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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 41955" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I find that I'm a poor diagnostician because I don't know the symptoms of all disorders. My son, who is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, was first misdiagnosed with ADHD and we thought he had it too. Therefore, I always urge parents to see a neuropsychologist because so many disorders mimic one another, but the treatment for each one is different. Spaciness is common in many disorders as is inattentiveness--it's not just ADHD. If you give stimulants to a kid without ADHD, they will get mean or hyper (happened to my son). I like the neuropsychologist approach--they test long and hard for everything and can usually at least point out trouble areas. If we get a diagnosis in our heads, we could be overlooking the real problem. And it's hard enough to get a correct diagnosis even when we don't bias the professionals by saying "I think my son has ADHD." Too bad there aren't any blood tests :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 41955, member: 1550"] I find that I'm a poor diagnostician because I don't know the symptoms of all disorders. My son, who is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, was first misdiagnosed with ADHD and we thought he had it too. Therefore, I always urge parents to see a neuropsychologist because so many disorders mimic one another, but the treatment for each one is different. Spaciness is common in many disorders as is inattentiveness--it's not just ADHD. If you give stimulants to a kid without ADHD, they will get mean or hyper (happened to my son). I like the neuropsychologist approach--they test long and hard for everything and can usually at least point out trouble areas. If we get a diagnosis in our heads, we could be overlooking the real problem. And it's hard enough to get a correct diagnosis even when we don't bias the professionals by saying "I think my son has ADHD." Too bad there aren't any blood tests [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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