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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 248762" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Just my opinion, but sometimes everyone gets so caught up in the "diagnosis" they forget the whole point of getting a diagnosis in the first place, which is to find a way to treat/educate our child so s/he can function. My kid's been diagnosed with it all - ADHD, depression, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), childhood onset schizophrenia, ODD, CD, bipolar (I'm sure I'm forgetting a few -thank goodness, LOL). At the end of the day though, the issues in our home were how to deal with the violence and noncompliance and ultra-rapid mood swings. I didn't care if they called it gfgitis - just help us figure out how to safely live with our kid and teach him to learn to live with ... whatever it is he has. </p><p> </p><p>It may boil down to trial and error, just as it does so often with medications - look at the recommendations rather than diagnosis. Try them out and see what works. Follow your gut, too. If you've already done the reward chart thing and it doesn't work, skip it. Or if you've got a kid (like mine) who has an incredibly negative reaction to any positive reinforcement, skip *that*. </p><p> </p><p>While a diagnosis can point you in the right direction in terms of treatment and medications, it's really not the be all end all. It's a starting place.</p><p> </p><p>It's a horribly inexact science and terribly frustrating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 248762, member: 8"] Just my opinion, but sometimes everyone gets so caught up in the "diagnosis" they forget the whole point of getting a diagnosis in the first place, which is to find a way to treat/educate our child so s/he can function. My kid's been diagnosed with it all - ADHD, depression, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), childhood onset schizophrenia, ODD, CD, bipolar (I'm sure I'm forgetting a few -thank goodness, LOL). At the end of the day though, the issues in our home were how to deal with the violence and noncompliance and ultra-rapid mood swings. I didn't care if they called it gfgitis - just help us figure out how to safely live with our kid and teach him to learn to live with ... whatever it is he has. It may boil down to trial and error, just as it does so often with medications - look at the recommendations rather than diagnosis. Try them out and see what works. Follow your gut, too. If you've already done the reward chart thing and it doesn't work, skip it. Or if you've got a kid (like mine) who has an incredibly negative reaction to any positive reinforcement, skip *that*. While a diagnosis can point you in the right direction in terms of treatment and medications, it's really not the be all end all. It's a starting place. It's a horribly inexact science and terribly frustrating. [/QUOTE]
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