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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 74854" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>Are there any diagnosed mental illnesses on her father's side or on your side? Is your daughter on medication? If so, what kind? </p><p></p><p>My youngest and oldest sons both have extreme highs and lows. When they are happy, they are giddy, laugh uncontrollably, grin from ear to ear, almost skip as the walk happy. When they are upset, they say their life stinks and they want to die. They do not have a happy medium either. Their bio-mom was diagnosed bi-polar and the current psychiatrist they see is leaning towards this diagnosis for them as well. Many ADHD medications can make this condition worse. They are currently off medications waiting a final diagnosis from the new psychiatrist. Once he gives them a diagnosis that my husband and I agree with, we will look into the correct type of medications for them. Both of these boys are also diagnosed ADHD, but one thing we learned is that ADHD and bi-polar have many cross symptoms. If you diagnosis the correct one and get medications stabilized, the other one may not actually be an accurate diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>Have you heard of the book "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene? This is a great book to help you understand how children with these types of DXs (diagnosis) work. See if your local library has it. There is another book "The BiPolar Child", but I can't recall the author's name. I'm sure more will be along shortly to offer up some advice and support.</p><p></p><p>You have found a great group of people! Welcome to the board!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 74854, member: 3837"] Are there any diagnosed mental illnesses on her father's side or on your side? Is your daughter on medication? If so, what kind? My youngest and oldest sons both have extreme highs and lows. When they are happy, they are giddy, laugh uncontrollably, grin from ear to ear, almost skip as the walk happy. When they are upset, they say their life stinks and they want to die. They do not have a happy medium either. Their bio-mom was diagnosed bi-polar and the current psychiatrist they see is leaning towards this diagnosis for them as well. Many ADHD medications can make this condition worse. They are currently off medications waiting a final diagnosis from the new psychiatrist. Once he gives them a diagnosis that my husband and I agree with, we will look into the correct type of medications for them. Both of these boys are also diagnosed ADHD, but one thing we learned is that ADHD and bi-polar have many cross symptoms. If you diagnosis the correct one and get medications stabilized, the other one may not actually be an accurate diagnosis. Have you heard of the book "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene? This is a great book to help you understand how children with these types of DXs (diagnosis) work. See if your local library has it. There is another book "The BiPolar Child", but I can't recall the author's name. I'm sure more will be along shortly to offer up some advice and support. You have found a great group of people! Welcome to the board! [/QUOTE]
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