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<blockquote data-quote="dirtmama" data-source="post: 347651" data-attributes="member: 8909"><p>I appreciate all your responses. It's so hard. My difficult child (8) seems to have a little bit of everything. I'm reading a book about asperger's. When I think back to ages 3-6, there was more aggression and violence. (attempting eye surgury on infant brother, chasing brother around with a hammer, theatening to bring a gun to school and shooting another kid in kindergar) Before the start of stimulants. I'm a helicopter mom, so noones gotten hurt bad- i have to be! He has fits now but not to the extreme. (thats what his brother does-he's the rager -i know what a rage is). is it possible to have bipolar with-out the rages? it is a spectrum thing though, right? same as asperger's- he has alot of traits but i'm not sure.(and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)) difficult child is really outgoing and smart so i think it blinds alot of people, the adults. he definetly has severe ad/hd symptoms but he was diagnosed by a play therapist and family phys. noone believed how bad it was.(and still can be) and sure it's gotten better with medications but we still have extreme times at home and difficult child is a compulsive theif every where he goes, very immature for his age (my 5 year old has surpassed his maturity level) he has a miserable relationship with his brother.he brags about all his friends but never gets invited to parties or playdates. I kinda wish i could just take him off his medications and plop him down in front of the neuropsychologist. so we could get a clear picture. instead they just keep adding medications per symptom. i'm going to talk to the neuropsychologist about this. and this time i'm going to be prepared! i'm sending in copies of report cards and testing the school has done (dead ends), notes from teachers, the parent report thing from this forum.he's going to think i'm Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but i'm sick of getting nowhere. i need answers and i'm going to get them. does anyone have advice about 1st visit to neuropsychologist...what else can i bring or do to organise a thorough view of my difficult child?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dirtmama, post: 347651, member: 8909"] I appreciate all your responses. It's so hard. My difficult child (8) seems to have a little bit of everything. I'm reading a book about asperger's. When I think back to ages 3-6, there was more aggression and violence. (attempting eye surgury on infant brother, chasing brother around with a hammer, theatening to bring a gun to school and shooting another kid in kindergar) Before the start of stimulants. I'm a helicopter mom, so noones gotten hurt bad- i have to be! He has fits now but not to the extreme. (thats what his brother does-he's the rager -i know what a rage is). is it possible to have bipolar with-out the rages? it is a spectrum thing though, right? same as asperger's- he has alot of traits but i'm not sure.(and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)) difficult child is really outgoing and smart so i think it blinds alot of people, the adults. he definetly has severe ad/hd symptoms but he was diagnosed by a play therapist and family phys. noone believed how bad it was.(and still can be) and sure it's gotten better with medications but we still have extreme times at home and difficult child is a compulsive theif every where he goes, very immature for his age (my 5 year old has surpassed his maturity level) he has a miserable relationship with his brother.he brags about all his friends but never gets invited to parties or playdates. I kinda wish i could just take him off his medications and plop him down in front of the neuropsychologist. so we could get a clear picture. instead they just keep adding medications per symptom. i'm going to talk to the neuropsychologist about this. and this time i'm going to be prepared! i'm sending in copies of report cards and testing the school has done (dead ends), notes from teachers, the parent report thing from this forum.he's going to think i'm Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but i'm sick of getting nowhere. i need answers and i'm going to get them. does anyone have advice about 1st visit to neuropsychologist...what else can i bring or do to organise a thorough view of my difficult child? [/QUOTE]
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