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What type of professional did you have the best luck with for your child?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 185325" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I agree that it's best to have a team of professionals! However, in the case of my son, we couldn't get any professional brave enough to question the psychiatrist. Even when I said, "My son isn't moody" and "my son doesn't rage" we were still told "Well, not all bipolar kids rage and he's not moody because of his medication." Every single professional said "Autistic-like traits" but not one would give him that diagnosis nor suggest removing the drugs. The only one who really got to the nitty-gritty was the neuropsychologist, and every suggestion he gave us WORKED. He was also courageous enough to say, "There are no blood tests so we NEVER know for sure. I worked at Mayo Clinic for ten years and they make mistakes all the time, even there. To the best of my testing ability, he appears to be a solid case of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. I do not see any bipolar, but you can discuss that further with your Psychiatrist." </p><p>Not one other professional admitted that they may not know. But this guy hit the nail on the head. My son went straight up after seeing him, getting the right type of interventions, and going OFF the medications, which were cognitively dulling him. He has still not raged or been moody for four years, telling me that the others indeed misdiagnosed him. It is scary, really. These medications are not small potatoes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 185325, member: 1550"] I agree that it's best to have a team of professionals! However, in the case of my son, we couldn't get any professional brave enough to question the psychiatrist. Even when I said, "My son isn't moody" and "my son doesn't rage" we were still told "Well, not all bipolar kids rage and he's not moody because of his medication." Every single professional said "Autistic-like traits" but not one would give him that diagnosis nor suggest removing the drugs. The only one who really got to the nitty-gritty was the neuropsychologist, and every suggestion he gave us WORKED. He was also courageous enough to say, "There are no blood tests so we NEVER know for sure. I worked at Mayo Clinic for ten years and they make mistakes all the time, even there. To the best of my testing ability, he appears to be a solid case of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. I do not see any bipolar, but you can discuss that further with your Psychiatrist." Not one other professional admitted that they may not know. But this guy hit the nail on the head. My son went straight up after seeing him, getting the right type of interventions, and going OFF the medications, which were cognitively dulling him. He has still not raged or been moody for four years, telling me that the others indeed misdiagnosed him. It is scary, really. These medications are not small potatoes. [/QUOTE]
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