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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 236128" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>At one time I would have said, yep, sounds like bipolar. Then my own son was misdiagnosed with it. Frankly, most kids who bring their folks to our board (and welcome by the way <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) have the same defiant raging behaviors and they can be caused by more than just bipolar. Aspergers or other forms of high functioning autism or maybe something else too. Rather than accepting the diagnosis without getting another opinion, I'd take him to a neuropsychologist. A neuropsychologist will sit down with him and do a lot of testing--for us it lasted ten hours over two hour appointments and we found out that our son didn't have bipolar, never did, and had never needed all the heavy duty medications he'd been put on. I always think it's good to get a fresh eye before we just accept what we hear because there are no blood tests for these disorders and bipolar medications are heavy duty--if the kids NEED them, they do. But my son was on them for three years and they weren't necessary. Plus it held him back from getting Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions, which have helped him far more than any of the medications ever did. He's doing well now, no more of those horrible behaviors that partly brought me here. Why not tell us more about your son? How was his early development? Did he manage his milestones on time? Talk all right? Look people in the eye? Cuddle? Interact appropriately with his same-age peers? Cover his ears if he heard loud noise, refuse to eat certain textured foods, not let you put on certain clothing? Did he play with his toys appropriately or did he dismantle them instead or throw them or line them up over and over again. Does he have an amazing rote memory? Can he remember things he watched on television almost by heart?</p><p>Others will come along. Nice to meet you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 236128, member: 1550"] At one time I would have said, yep, sounds like bipolar. Then my own son was misdiagnosed with it. Frankly, most kids who bring their folks to our board (and welcome by the way :) ) have the same defiant raging behaviors and they can be caused by more than just bipolar. Aspergers or other forms of high functioning autism or maybe something else too. Rather than accepting the diagnosis without getting another opinion, I'd take him to a neuropsychologist. A neuropsychologist will sit down with him and do a lot of testing--for us it lasted ten hours over two hour appointments and we found out that our son didn't have bipolar, never did, and had never needed all the heavy duty medications he'd been put on. I always think it's good to get a fresh eye before we just accept what we hear because there are no blood tests for these disorders and bipolar medications are heavy duty--if the kids NEED them, they do. But my son was on them for three years and they weren't necessary. Plus it held him back from getting Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions, which have helped him far more than any of the medications ever did. He's doing well now, no more of those horrible behaviors that partly brought me here. Why not tell us more about your son? How was his early development? Did he manage his milestones on time? Talk all right? Look people in the eye? Cuddle? Interact appropriately with his same-age peers? Cover his ears if he heard loud noise, refuse to eat certain textured foods, not let you put on certain clothing? Did he play with his toys appropriately or did he dismantle them instead or throw them or line them up over and over again. Does he have an amazing rote memory? Can he remember things he watched on television almost by heart? Others will come along. Nice to meet you. [/QUOTE]
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