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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 48729" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'd like to jump in and tell you that bipolar, out of control, looks a lot like Conduct Disorder. Non-stabilized bipolars often commit crimes--especially when feeling gradiose/angry. I used to do the craziest stuff in a hypo-manic state. The banging head on ground and slamming fists and sudden rages sounds bipolar-ish to me, even if he has seizure activity. However, mood stabilizers help both seizures AND bipolar. I'm not sold on Conduct Disorder unless the child has been tried on serious bipolar medications for a long period of time. Another possibility at his age is the confusion of possible substance abuse. Even pot and drinking can cause mentally unstable kids and adults to get worse, and they are more likely to abuse than other kids. I would get him in the care of a good Psychiatrist and maybe do a neuropsychologist evaluation, but, if somebody told me Conduct Disorder, I probably would dismiss it and work on the stuff that can be helped more, and not really worry about that label. It's kind of like ODD--it's a symptom of another issue (or so I've been told), and it rarely stands alone. Has he ever been on mood stabilizers WITHOUT stimulants and/or antidepressants? I'd focus in on medication management at this point if he is so out of control that he is breaking the law. And I'd definitely see the best Adolescent Psychiatrist reachable. I have bipolar, and always did, and this kid screams "bipolar" to me, with his suicidal ideation from early on to his out-of-control moodswings and sudden rages now. It's also on the family tree. While seizures can sometimes cause rages, so can bipolar, and seizures don't make anyone steal. I'd look into everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 48729, member: 1550"] I'd like to jump in and tell you that bipolar, out of control, looks a lot like Conduct Disorder. Non-stabilized bipolars often commit crimes--especially when feeling gradiose/angry. I used to do the craziest stuff in a hypo-manic state. The banging head on ground and slamming fists and sudden rages sounds bipolar-ish to me, even if he has seizure activity. However, mood stabilizers help both seizures AND bipolar. I'm not sold on Conduct Disorder unless the child has been tried on serious bipolar medications for a long period of time. Another possibility at his age is the confusion of possible substance abuse. Even pot and drinking can cause mentally unstable kids and adults to get worse, and they are more likely to abuse than other kids. I would get him in the care of a good Psychiatrist and maybe do a neuropsychologist evaluation, but, if somebody told me Conduct Disorder, I probably would dismiss it and work on the stuff that can be helped more, and not really worry about that label. It's kind of like ODD--it's a symptom of another issue (or so I've been told), and it rarely stands alone. Has he ever been on mood stabilizers WITHOUT stimulants and/or antidepressants? I'd focus in on medication management at this point if he is so out of control that he is breaking the law. And I'd definitely see the best Adolescent Psychiatrist reachable. I have bipolar, and always did, and this kid screams "bipolar" to me, with his suicidal ideation from early on to his out-of-control moodswings and sudden rages now. It's also on the family tree. While seizures can sometimes cause rages, so can bipolar, and seizures don't make anyone steal. I'd look into everything. [/QUOTE]
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