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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 461649" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My daughter has an ADD diagnosis too, and she has no behavioral problems or even the classic impulsive acting out or inability to calm herself down. But she does have A LOT of trouble paying attention and she has organizational issues. My guess is that she also has learning disabilities, which is common with ADHD.</p><p>I think many ADHD kids also struggle with mood disorders. It seems that all the disorders seem to go round and round and somehow touch one another. </p><p>My daughter is doing well on low dose stimulants. Last year she struggled much harder in school than she is now. And she is reporting no side effects except lack of appetite (which doesn't bother her, since she's a teen girl...lol). She is, however, on a lower dose. </p><p>I do struggle with wondering if bipolar is a valid diagnosis for kids. In spite of myself having had serious depression as a child, along with suicidal thoughts, I don't believe it was bipolar. It WAS the early beginning of my mood disorder not otherwise specified, which is different from bipolar. Once called bipolar II, it is really just a struggle with depression and a few very slight hypo-manic episodes that did not take me to psychosis. I never hallucinated while on my mild highs. I functioned just fine. I am not convinced that they can identify who is going to develop bipolar when they get older and am not comfortable with the diagnosis. since they wrongly handed it out to my son. I'd like to see if there are any studies showing that kids dxd. with early onset bipolar continue onto have clearcut bipolar disorder as adults. in my opinion only, and I'm hardly an expert, they seem like symptoms more likely to mean a personality disorder will develop...but, hey, I don't know nuttin'...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 461649, member: 1550"] My daughter has an ADD diagnosis too, and she has no behavioral problems or even the classic impulsive acting out or inability to calm herself down. But she does have A LOT of trouble paying attention and she has organizational issues. My guess is that she also has learning disabilities, which is common with ADHD. I think many ADHD kids also struggle with mood disorders. It seems that all the disorders seem to go round and round and somehow touch one another. My daughter is doing well on low dose stimulants. Last year she struggled much harder in school than she is now. And she is reporting no side effects except lack of appetite (which doesn't bother her, since she's a teen girl...lol). She is, however, on a lower dose. I do struggle with wondering if bipolar is a valid diagnosis for kids. In spite of myself having had serious depression as a child, along with suicidal thoughts, I don't believe it was bipolar. It WAS the early beginning of my mood disorder not otherwise specified, which is different from bipolar. Once called bipolar II, it is really just a struggle with depression and a few very slight hypo-manic episodes that did not take me to psychosis. I never hallucinated while on my mild highs. I functioned just fine. I am not convinced that they can identify who is going to develop bipolar when they get older and am not comfortable with the diagnosis. since they wrongly handed it out to my son. I'd like to see if there are any studies showing that kids dxd. with early onset bipolar continue onto have clearcut bipolar disorder as adults. in my opinion only, and I'm hardly an expert, they seem like symptoms more likely to mean a personality disorder will develop...but, hey, I don't know nuttin'... [/QUOTE]
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