right? So he's hyper and seems happy (not sad) so, ah, he's MANIC! </p><p>Baloney.</p><p>I get worried too when I hear, "My three year old is bipolar and is on Risperdal." </p><p>The scary part is my son DID have a MDE (two of them) and they group of them got him wrong. One said ADHD, one bipolar. The bipolar was done at the same hospital that the doctor was on staff at, so my scary guess is that they were not going to override his diagnosis, even though they said he had "concrete thinking" and "autistic traits." What the heck is autistic traits???? It's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)!!! For years I asked about it because Lucas had a speech delay, sensory issues, he used to methodically rock himself to sleep, he talked to himself (oh, psychiatrist thought he was hallucinating...lol). etc. Three medication free years later, my son is clearly a happy boy on the Spectrum. He has no moodswings. He is probably the most "even keeled" person in our family. How did they get bipolar out of THAT? THe psychiatrist who diagnosed him saw him for one hour. The neuropsychologist who asked, "WHO said he was bipolar?" saw him for twelve hours and tested him in every way. </p><p>I have trouble responding to parents of little kids on heavy duty drugs too--but I try to tell them to see a neuropsychologist, get a second opinion and go slow. in my opinion most of our kids will get a new diagnosis. when they get older and things become more clear. </p><p>Well, better quit before I bust my keyboard, pounding on the keys. Glad Dylan is doing so well. I can really relate to Dylan singing alone by a tree..lol. Lucas talks to himself when he's standing outside waiting for the bus. I can hear him. I was told that kids with processing disorders often talk out loud because words make more sense to them when they do. Lucas knows better than to talk to himself in front of his peers and he certainly isn't hallucinating. All those antipsychotics...gotta go before I explode...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 96501, member: 1550"] Janna, you're going through what I still go through. "Why did I let them put my son on 100 medications???" Why did they say he was bipolar? Well, let's see. His birthmother was a drug addict so she obviously had bipolar. She couldn't possibly be self-medicating for any OTHER reason, right? So he's hyper and seems happy (not sad) so, ah, he's MANIC! Baloney. I get worried too when I hear, "My three year old is bipolar and is on Risperdal." The scary part is my son DID have a MDE (two of them) and they group of them got him wrong. One said ADHD, one bipolar. The bipolar was done at the same hospital that the doctor was on staff at, so my scary guess is that they were not going to override his diagnosis, even though they said he had "concrete thinking" and "autistic traits." What the heck is autistic traits???? It's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)!!! For years I asked about it because Lucas had a speech delay, sensory issues, he used to methodically rock himself to sleep, he talked to himself (oh, psychiatrist thought he was hallucinating...lol). etc. Three medication free years later, my son is clearly a happy boy on the Spectrum. He has no moodswings. He is probably the most "even keeled" person in our family. How did they get bipolar out of THAT? THe psychiatrist who diagnosed him saw him for one hour. The neuropsychologist who asked, "WHO said he was bipolar?" saw him for twelve hours and tested him in every way. I have trouble responding to parents of little kids on heavy duty drugs too--but I try to tell them to see a neuropsychologist, get a second opinion and go slow. in my opinion most of our kids will get a new diagnosis. when they get older and things become more clear. Well, better quit before I bust my keyboard, pounding on the keys. Glad Dylan is doing so well. I can really relate to Dylan singing alone by a tree..lol. Lucas talks to himself when he's standing outside waiting for the bus. I can hear him. I was told that kids with processing disorders often talk out loud because words make more sense to them when they do. Lucas knows better than to talk to himself in front of his peers and he certainly isn't hallucinating. All those antipsychotics...gotta go before I explode...lol. [/QUOTE]
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