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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 231612" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, I sort of agree except I think bipolar and Aspergers are often intertwined. Your kids may have had a wrongful bipolar diagnosis. if you lived here, but there IS pediatric bipolar. I had it, and I'm not an Aspie. I wasn't rigid, I could transition, I didn't have GOOD social skills, but I wasn't at all shy about trying to make friends and I wasn't anywhere near as inappropriate as Aspies. I think that if it's never diagnosed in Australia, it's being missed or "children can't have bipolar" which I don't believe is true, having lived it myself. On the other hand, I do think bipolar is over-diagnosed here with Aspergers and other Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)'s not even considered before bipolar diagnosis. are given out. </p><p>Marg, if your kids had bipolar, they would need medications or they couldn't functioin. I'm sure they are Aspies. Aspergers gets better. Bipolar gets worse and the moodswings get worse and the reasons for the moodswings are way different than for Aspergers. And, here in the US, these two disorders are often diagnosed as comorbid.</p><p>I've learned to be more cautious about accepting ANY diagnosis for my child that entails heavy medication because of my son's misdiagnosis. Psychiatrists are NOT good at diagnosing Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/Aspergers--they are looking for mental illnesses, not neurological differences. It's a big mess...lol. </p><p>I posted this article because it sheds a little light on both disorders. And I believe both disorders can and do exist in children. But I think the doctors have to be way careful. In the US, psychiatrists really hand out medications FAST. My son was on Ritalin by 3 years old. It was a medication he didn't even need, but ADHD is also in my opinion overdiagnosed/overmedicated. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 231612, member: 1550"] Marg, I sort of agree except I think bipolar and Aspergers are often intertwined. Your kids may have had a wrongful bipolar diagnosis. if you lived here, but there IS pediatric bipolar. I had it, and I'm not an Aspie. I wasn't rigid, I could transition, I didn't have GOOD social skills, but I wasn't at all shy about trying to make friends and I wasn't anywhere near as inappropriate as Aspies. I think that if it's never diagnosed in Australia, it's being missed or "children can't have bipolar" which I don't believe is true, having lived it myself. On the other hand, I do think bipolar is over-diagnosed here with Aspergers and other Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)'s not even considered before bipolar diagnosis. are given out. Marg, if your kids had bipolar, they would need medications or they couldn't functioin. I'm sure they are Aspies. Aspergers gets better. Bipolar gets worse and the moodswings get worse and the reasons for the moodswings are way different than for Aspergers. And, here in the US, these two disorders are often diagnosed as comorbid. I've learned to be more cautious about accepting ANY diagnosis for my child that entails heavy medication because of my son's misdiagnosis. Psychiatrists are NOT good at diagnosing Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/Aspergers--they are looking for mental illnesses, not neurological differences. It's a big mess...lol. I posted this article because it sheds a little light on both disorders. And I believe both disorders can and do exist in children. But I think the doctors have to be way careful. In the US, psychiatrists really hand out medications FAST. My son was on Ritalin by 3 years old. It was a medication he didn't even need, but ADHD is also in my opinion overdiagnosed/overmedicated. JMO [/QUOTE]
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