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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 501037" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Well back in the early 60's I dont know if childhood mental health was heard of for most of the so called easier diagnosis like ADHD or depression. I know it wasnt for early onset bipolar. It may have been for childhood onset schizophrenia because that is so severe. The issues such as Down's syndrome and other neurological disorders had to be known about as long there have been these things around. </p><p></p><p>I know I saw a psychiatrist in the late 70's....78,79 maybe and took a few vacations to the local private mental hospital because it was a way for me to get away from my crazy mom but that hospital was nothing like the ones that they have now. I wasnt there 2 days before I made it to level green which meant I could leave the hospital in my car from 9 am till pm at night. We also did a ton of things like play with leather crafts and ceramics, some of which I still have to this day. I always just checked myself in and stayed in for at least 30-45 days. I am sure they had to have given me a diagnosis but I never was given it and that really ticks me off now. If I had known that early on that there was actually something wrong with me and that I wasnt just being allowed to get away from my mom, I would have saved myself years of being miserable and not getting dxd until I was 38. I have tried to get my records at this late date but they seem to be missing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 501037, member: 1514"] Well back in the early 60's I dont know if childhood mental health was heard of for most of the so called easier diagnosis like ADHD or depression. I know it wasnt for early onset bipolar. It may have been for childhood onset schizophrenia because that is so severe. The issues such as Down's syndrome and other neurological disorders had to be known about as long there have been these things around. I know I saw a psychiatrist in the late 70's....78,79 maybe and took a few vacations to the local private mental hospital because it was a way for me to get away from my crazy mom but that hospital was nothing like the ones that they have now. I wasnt there 2 days before I made it to level green which meant I could leave the hospital in my car from 9 am till pm at night. We also did a ton of things like play with leather crafts and ceramics, some of which I still have to this day. I always just checked myself in and stayed in for at least 30-45 days. I am sure they had to have given me a diagnosis but I never was given it and that really ticks me off now. If I had known that early on that there was actually something wrong with me and that I wasnt just being allowed to get away from my mom, I would have saved myself years of being miserable and not getting dxd until I was 38. I have tried to get my records at this late date but they seem to be missing. [/QUOTE]
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