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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617621" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Alana, you and me both. I have had so many diagnosis. that were wrong. First it was manic depression, although I'd never had a full blown manic episode with the explanation (in their minds) that my little hypomanic episodes would lead to full blown mania. Never happened. I've been told by one psychologist that I had one thing and by another that the doctor was nuts and I didn't have it. Diagnosing is very tricky. In my years of experience in the US mental health system, for the moment (and this could change) I feel that neuropsychs do the best type of testing and the most intensive and the least subjective of all. Doest mean they are always right, but they tend to look at the child's behavior rather than just listening to what mom (who also presents biased info) says.</p><p></p><p>My son was not diagnosed with autistic spectrum until age 11 and he clearly was on the spectrum. Nobody disputes it now, but w hy did it take 11 years and maybe five different experts? Why did a psychiatrist (the MD dude) insist he had bipolar? He insisted on it even after Sonic was off all medication and not having highs and lows. I am verrrrrrrrrrrry leery of Early Onset Bipolar as a valid diagnosis. I wonder how many of those young kids who were put on heavy duty drugs, such as mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, like my own son, actually ever developed the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. One can have a mood disorder a nd not be bipolar and not need the amount of medications given to people who actually get manic. What is mania in a child? How does anyone know? I've read up on the history of the diagnosis after my son had that diagnosis. and I fail to see that there is any actual proof that wild, hyper kids are like adult bipolars only younger. I wonder how many of them are proven to have bipolar when they grow up.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry you have to go through all of this. Mental health is not yet an exact science. I get frightened at how medicated some of our kids are. And it's downright scary to me that almost anyone can come in and ask for Ritalin and get it. It IS abused, but all I heard when Sonic was young is that it's not abused if you really are hyperactive. How do they know this??? All stimulants are very much abused...</p><p></p><p>I hope you can find some answers and get help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617621, member: 1550"] Alana, you and me both. I have had so many diagnosis. that were wrong. First it was manic depression, although I'd never had a full blown manic episode with the explanation (in their minds) that my little hypomanic episodes would lead to full blown mania. Never happened. I've been told by one psychologist that I had one thing and by another that the doctor was nuts and I didn't have it. Diagnosing is very tricky. In my years of experience in the US mental health system, for the moment (and this could change) I feel that neuropsychs do the best type of testing and the most intensive and the least subjective of all. Doest mean they are always right, but they tend to look at the child's behavior rather than just listening to what mom (who also presents biased info) says. My son was not diagnosed with autistic spectrum until age 11 and he clearly was on the spectrum. Nobody disputes it now, but w hy did it take 11 years and maybe five different experts? Why did a psychiatrist (the MD dude) insist he had bipolar? He insisted on it even after Sonic was off all medication and not having highs and lows. I am verrrrrrrrrrrry leery of Early Onset Bipolar as a valid diagnosis. I wonder how many of those young kids who were put on heavy duty drugs, such as mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, like my own son, actually ever developed the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. One can have a mood disorder a nd not be bipolar and not need the amount of medications given to people who actually get manic. What is mania in a child? How does anyone know? I've read up on the history of the diagnosis after my son had that diagnosis. and I fail to see that there is any actual proof that wild, hyper kids are like adult bipolars only younger. I wonder how many of them are proven to have bipolar when they grow up. I am sorry you have to go through all of this. Mental health is not yet an exact science. I get frightened at how medicated some of our kids are. And it's downright scary to me that almost anyone can come in and ask for Ritalin and get it. It IS abused, but all I heard when Sonic was young is that it's not abused if you really are hyperactive. How do they know this??? All stimulants are very much abused... I hope you can find some answers and get help. [/QUOTE]
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