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5yr old defiant manipulative with 2 personalities
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 272970" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Hello betdan and welcome,</p><p></p><p>Keeping in mind that we're not qualified to diagnose, I agree with Gcvmom and Midwestmom. Your daughter's behaviour does not sound like autism spectrum behaviour, but it does sound mood-disorder-ish.</p><p></p><p>A few things to bear in mind when you're starting the process of getting a diagnosis for your child. A lot of childhood disorders present with lookalike symptoms, that can result from very different causes.</p><p></p><p>For example: hyperactivity of ADHD looks just like anxiety and agitation from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which looks just like mania from early onset bipolar. ADHD is a more familiar disorder to many psychiatrists, tdocs, etc., so that's often the first diagnosis a lot of us receive. Often, we get the combination ADHD/ODD. That's a red flag that there's something deeper going on with your child. </p><p></p><p>I second the recommendation for a neuropsychologist evaluation. The evaluation is thorough and detailed, and can point you in the direction of what's going on with your child, and the right sort of interventions for her.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 272970, member: 3907"] Hello betdan and welcome, Keeping in mind that we're not qualified to diagnose, I agree with Gcvmom and Midwestmom. Your daughter's behaviour does not sound like autism spectrum behaviour, but it does sound mood-disorder-ish. A few things to bear in mind when you're starting the process of getting a diagnosis for your child. A lot of childhood disorders present with lookalike symptoms, that can result from very different causes. For example: hyperactivity of ADHD looks just like anxiety and agitation from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which looks just like mania from early onset bipolar. ADHD is a more familiar disorder to many psychiatrists, tdocs, etc., so that's often the first diagnosis a lot of us receive. Often, we get the combination ADHD/ODD. That's a red flag that there's something deeper going on with your child. I second the recommendation for a neuropsychologist evaluation. The evaluation is thorough and detailed, and can point you in the direction of what's going on with your child, and the right sort of interventions for her. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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