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Interesting article from the New Yorker...
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<blockquote data-quote="oceans" data-source="post: 37815" data-attributes="member: 2687"><p>My son is 15 and he has had extreme difficulties since he was about 8. We started the psychiatrist/psychologist path at age 11. From then until recently he was given stimulants for ADD that did not work and made things worse, and tons of antidepressants for depression that never helped, and in many cases also made things worse. He has seen several psychologists and many psychiatrists. He had one hospitalization. No one would believe what I saw was mania. They blamed it on side effects from medication. What I saw was not normal!</p><p></p><p>I have been trying to get him on a mood stabilizer for over 1 1/2 years. No one would do it, and he continued to go down hill. The mood stabilizer and the anti psychotic have changed his life. He is better. Is it bipolar? They will not diagnose it as bipolar. They say we need to keep waiting until it is clear that is what it is. They need to see the mania for themselves.</p><p></p><p>As long as he is getting medication that will keep his moods stable, and my life sane...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oceans, post: 37815, member: 2687"] My son is 15 and he has had extreme difficulties since he was about 8. We started the psychiatrist/psychologist path at age 11. From then until recently he was given stimulants for ADD that did not work and made things worse, and tons of antidepressants for depression that never helped, and in many cases also made things worse. He has seen several psychologists and many psychiatrists. He had one hospitalization. No one would believe what I saw was mania. They blamed it on side effects from medication. What I saw was not normal! I have been trying to get him on a mood stabilizer for over 1 1/2 years. No one would do it, and he continued to go down hill. The mood stabilizer and the anti psychotic have changed his life. He is better. Is it bipolar? They will not diagnose it as bipolar. They say we need to keep waiting until it is clear that is what it is. They need to see the mania for themselves. As long as he is getting medication that will keep his moods stable, and my life sane... [/QUOTE]
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