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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 231512" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>JMO and experience. It sounds like it could be Aspergers, regardless of what the professional told you. My son has an IQ of nearly the same as yours and he is on the spectrum. However, he got the bipolar diagnosis first. It was not the right diagnosis, however he spent three years on heavy duty medications that didn't help him. He got cognitively dulled and went from 75 pounds to 150 at age 11. I didn't think he had bipolar--he didn't fit. Hub and I finally took him for a ten hour neuropsychologist evaluation and got the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis, which he has. We weaned him off all medications and he started doing better in school because he could think, and he still didn't act like he had a mood disorder. He is doing great now, although he obviously still has some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms. Interventions helped him the most. Professionals can be wrong. They were for him. I wish I hadn't rushed to agree to put him on such high powered medications--in his case he went from Zyprexa to Risperdal to Depakote/Seroquel then Lithibod/Seroquel at way high doses. He started to pee every night on the LIthibod (this stopped after we weaned him off). He gained weight at an alarming rate. And his social issues were not being addressed (now they are and he's really improved). It's 100&#37; up to you what to do, and I support any decision you make. Just wanted to pass along what happened to us. Bipolar and Aspergers are often mistaken for each other because Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are so strange!!! But IQ has nothing to do with Aspergers. You can have an IQ of 180 and have Aspergers. Or it can be 90 and you can have Aspergers. The main symptoms are inability to transition, very narrow, intense interests, high anxiety, sensory issues, lack of good eye contact with strangers and cluelessness about social skills/social norms. Many people with bipolar are very personable when they are stable. I have a mood disorder and it's way different than what my son deals with. Take care...and do your own research and homework. Let me give you links to both bipolar and Aspergers disorders. Parents like us have to be way proactive and informed. Unfortunately not all mental health care professionals are that sharp, so we have to be. ODD symptoms are common in all disorders, including both bipolar and Aspergers. Aspies are very rigid so they often rage when you try to do something one way and they want it done another way. Bipolar kids are unhappy and explosive. A rage is a rage is a rage--lol. They all look equally as awful. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, however, can and often do get much better where as bipolar kids tend to get worse. Here are the links:</p><p></p><p>Here is a link comparing bipolar to Aspegers syndrome. It's really good.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120321173245/http://www.justgreatadvice.com/bipolar/pediatric-bipolar-versus-asperger-s-disorder.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120321173245/http://www.justgreatadvice.com/bipolar/pediatric-bipolar-versus-asperger-s-disorder.php</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bpchildresearch.org/" target="_blank">http://www.bpchildresearch.org/</a> (this is a wonderful linke for childhood bipolar)</p><p><a href="http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/" target="_blank">http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/</a> (good Aspie site)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 231512, member: 1550"] JMO and experience. It sounds like it could be Aspergers, regardless of what the professional told you. My son has an IQ of nearly the same as yours and he is on the spectrum. However, he got the bipolar diagnosis first. It was not the right diagnosis, however he spent three years on heavy duty medications that didn't help him. He got cognitively dulled and went from 75 pounds to 150 at age 11. I didn't think he had bipolar--he didn't fit. Hub and I finally took him for a ten hour neuropsychologist evaluation and got the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis, which he has. We weaned him off all medications and he started doing better in school because he could think, and he still didn't act like he had a mood disorder. He is doing great now, although he obviously still has some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms. Interventions helped him the most. Professionals can be wrong. They were for him. I wish I hadn't rushed to agree to put him on such high powered medications--in his case he went from Zyprexa to Risperdal to Depakote/Seroquel then Lithibod/Seroquel at way high doses. He started to pee every night on the LIthibod (this stopped after we weaned him off). He gained weight at an alarming rate. And his social issues were not being addressed (now they are and he's really improved). It's 100% up to you what to do, and I support any decision you make. Just wanted to pass along what happened to us. Bipolar and Aspergers are often mistaken for each other because Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are so strange!!! But IQ has nothing to do with Aspergers. You can have an IQ of 180 and have Aspergers. Or it can be 90 and you can have Aspergers. The main symptoms are inability to transition, very narrow, intense interests, high anxiety, sensory issues, lack of good eye contact with strangers and cluelessness about social skills/social norms. Many people with bipolar are very personable when they are stable. I have a mood disorder and it's way different than what my son deals with. Take care...and do your own research and homework. Let me give you links to both bipolar and Aspergers disorders. Parents like us have to be way proactive and informed. Unfortunately not all mental health care professionals are that sharp, so we have to be. ODD symptoms are common in all disorders, including both bipolar and Aspergers. Aspies are very rigid so they often rage when you try to do something one way and they want it done another way. Bipolar kids are unhappy and explosive. A rage is a rage is a rage--lol. They all look equally as awful. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, however, can and often do get much better where as bipolar kids tend to get worse. Here are the links: Here is a link comparing bipolar to Aspegers syndrome. It's really good. [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20120321173245/http://www.justgreatadvice.com/bipolar/pediatric-bipolar-versus-asperger-s-disorder.php[/url] [url]http://www.bpchildresearch.org/[/url] (this is a wonderful linke for childhood bipolar) [url]http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/[/url] (good Aspie site) [/QUOTE]
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