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Finally got a psychiatric appointment for difficult child (and an update)
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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 541426" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>Soapbox - You're right. It could very well be Asperger's instead of ADHD. They did want to test him for Asperger's after they diagnosed Tourette's and ADHD but I didn't think it fit him so I didn't pursue it. Kicking myself for that now. Of course, that wouldn't necessarily have changed things as they are today but we may have been a step further ahead. </p><p></p><p>It is my understanding that mood disorders like depression and bipolar are much more common in kids with Asperger's, ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Tourette's. I am wondering how much of that is biological (genetic and triggered by hormones in teen years) and how much of that is due to experience. A questions I may pose to the psychiatrist. </p><p></p><p>Time now to just maintain the status quo and wait for his appointments to arrive. Hopefully he continues to be in the 'I want help' frame of mind. </p><p></p><p>I'm going to start writing down a history for him along with concerns that husband and I have for the psychiatrist. That way I won't forget anything. I'm also going to ask to speak to her privately for a few minutes of the 2.5 hr appointment because there are things about difficult child that I want to tell her that I don't want to say in front of difficult child. I suspect he has been stealing from us but can only prove a couple of instances in which he's actually been caught. And accusing him in front of her would derail the whole appointment. The stuff that I would consider hypersexual I'd like to speak to her about too - but not in front of difficult child - ugh! How do you talk to the doctor about all the odd/not normal behaviours your child exhibits in front of them without making that child feel awful?? Not sure if she will go for it or not because he is 16 but I'm going to try. If she says no then I will give her a written list of things for her to read over instead. Either way she needs to know this stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 541426, member: 14356"] Soapbox - You're right. It could very well be Asperger's instead of ADHD. They did want to test him for Asperger's after they diagnosed Tourette's and ADHD but I didn't think it fit him so I didn't pursue it. Kicking myself for that now. Of course, that wouldn't necessarily have changed things as they are today but we may have been a step further ahead. It is my understanding that mood disorders like depression and bipolar are much more common in kids with Asperger's, ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Tourette's. I am wondering how much of that is biological (genetic and triggered by hormones in teen years) and how much of that is due to experience. A questions I may pose to the psychiatrist. Time now to just maintain the status quo and wait for his appointments to arrive. Hopefully he continues to be in the 'I want help' frame of mind. I'm going to start writing down a history for him along with concerns that husband and I have for the psychiatrist. That way I won't forget anything. I'm also going to ask to speak to her privately for a few minutes of the 2.5 hr appointment because there are things about difficult child that I want to tell her that I don't want to say in front of difficult child. I suspect he has been stealing from us but can only prove a couple of instances in which he's actually been caught. And accusing him in front of her would derail the whole appointment. The stuff that I would consider hypersexual I'd like to speak to her about too - but not in front of difficult child - ugh! How do you talk to the doctor about all the odd/not normal behaviours your child exhibits in front of them without making that child feel awful?? Not sure if she will go for it or not because he is 16 but I'm going to try. If she says no then I will give her a written list of things for her to read over instead. Either way she needs to know this stuff. [/QUOTE]
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