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Is this a bad, bad psychiatrist? Or should I just take the drugs and run?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 244047" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Wow, it reeks that you can't get a neuropsychologist done without paying. I'm really sorry. Just keep an open mind. As parents, we are not equipped to know if our children have ADHD, bipolar disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, or other disorders. Very often they look the same. I was told ADHD, which is usually the first diagnosis. for a child, and I gave my child medications right away. Rather than improving his focus and behavior, he got mean and aggressive. When there are possible mood disorders in the family and if his development was atypical (which you didn't tell us--speech, eye contact with strangers, interaction with same-age peers)--it is so hard to know if a medication will help or hurt. I hope you can get the kind of testing you need. Warning: The Connors itself is not diagnostic. My son scored off the charts on the Connors and all of his teachers said "ADHD" too. The thing is, the Connors comes out off the charts for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and bipolar too and teachers are educators--they don't know how to diagnose. What kind of behaviors do you see? How was his early development? We can't diagnose either, but we can put in our .02 if you give us a bit more insight. NeuroFeedback could help many disorders, but I'm not sure I think a child can do it--I had trouble as an adult. It takes a lot of focus, which I never had. Plus it's not a stand alone therapy. I'd go with traditional therapies for now. JMO</p><p>I sure wish you luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 244047, member: 1550"] Wow, it reeks that you can't get a neuropsychologist done without paying. I'm really sorry. Just keep an open mind. As parents, we are not equipped to know if our children have ADHD, bipolar disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, or other disorders. Very often they look the same. I was told ADHD, which is usually the first diagnosis. for a child, and I gave my child medications right away. Rather than improving his focus and behavior, he got mean and aggressive. When there are possible mood disorders in the family and if his development was atypical (which you didn't tell us--speech, eye contact with strangers, interaction with same-age peers)--it is so hard to know if a medication will help or hurt. I hope you can get the kind of testing you need. Warning: The Connors itself is not diagnostic. My son scored off the charts on the Connors and all of his teachers said "ADHD" too. The thing is, the Connors comes out off the charts for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and bipolar too and teachers are educators--they don't know how to diagnose. What kind of behaviors do you see? How was his early development? We can't diagnose either, but we can put in our .02 if you give us a bit more insight. NeuroFeedback could help many disorders, but I'm not sure I think a child can do it--I had trouble as an adult. It takes a lot of focus, which I never had. Plus it's not a stand alone therapy. I'd go with traditional therapies for now. JMO I sure wish you luck. [/QUOTE]
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