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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 139651" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi.</p><p>I just wrote about how hard it is to diagnose kids and even adults. If you suspect Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified however the child doesn't have a psychiatric problem, although it can look like bipolar. He would need a different sort of treatment if he has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and medications are not the first and only treatment of choice for that, nor is talk therapy. Bipolar is a completely different animal from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)--it's a brain disorder--a chemical imbalance, in which case the main treatment for stability is medications, along with talk therapy for some. For Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) you really do need a neuropsychologist. Psychiatrists routinely overlook it. This happened to my son, and he was put on tons of medications that we now know he didn't need. I wish you luck. The diagnosing part is very difficult and tricky and often wrong. The difficulty is because many of the disorders have the same symptoms. With childhood bipolar you can be phobic, have high anixety, even panic attacks (I had panic attacks as a child). But if you have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), you also usually are phobic, have high anxiety, and panic attacks. Bipolar kids are usually more social than Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, at least when they aren't depressed. They also make better eye contact and often are early talkers rather than late talkers. However Aspergers kids (high functioning autism) also talk early. They just have trouble with normal conversations. Both can have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) traits, although Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids tend to like their obessions (and rage when told to stop). Bipolar people don't like their obsessions, but can't stop them. </p><p>Wish I could help you more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 139651, member: 1550"] Hi. I just wrote about how hard it is to diagnose kids and even adults. If you suspect Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified however the child doesn't have a psychiatric problem, although it can look like bipolar. He would need a different sort of treatment if he has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and medications are not the first and only treatment of choice for that, nor is talk therapy. Bipolar is a completely different animal from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)--it's a brain disorder--a chemical imbalance, in which case the main treatment for stability is medications, along with talk therapy for some. For Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) you really do need a neuropsychologist. Psychiatrists routinely overlook it. This happened to my son, and he was put on tons of medications that we now know he didn't need. I wish you luck. The diagnosing part is very difficult and tricky and often wrong. The difficulty is because many of the disorders have the same symptoms. With childhood bipolar you can be phobic, have high anixety, even panic attacks (I had panic attacks as a child). But if you have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), you also usually are phobic, have high anxiety, and panic attacks. Bipolar kids are usually more social than Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, at least when they aren't depressed. They also make better eye contact and often are early talkers rather than late talkers. However Aspergers kids (high functioning autism) also talk early. They just have trouble with normal conversations. Both can have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) traits, although Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids tend to like their obessions (and rage when told to stop). Bipolar people don't like their obsessions, but can't stop them. Wish I could help you more. [/QUOTE]
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