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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 461695" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Bipolar and ADHD are two totally different beings. Its like horses and zebras, you can hear hoof beats with both but when you turn around, they are definitely different animals. </p><p></p><p>I have both bipolar and ADHD in my family. Jamie was/is the most clearly typical ADHD child on the planet. He was extremely hyper as a kid and also was had such a hard time with attention in school. If you have ever heard those sayings about things where the kid is talking perfectly normal and then in mid sentence they break out in oh look, a pretty butterfly!, that was Jamie. He couldnt pay attention for anything without medication. I dont think he watched a complete TV show until he was in his late teens. LOL. We owned all the current video systems but the only time he actually played them for any period of time was on rainy days. And he hated rainy days. He was also very impulsive but it wasnt in any sort of mean or naughty way. Just OOPS! Didnt think that through. </p><p></p><p>Cory, on the other hand, could act just has hyper and have just as severe in attention issues as a child but his impulsive issues were more of a thought out nature. If he threw a ball, it was on purpose because he wanted and intended to have it break something. Jamie could toss a ball and have the same result but he just never thought about the fact that if you tossed a ball in the air in the house that the ceiling fan might catch it and hit it and send it flying. Cory thought it through and deliberately tossed the ball down the hall intending to break a window. </p><p></p><p>Also totally different medications work though when very young, Cory could take the stimulants to help with the hyperactivity and the attentional issues but when he hit puberty they started causing major problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 461695, member: 1514"] Bipolar and ADHD are two totally different beings. Its like horses and zebras, you can hear hoof beats with both but when you turn around, they are definitely different animals. I have both bipolar and ADHD in my family. Jamie was/is the most clearly typical ADHD child on the planet. He was extremely hyper as a kid and also was had such a hard time with attention in school. If you have ever heard those sayings about things where the kid is talking perfectly normal and then in mid sentence they break out in oh look, a pretty butterfly!, that was Jamie. He couldnt pay attention for anything without medication. I dont think he watched a complete TV show until he was in his late teens. LOL. We owned all the current video systems but the only time he actually played them for any period of time was on rainy days. And he hated rainy days. He was also very impulsive but it wasnt in any sort of mean or naughty way. Just OOPS! Didnt think that through. Cory, on the other hand, could act just has hyper and have just as severe in attention issues as a child but his impulsive issues were more of a thought out nature. If he threw a ball, it was on purpose because he wanted and intended to have it break something. Jamie could toss a ball and have the same result but he just never thought about the fact that if you tossed a ball in the air in the house that the ceiling fan might catch it and hit it and send it flying. Cory thought it through and deliberately tossed the ball down the hall intending to break a window. Also totally different medications work though when very young, Cory could take the stimulants to help with the hyperactivity and the attentional issues but when he hit puberty they started causing major problems. [/QUOTE]
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