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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 88565" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Your child, if hearing voices, likely has more going on than Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), however many spectrum kids also have bipolar. They seem to run together and often are both in the same families. But I'll relay how I feel about our diagnosis. since that's what you asked.</p><p>I always felt my son was on the spectrum. He had a speech delay, he echoed, he rocked himself to sleep, he swaddled himself with clothes, and, yes, he had bipolar-like rages, but that is part of the spectrum too. He got better as soon as he learned to speak in complete sentences with seemed to happen overnight at age 4 1/2. He still has trouble with transitions and sensory stuff and he is fourteen, but he is much better. The bipolar diagnosis. ticks me off. Me and hub kept arguing against it and were told we'd be "bad" parents if we took him off the medications because he OBVIOUSLY had it. His birthmother had been a drug addict and that PROVED she was medicating bipolar. Of course, there is NO chance that she was medicating autism (uh huh). </p><p>When I went to a meeting of parents that I met online, bringing our kids with us, they all noticed right away that he was NOT like their kids and a few asked about autism. LOL, I'll tell you a funny story about that meeting. My son was sitting on a chair playing his GameBoy Advance (hand held video system). One of the kids, a fifteen year old child who is obviously bipolar AND violent, wanted to get a rise out of him, so he picked up the front legs of the chair that my son was sitting on and kept waving the chair to it's back legs, up and down. Lucas was so into his games that he didn't even pay attention, and everyone was laughing. The fifteen year old got mad and dropped the front legs of the chair again and shouted, "What are you, retarded????" My son finally "came to" and looked at him and said, "Thanks, a LOT, N! You just made me die!" Then he went back to his Game Boy Advance. Seriously, he wasn't like the bipolar kids...lol.</p><p> I will thank the parents who asked about autism them forever. They made me take a stronger stand and go see a neuropsychologist. I am positive we have the right diagnosis. He is just a typical Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid, unmedicated, and in no way appears bipolar. Since I *do* have a mood disorder, I can spot one quickly. This teen is even-tempered unless faced with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) challenge (like a transition). Then we hve to do it carefully. He still no longer rages. He is better off without medications than with them. They did nothing but sedate him, so OF COURSE he seemed like an angel. He could barely move, he was so drugged up. I think sometimes our kids seem better on medications because they are zombied out. Lucas actually does not act worse off of medications. He still has a basically sweet nature. </p><p>Unfortunately, I think many kids AND adults are misdiagnosed. I recommend going to a neuropsychologist and beliving him the most. At least they try to do intensive evaluations. To me, that beats the hell out of listening to your symptoms and talking to the kid for an hour and pulling a diagnosis. out of the air. Bet if you took a survey here, most people are MOST satisfied with the neuropsychologist exams. At least they can accurately pinpoint problem areas of functioning and they aren't always medications happy. Really, I think many time there is a quick jump to medications before we even know what's wrong with our kids. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 88565, member: 1550"] Your child, if hearing voices, likely has more going on than Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), however many spectrum kids also have bipolar. They seem to run together and often are both in the same families. But I'll relay how I feel about our diagnosis. since that's what you asked. I always felt my son was on the spectrum. He had a speech delay, he echoed, he rocked himself to sleep, he swaddled himself with clothes, and, yes, he had bipolar-like rages, but that is part of the spectrum too. He got better as soon as he learned to speak in complete sentences with seemed to happen overnight at age 4 1/2. He still has trouble with transitions and sensory stuff and he is fourteen, but he is much better. The bipolar diagnosis. ticks me off. Me and hub kept arguing against it and were told we'd be "bad" parents if we took him off the medications because he OBVIOUSLY had it. His birthmother had been a drug addict and that PROVED she was medicating bipolar. Of course, there is NO chance that she was medicating autism (uh huh). When I went to a meeting of parents that I met online, bringing our kids with us, they all noticed right away that he was NOT like their kids and a few asked about autism. LOL, I'll tell you a funny story about that meeting. My son was sitting on a chair playing his GameBoy Advance (hand held video system). One of the kids, a fifteen year old child who is obviously bipolar AND violent, wanted to get a rise out of him, so he picked up the front legs of the chair that my son was sitting on and kept waving the chair to it's back legs, up and down. Lucas was so into his games that he didn't even pay attention, and everyone was laughing. The fifteen year old got mad and dropped the front legs of the chair again and shouted, "What are you, retarded????" My son finally "came to" and looked at him and said, "Thanks, a LOT, N! You just made me die!" Then he went back to his Game Boy Advance. Seriously, he wasn't like the bipolar kids...lol. I will thank the parents who asked about autism them forever. They made me take a stronger stand and go see a neuropsychologist. I am positive we have the right diagnosis. He is just a typical Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid, unmedicated, and in no way appears bipolar. Since I *do* have a mood disorder, I can spot one quickly. This teen is even-tempered unless faced with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) challenge (like a transition). Then we hve to do it carefully. He still no longer rages. He is better off without medications than with them. They did nothing but sedate him, so OF COURSE he seemed like an angel. He could barely move, he was so drugged up. I think sometimes our kids seem better on medications because they are zombied out. Lucas actually does not act worse off of medications. He still has a basically sweet nature. Unfortunately, I think many kids AND adults are misdiagnosed. I recommend going to a neuropsychologist and beliving him the most. At least they try to do intensive evaluations. To me, that beats the hell out of listening to your symptoms and talking to the kid for an hour and pulling a diagnosis. out of the air. Bet if you took a survey here, most people are MOST satisfied with the neuropsychologist exams. At least they can accurately pinpoint problem areas of functioning and they aren't always medications happy. Really, I think many time there is a quick jump to medications before we even know what's wrong with our kids. JMO [/QUOTE]
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