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Anyone whose child has childhood onset bipolar disorder?
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<blockquote data-quote="Boston32" data-source="post: 509449" data-attributes="member: 13860"><p>Here is a little more info: She was fine as an infant, fine as a toddler...that is, until her brother was born when she was 2. She was always very jealous of him and it caused stress in the household. From pretty much then she became difficult, willful, and threw tantrums that continue to this day. her diagnosis of PTSD came from witnessing a minor incident of domestic violence between my husband and I. I was not hurt but called the police anyway to set a precedent and my husband was arrested. This was right before she turned 5. </p><p>Shortly after this is when her behavior turned for the worse...more aggresive and mean and some trouble with other kids. She just got worse and worse until we found her a therapist to work through what she had witnessed and her behavior started to improve. Unfortunately this wonderful therapist that she had moved away and we ended up with a horrible one who we finally got rid of. At this point her behavior has regressed horribly and we just found her a new therapist, thank god. </p><p> I am wondering if this one incident could have possibly scarred her forever? She was difficult to begin with but witnessing domestic violence may have pushed her over the edge. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has had a child experience trauma and then become a severe behavior problem as a result?? The possiblity of bipolar was brought up, which obviously is a chemical imbalance and not caused by environment. </p><p>She does have friends and tends to play very well much of the time but can also be a terrible bully with certain kids. I don't get it</p><p>Hopefully this is enough information for anyone else to weigh in with their thoughts...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boston32, post: 509449, member: 13860"] Here is a little more info: She was fine as an infant, fine as a toddler...that is, until her brother was born when she was 2. She was always very jealous of him and it caused stress in the household. From pretty much then she became difficult, willful, and threw tantrums that continue to this day. her diagnosis of PTSD came from witnessing a minor incident of domestic violence between my husband and I. I was not hurt but called the police anyway to set a precedent and my husband was arrested. This was right before she turned 5. Shortly after this is when her behavior turned for the worse...more aggresive and mean and some trouble with other kids. She just got worse and worse until we found her a therapist to work through what she had witnessed and her behavior started to improve. Unfortunately this wonderful therapist that she had moved away and we ended up with a horrible one who we finally got rid of. At this point her behavior has regressed horribly and we just found her a new therapist, thank god. I am wondering if this one incident could have possibly scarred her forever? She was difficult to begin with but witnessing domestic violence may have pushed her over the edge. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has had a child experience trauma and then become a severe behavior problem as a result?? The possiblity of bipolar was brought up, which obviously is a chemical imbalance and not caused by environment. She does have friends and tends to play very well much of the time but can also be a terrible bully with certain kids. I don't get it Hopefully this is enough information for anyone else to weigh in with their thoughts... [/QUOTE]
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