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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 121063" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Because of the young age of this child, I would not assume she is goofing off, not necessarily. If she has bipolar, she's struggling partly due to the bipolar. Not only that, but I'm starting to be told by psychiatrists AND NeuroPsychs that people with bipolar also suffer other cognitive disabilities, often hidden Learning Disability (LD)'s that are hard to pick up. medications themselves can cause cognitive dulling and over time memory problems. Bipolar is very difficult to live with and I would get an IEP in place and make cirriculum modifications. I am guessing that she really doesn't want to be held back. The social stigma is horrible for kids who are held back and I personally don't think it will help her. Since I had so much trouble myself as a kid, and also had early onset bipolar, I never jump to the conclusion that a child is trying to do poorly. in my opinion most kids who do poorly do it for a real reason--for some purpose they can't get it down. Depression can make doing work almost impossible. </p><p>Although the wrong medications can make a child do poorly in school sometimes stable kids can struggle simply because mood stabilizers cause cognitive dulling. I've had my share of medications (probably twenty or more tried on me in my life) and they do affect your ability to process and learn, depending on the medication. Depakote, Topomax, Tegretal and any of the antipsychotics (Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel etc.) are famous for cognitive dulling, some more than others. Mixing it up with ADHD medications can sometimes make one medication not work or both can contradict each other. Has she ever been to a neuropsychologist? I wouldn't trust the school to check for Learning Disability (LD)'s. Also, have you asked the psychiatrist about possible memory or cognitive problems from the medications or from the bipolar? I would dig deeper before assuming she can do the work. She may be a brilliant kid, but still have a hidden reason for struggling. I think public schools are best for our kids, but that's JMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 121063, member: 1550"] Because of the young age of this child, I would not assume she is goofing off, not necessarily. If she has bipolar, she's struggling partly due to the bipolar. Not only that, but I'm starting to be told by psychiatrists AND NeuroPsychs that people with bipolar also suffer other cognitive disabilities, often hidden Learning Disability (LD)'s that are hard to pick up. medications themselves can cause cognitive dulling and over time memory problems. Bipolar is very difficult to live with and I would get an IEP in place and make cirriculum modifications. I am guessing that she really doesn't want to be held back. The social stigma is horrible for kids who are held back and I personally don't think it will help her. Since I had so much trouble myself as a kid, and also had early onset bipolar, I never jump to the conclusion that a child is trying to do poorly. in my opinion most kids who do poorly do it for a real reason--for some purpose they can't get it down. Depression can make doing work almost impossible. Although the wrong medications can make a child do poorly in school sometimes stable kids can struggle simply because mood stabilizers cause cognitive dulling. I've had my share of medications (probably twenty or more tried on me in my life) and they do affect your ability to process and learn, depending on the medication. Depakote, Topomax, Tegretal and any of the antipsychotics (Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel etc.) are famous for cognitive dulling, some more than others. Mixing it up with ADHD medications can sometimes make one medication not work or both can contradict each other. Has she ever been to a neuropsychologist? I wouldn't trust the school to check for Learning Disability (LD)'s. Also, have you asked the psychiatrist about possible memory or cognitive problems from the medications or from the bipolar? I would dig deeper before assuming she can do the work. She may be a brilliant kid, but still have a hidden reason for struggling. I think public schools are best for our kids, but that's JMO. [/QUOTE]
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