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<blockquote data-quote="Californiablonde" data-source="post: 539830" data-attributes="member: 2196"><p>You're son sounds exactly like my daughter was at that age....almost identical. She raged constantly and also said negative stuff about herself like she was ugly, stupid, fat, ect. She also had a hard time sleeping and would frequently go to bed at one or two in the morning then wake up bright and early at the crack of dawn. Some nights she wouldn't sleep at all. In preschool she never napped. They had to remove her from the other kids because she would keep them awake by talking out loud while everyone else was trying to sleep. psychiatrist first diagnosed her with ADHD and gave her Adderall in first grade. In my mommy gut I just knew it was more than ADHD. I trusted psychiatrist and gave her the Adderall. She became SO much worse. Her raging lasted hours. Her afterschool daycare threatened to kick her out because they could no longer handle her. She was always a very difficult child up until that point, but never bad enough that the school threatened to terminate her. She also hallucinated and saw her stuffed animals trying to kill her in the middle of the night. She was destructive. She would physically harm herself. It was too much for me to take, so I took her off of Adderall without psychiatrist's consent. That's when she finally got her diagnosis of bipolar. We tried several mood stabilizers and we finally found the right combo of Trilpetal and Geodon. It was trial and error for a couple of years, but we finally got it right. She is now fourteen and doing well with medications and an IEP. I would seriously question your son's ADHD diagnosis. That's usually the first label docs slap on your child when they are suffering from behavior problems. Have you seen a psychiatrist with him or just a pediatrician? I would take him to a neuropsychologist and get him thoroughly evaluated there. Usually there is a long waiting list to be seen but it's so totally worth it when you find the right one. My difficult child 1's neuropsychologist was the biggest blessing to ever happen to us. He worked wonders for us. I don't by any means want to attempt to diagnose your son. I am not saying he is bipolar, but some of his symtpoms, especially the lack of sleep, sound so similar to my daughter. Lack of sleep is a hallmark symptom of bipolar. There are many other things it could be too, so don't think I'm trying to diagnose for you, but I have been there done that with my daughter and I know the warning signs. I wouldn't trust a pediatrican to diagnose my child. They simply do not have the knowledge and training that a psychiatrist or neuropsychologist does. By the way, how does he do in school? Is he able to control himself there, or does he have the same issues?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Californiablonde, post: 539830, member: 2196"] You're son sounds exactly like my daughter was at that age....almost identical. She raged constantly and also said negative stuff about herself like she was ugly, stupid, fat, ect. She also had a hard time sleeping and would frequently go to bed at one or two in the morning then wake up bright and early at the crack of dawn. Some nights she wouldn't sleep at all. In preschool she never napped. They had to remove her from the other kids because she would keep them awake by talking out loud while everyone else was trying to sleep. psychiatrist first diagnosed her with ADHD and gave her Adderall in first grade. In my mommy gut I just knew it was more than ADHD. I trusted psychiatrist and gave her the Adderall. She became SO much worse. Her raging lasted hours. Her afterschool daycare threatened to kick her out because they could no longer handle her. She was always a very difficult child up until that point, but never bad enough that the school threatened to terminate her. She also hallucinated and saw her stuffed animals trying to kill her in the middle of the night. She was destructive. She would physically harm herself. It was too much for me to take, so I took her off of Adderall without psychiatrist's consent. That's when she finally got her diagnosis of bipolar. We tried several mood stabilizers and we finally found the right combo of Trilpetal and Geodon. It was trial and error for a couple of years, but we finally got it right. She is now fourteen and doing well with medications and an IEP. I would seriously question your son's ADHD diagnosis. That's usually the first label docs slap on your child when they are suffering from behavior problems. Have you seen a psychiatrist with him or just a pediatrician? I would take him to a neuropsychologist and get him thoroughly evaluated there. Usually there is a long waiting list to be seen but it's so totally worth it when you find the right one. My difficult child 1's neuropsychologist was the biggest blessing to ever happen to us. He worked wonders for us. I don't by any means want to attempt to diagnose your son. I am not saying he is bipolar, but some of his symtpoms, especially the lack of sleep, sound so similar to my daughter. Lack of sleep is a hallmark symptom of bipolar. There are many other things it could be too, so don't think I'm trying to diagnose for you, but I have been there done that with my daughter and I know the warning signs. I wouldn't trust a pediatrican to diagnose my child. They simply do not have the knowledge and training that a psychiatrist or neuropsychologist does. By the way, how does he do in school? Is he able to control himself there, or does he have the same issues? [/QUOTE]
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