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<blockquote data-quote="Chewsie" data-source="post: 24308" data-attributes="member: 3329"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MidwestMom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My question is why is he on Adderall if he has a bipolar diagnosis? Even with ADHD stims and antidepressants tend to make mood disordered kids rage and get worse. I know you like your doctor and think he's nice, but I'd be concerned that he isn't on anything for the bipolar, which is a serious diagnosis. Is he getting school interventions for Aspergers? If not, he is entitled to them since he's on the spectrum. He has a lot of things going on and I'm really surprised that the doctor is putting more emphasis on the ADHD than the other stuff. in my opinion I'd get another opinion. I have bipolar II. Stimulants made me 10X worse and totally depressed. At the time they misdiagnosed me as "hyperactive." I used to rage too. I don't "get" putting kids who rage on stimulants. My experience with my own son is, if he is rageful on two stimulants, he probably is acting out due to something OTHER than ADHD--may not even really have it--and any stimulant will probably not help him. My son got aggressive and mean on stims and he isn't like that. </div></div></p><p></p><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>He is on Adderall for the attention/hyperactivty symptoms. He doesn't ave a bi-polar diagnosis, the psychiatrist said if he got moody, dark, ragey or the adderall we would need to look at a mood disorder posible BiPolar (BP)...well he is certainly raging on the adderall. We are trying to get him an IEP, they did their evaluation, we had ours done and we have a team meeting on 3/19/07...they do not want to qualify him. I have an advocate attending the meeting the Team meeting. He sees the psychiatrist again on Friday, hopefully he will have another suggestion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chewsie, post: 24308, member: 3329"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MidwestMom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My question is why is he on Adderall if he has a bipolar diagnosis? Even with ADHD stims and antidepressants tend to make mood disordered kids rage and get worse. I know you like your doctor and think he's nice, but I'd be concerned that he isn't on anything for the bipolar, which is a serious diagnosis. Is he getting school interventions for Aspergers? If not, he is entitled to them since he's on the spectrum. He has a lot of things going on and I'm really surprised that the doctor is putting more emphasis on the ADHD than the other stuff. in my opinion I'd get another opinion. I have bipolar II. Stimulants made me 10X worse and totally depressed. At the time they misdiagnosed me as "hyperactive." I used to rage too. I don't "get" putting kids who rage on stimulants. My experience with my own son is, if he is rageful on two stimulants, he probably is acting out due to something OTHER than ADHD--may not even really have it--and any stimulant will probably not help him. My son got aggressive and mean on stims and he isn't like that. </div></div> Hi, He is on Adderall for the attention/hyperactivty symptoms. He doesn't ave a bi-polar diagnosis, the psychiatrist said if he got moody, dark, ragey or the adderall we would need to look at a mood disorder posible BiPolar (BP)...well he is certainly raging on the adderall. We are trying to get him an IEP, they did their evaluation, we had ours done and we have a team meeting on 3/19/07...they do not want to qualify him. I have an advocate attending the meeting the Team meeting. He sees the psychiatrist again on Friday, hopefully he will have another suggestion. [/QUOTE]
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