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<blockquote data-quote="hannah" data-source="post: 157558" data-attributes="member: 1490"><p>Thanks Smallwonder. There is no mental illness or substance abuse in the family on either side, but her grandfather has tics and there is early onset parkinsons disease in the family, also, I have autoimmune thyroid disease (which I hear they are studying for links to mood disorders). All of these things have specific connections with brain chemistry so I believe this is a possible link to her problems. She had no speech problems. We had her tested by a psychiatrist about 5 years ago (2-3 days of various testing, mostly computer based ADHD tests, some IQ tests, other tests that I don't recall right now and then of course the pages of questions that the parents answer about behavior etc.). No real neurological testing by a neurologist. That's why I am interested in these brain scans etc...seems like they can pinpoint the areas of the brain that are not "normal" so to speak, and from there can make a more accurate diagnosis. I am not a big fan of subjective testing where the answers to questions are the basis of a diagnosis. I believe using both would give a clearer picture of what is going on and how to best treat without so much guess work.</p><p>She was on Straterra for the ADHD but it gave her very bad stomach problems. Is on No medications at this time. I hate seeing her stuggle and only want the best chance for her to be able to function without so many difficulties in life. If she could get her anger issue under control that would help immensly! I know that most docs do not want teens to take antidepressants because they often create more suicidial thoughts/actions in teens so the depression (they say is mild is still there).</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all of your input. It is good to have another avenue to seek advice and support (especially from those who are going through many of the same problems).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hannah, post: 157558, member: 1490"] Thanks Smallwonder. There is no mental illness or substance abuse in the family on either side, but her grandfather has tics and there is early onset parkinsons disease in the family, also, I have autoimmune thyroid disease (which I hear they are studying for links to mood disorders). All of these things have specific connections with brain chemistry so I believe this is a possible link to her problems. She had no speech problems. We had her tested by a psychiatrist about 5 years ago (2-3 days of various testing, mostly computer based ADHD tests, some IQ tests, other tests that I don't recall right now and then of course the pages of questions that the parents answer about behavior etc.). No real neurological testing by a neurologist. That's why I am interested in these brain scans etc...seems like they can pinpoint the areas of the brain that are not "normal" so to speak, and from there can make a more accurate diagnosis. I am not a big fan of subjective testing where the answers to questions are the basis of a diagnosis. I believe using both would give a clearer picture of what is going on and how to best treat without so much guess work. She was on Straterra for the ADHD but it gave her very bad stomach problems. Is on No medications at this time. I hate seeing her stuggle and only want the best chance for her to be able to function without so many difficulties in life. If she could get her anger issue under control that would help immensly! I know that most docs do not want teens to take antidepressants because they often create more suicidial thoughts/actions in teens so the depression (they say is mild is still there). Thanks for all of your input. It is good to have another avenue to seek advice and support (especially from those who are going through many of the same problems). [/QUOTE]
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