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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 116975" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Jennifer, while she could very well have bipolar, most bipolars are not withdrawn. Instead, even if they have anxiety, they tend to be both withdrawn at certain times and suddenly very outgoing, blurty, friendly etc. I have bipolar, had it as a kid. Her lack of wanting to talk to other kids makes me wonder if she was misdiagnosed and if she's actually on the high functioning autism spectrum. Bipolar kids tend to be VERY social, sometimes inappropriately so, but I woudln't say most bipolar kids or adults are "withdrawn" at least not all the time. Depression can cause they, but you can also have agitated depression. Does she rage a lot? </p><p>How was her early development? Does she make good eye contact with strangers? I would personally, if it were my kid and knowing what I know now, take her for a neuropsychologist evaulation rather than to a regular psychologist or even Psychiatrist. They do intensive testing. She may have a mood disorder too, but I'd want autistic spesctrum disorder ruled out because she seems to have a lot of symptoms of that and bipolar/autism spectrum are so often mistaken for one another. My son was one who was first diagnosed with bipolar, but he didn't seem bipolar to me, and it was a wrong diagnosis. One hundred medications later (that didn't do much except sedate him), he's doing great with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions. Welcome to the board! Others will come along. Oh, yeah. Anxiety is a BIG issue with autistic spectrum and it tends to be social stuff. Anxiety happens with bipolar too. You really need a good evaluation to figure it all out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 116975, member: 1550"] Jennifer, while she could very well have bipolar, most bipolars are not withdrawn. Instead, even if they have anxiety, they tend to be both withdrawn at certain times and suddenly very outgoing, blurty, friendly etc. I have bipolar, had it as a kid. Her lack of wanting to talk to other kids makes me wonder if she was misdiagnosed and if she's actually on the high functioning autism spectrum. Bipolar kids tend to be VERY social, sometimes inappropriately so, but I woudln't say most bipolar kids or adults are "withdrawn" at least not all the time. Depression can cause they, but you can also have agitated depression. Does she rage a lot? How was her early development? Does she make good eye contact with strangers? I would personally, if it were my kid and knowing what I know now, take her for a neuropsychologist evaulation rather than to a regular psychologist or even Psychiatrist. They do intensive testing. She may have a mood disorder too, but I'd want autistic spesctrum disorder ruled out because she seems to have a lot of symptoms of that and bipolar/autism spectrum are so often mistaken for one another. My son was one who was first diagnosed with bipolar, but he didn't seem bipolar to me, and it was a wrong diagnosis. One hundred medications later (that didn't do much except sedate him), he's doing great with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions. Welcome to the board! Others will come along. Oh, yeah. Anxiety is a BIG issue with autistic spectrum and it tends to be social stuff. Anxiety happens with bipolar too. You really need a good evaluation to figure it all out. [/QUOTE]
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