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<blockquote data-quote="zba189" data-source="post: 433284"><p>I replied to your other thread, but I thought I would add a few thoughts here as well. Let me preface this with the fact that I'm coming at this from the viewpoint of having a 7 year old who was diagnosed with early on-set bipolar just two months ago. I'm in no way saying that this is your son's issues at all. I only can tell you what I have seen with my own difficult child. I will also say that it is so hard to figure out what could be just part the initial disorder, what is something else that stands alone, and what is just typical kid behavior. </p><p></p><p> One of the things that was stood out in your post to me wasn't the angry mood swings, but the way you describe him being happy. "He woke up, was in a great mood, laughing, being silly...". For me the depressive stuff, the angry stuff, was always easier to see than the manic stuff. In fact, at the beggining of finding out that we were dealing some pretty serious mental health stuff- our doctor gave me son Prozac. That was a nightmare within a few days, but I remember telling my husband that T seemed so happy the first few days. I even questioned if he was too happy saying, "well maybe this is what happy is like, it's been such a long time since he's been happy- maybe happy for him is giddy". </p><p></p><p>When you're looking at mood swings- recognize that the happy stuff can be manic just a easy as the angry stuff can be depressive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zba189, post: 433284"] I replied to your other thread, but I thought I would add a few thoughts here as well. Let me preface this with the fact that I'm coming at this from the viewpoint of having a 7 year old who was diagnosed with early on-set bipolar just two months ago. I'm in no way saying that this is your son's issues at all. I only can tell you what I have seen with my own difficult child. I will also say that it is so hard to figure out what could be just part the initial disorder, what is something else that stands alone, and what is just typical kid behavior. One of the things that was stood out in your post to me wasn't the angry mood swings, but the way you describe him being happy. "He woke up, was in a great mood, laughing, being silly...". For me the depressive stuff, the angry stuff, was always easier to see than the manic stuff. In fact, at the beggining of finding out that we were dealing some pretty serious mental health stuff- our doctor gave me son Prozac. That was a nightmare within a few days, but I remember telling my husband that T seemed so happy the first few days. I even questioned if he was too happy saying, "well maybe this is what happy is like, it's been such a long time since he's been happy- maybe happy for him is giddy". When you're looking at mood swings- recognize that the happy stuff can be manic just a easy as the angry stuff can be depressive. [/QUOTE]
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