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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 659858" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son was given lots of heavy duty medication. He was misdiagnosed with bipolar. He is actually on the autism spectrum. Medication made him worse, more sleepy and spacy with side effects than wild, although he had a very early wrong diagnosis of ADHD and every stimulant made him worse and ended up in the toilet.</p><p></p><p>After his right diagnosis, done by a neuropsychologist, he was taken off all medication and is now 21 and calm as a clam. Never moody. Never angry. Polite. Everyone loves him. He still has trouble with certain things, but he lives by himself, works part time and is pretty self-sufficient. Any time I ask him how he feels, he says, "Happy."</p><p></p><p>This is after he started out crazy, hyper hyper hyperactive, tantrumming, breaking things and he didn't sleep for two years after we adopted him either so neither did we. He was two when we got him and what a different the right diagnosis, the right interventions, and no medication made. Not all behavior problems do better on antidepressants and I admit it annoys me that they are given out to kids so readily because antidepressants can make ANYONE worse. It's hit or miss. And don't even get me started on stimulants. If they don't help the child, I feel they should be discontinued right away. They are speed and if the c hild acts like he is on speed on speed then it isn't helping him. And it doesn't take long to find out. My son was crazy on both Adderall and Prozac.Adderall made him mean and aggressive, which he never was. prozac had him climbing off his desk at school and jumping over and over again saying he could fly. WEIRD! Scary. But not bipolar. The Prozac! We threw it in the toilet too with the stimulants and he was never like that again.</p><p></p><p>You have to observe your own child. I learned the hard way and also by being a mental health patient myself most of my adult life that psychiatry is not an exact science and you know when your child is acting negatively to a medication more than the doctor does bescause you live with the child. Use your mom gut. And don't give up. Take him to a neuropsychologist. No child is diagnosed with a personality disorder. Whoever told you that has no business trying to diagnose a childhood disorder.</p><p></p><p>Lots and lots of hugs and luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 659858, member: 1550"] My son was given lots of heavy duty medication. He was misdiagnosed with bipolar. He is actually on the autism spectrum. Medication made him worse, more sleepy and spacy with side effects than wild, although he had a very early wrong diagnosis of ADHD and every stimulant made him worse and ended up in the toilet. After his right diagnosis, done by a neuropsychologist, he was taken off all medication and is now 21 and calm as a clam. Never moody. Never angry. Polite. Everyone loves him. He still has trouble with certain things, but he lives by himself, works part time and is pretty self-sufficient. Any time I ask him how he feels, he says, "Happy." This is after he started out crazy, hyper hyper hyperactive, tantrumming, breaking things and he didn't sleep for two years after we adopted him either so neither did we. He was two when we got him and what a different the right diagnosis, the right interventions, and no medication made. Not all behavior problems do better on antidepressants and I admit it annoys me that they are given out to kids so readily because antidepressants can make ANYONE worse. It's hit or miss. And don't even get me started on stimulants. If they don't help the child, I feel they should be discontinued right away. They are speed and if the c hild acts like he is on speed on speed then it isn't helping him. And it doesn't take long to find out. My son was crazy on both Adderall and Prozac.Adderall made him mean and aggressive, which he never was. prozac had him climbing off his desk at school and jumping over and over again saying he could fly. WEIRD! Scary. But not bipolar. The Prozac! We threw it in the toilet too with the stimulants and he was never like that again. You have to observe your own child. I learned the hard way and also by being a mental health patient myself most of my adult life that psychiatry is not an exact science and you know when your child is acting negatively to a medication more than the doctor does bescause you live with the child. Use your mom gut. And don't give up. Take him to a neuropsychologist. No child is diagnosed with a personality disorder. Whoever told you that has no business trying to diagnose a childhood disorder. Lots and lots of hugs and luck. [/QUOTE]
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