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first visit with neuropsychologist...bipolar??
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 99737" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Our neuropsychologist tested Lucas for twelve hours before he mentioned any diagnosis. He'd had a bipolar diagnosis (they are given up in my opinion too quickly these days), but he doesn't have bipolar. The neuropsychologist agreed with me that he was on the autism spectrum rather than bipolar and four years off all medications, obviously neuropsychologist was right and Psychiatrist was wrong. However, Neuro did tons and tons of testing for every possible issue you can imagine. Frankly, ADHD, bipolar and autistic spectrum disorder can look so alike that they are often mistaken for one another. I like that our neuropsychologist was so thorough and refused to jump to any conclusions. On the other extreme, the psychiatrist saw my son running up and down the halls, jumping on furniture, and crying because he was obsessing over a videogame and wanted it RIGHT NOW and deemed him manic. In one hour we had a bipolar diagnosis that I didn't really agree with, but I thought, "Well...I guess he knows more than me..." </p><p>Ten medications later I was sorry I hadn't taken him for a second opinion sooner.</p><p>I think your neuropsychologist is "jumping the gun." JMO from long experience and two misdiagnoses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 99737, member: 1550"] Our neuropsychologist tested Lucas for twelve hours before he mentioned any diagnosis. He'd had a bipolar diagnosis (they are given up in my opinion too quickly these days), but he doesn't have bipolar. The neuropsychologist agreed with me that he was on the autism spectrum rather than bipolar and four years off all medications, obviously neuropsychologist was right and Psychiatrist was wrong. However, Neuro did tons and tons of testing for every possible issue you can imagine. Frankly, ADHD, bipolar and autistic spectrum disorder can look so alike that they are often mistaken for one another. I like that our neuropsychologist was so thorough and refused to jump to any conclusions. On the other extreme, the psychiatrist saw my son running up and down the halls, jumping on furniture, and crying because he was obsessing over a videogame and wanted it RIGHT NOW and deemed him manic. In one hour we had a bipolar diagnosis that I didn't really agree with, but I thought, "Well...I guess he knows more than me..." Ten medications later I was sorry I hadn't taken him for a second opinion sooner. I think your neuropsychologist is "jumping the gun." JMO from long experience and two misdiagnoses. [/QUOTE]
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