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<blockquote data-quote="Second Time Around" data-source="post: 708763" data-attributes="member: 18739"><p>Our youngest also has bipolar disorder and some autistic traits. He was extremely difficult even as an infant and and became violent and angry as a toddler and stayed that way. At age six, he was incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD and put on stimulants, which made the violence much worse. We were able to get him on the SED waiver and had respite care, therapy, etc. Nothing helped for more than a day or two. He was dangerous.</p><p></p><p> When he was 8, he was placed in residential treatment for a year. They diagnosed him with anxiety and took him off stimulants. He was taken Risperdal and anti anxiety medications, but it didn't do anything for him. He was sent home after a year because he wasn't making any progress. He was home for a year, still violent and dangerous. We placed him in a different residential treatment facility when he was 10. A different doctor there finally diagnosed him correctly with bipolar disorder. That was before the DMDD diagnosis existed, which he probably would have had. This doctor placed him on a combination of THREE antipsychotic medications. He needs all three to function. After that he's been a different person. He's cheerful and friendly most of the time and seems more like a typical kid. He does still get frustrated easily and has outbursts when he yells, but that's a couple of times a month, not several times a day and no more violence. So, this is a long way of saying that the right combination of medications might be what he needs. Without that, all the therapy and the IEP did nothing. He wasn't able to think about his actions because he was so overwhelmed by his emotions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second Time Around, post: 708763, member: 18739"] Our youngest also has bipolar disorder and some autistic traits. He was extremely difficult even as an infant and and became violent and angry as a toddler and stayed that way. At age six, he was incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD and put on stimulants, which made the violence much worse. We were able to get him on the SED waiver and had respite care, therapy, etc. Nothing helped for more than a day or two. He was dangerous. When he was 8, he was placed in residential treatment for a year. They diagnosed him with anxiety and took him off stimulants. He was taken Risperdal and anti anxiety medications, but it didn't do anything for him. He was sent home after a year because he wasn't making any progress. He was home for a year, still violent and dangerous. We placed him in a different residential treatment facility when he was 10. A different doctor there finally diagnosed him correctly with bipolar disorder. That was before the DMDD diagnosis existed, which he probably would have had. This doctor placed him on a combination of THREE antipsychotic medications. He needs all three to function. After that he's been a different person. He's cheerful and friendly most of the time and seems more like a typical kid. He does still get frustrated easily and has outbursts when he yells, but that's a couple of times a month, not several times a day and no more violence. So, this is a long way of saying that the right combination of medications might be what he needs. Without that, all the therapy and the IEP did nothing. He wasn't able to think about his actions because he was so overwhelmed by his emotions. [/QUOTE]
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