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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 592464" data-attributes="member: 805"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong><em>"A bit of background: One group of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken this approach because they believe 'the irritability of pediatric mania [is] qualitatively and quantitatively distinct from other forms of irritability and thus can be used to identify bipolar disorder."</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Given that this article is a little over two years old, I would be curious as to whether this still holds true. Reactions to medications (although I would imagine it is a given that a d'xing doctor looked at that first) as well as other disorders (depression being the first one that comes to mind) can also drastically affect a kid's level of irritability and aggression.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I will tell you that I discovered pretty early on, when difficult child was in second grade, that a really solid, good night's sleep was vital. Therefore, a strict bedtime and a comforting and calm bedtime routine became paramount to difficult child's behavior modification plan. It didn't take long to see what a positive difference it made in his irritability and over-all ability to function more typically. We followed that routine until high school - no longer the same bedtime routine, but he has a pretty strict "lights out" rule on school nights because I can directly see the correlation between lack of sleep and "bad behavior". His phone and tablet are placed on the dresser in the hallway at bedtime. However, on the weekends it's pretty much a "free for all"!!!!!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sharon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 592464, member: 805"] [LEFT][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][B][I]"A bit of background: One group of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken this approach because they believe 'the irritability of pediatric mania [is] qualitatively and quantitatively distinct from other forms of irritability and thus can be used to identify bipolar disorder." [/I][/B] [FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3]Given that this article is a little over two years old, I would be curious as to whether this still holds true. Reactions to medications (although I would imagine it is a given that a d'xing doctor looked at that first) as well as other disorders (depression being the first one that comes to mind) can also drastically affect a kid's level of irritability and aggression. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3]I will tell you that I discovered pretty early on, when difficult child was in second grade, that a really solid, good night's sleep was vital. Therefore, a strict bedtime and a comforting and calm bedtime routine became paramount to difficult child's behavior modification plan. It didn't take long to see what a positive difference it made in his irritability and over-all ability to function more typically. We followed that routine until high school - no longer the same bedtime routine, but he has a pretty strict "lights out" rule on school nights because I can directly see the correlation between lack of sleep and "bad behavior". His phone and tablet are placed on the dresser in the hallway at bedtime. However, on the weekends it's pretty much a "free for all"!!!!! Sharon [/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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