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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 316197" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If you didn't have a neuropsychologist evaluation or at least the opinion of a Child Psychiatrist, I wouldn't trust the diagnosis. Therapists do not really know the different disorders. And if there was no testing, it's really hard to know what's wrong. His problems sound worse than ADHD's impulsivity.I don't know WHAT your child has but early onset bipolar and high functioning autism/Aspergers also cause extreme impulsivity. Drug use is rampant in teens with both disorders. Cutting can happen too as well as breaking the law. This is especially true of bipolar.</p><p></p><p>I would want another opinion on the diagnosis. in my opinion you aren't getting the big picture. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) rarely stands alone (my oldest son has a terrible case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but also a mood disorder and horrible anxiety disorder) and ODD is just a generic term that means "he's defiant." It doesn't stand by itself either. Until you know what he has, medications can make him worse because certain disoders do very poorly on certain medications. Even if somebody with bipolar (like me) has anxiety, some bipolars can not take ssRI antidepressants or they get much worse. It's important to know exactly what's wrong. </p><p></p><p>You can see which medications my oldest son is taking. They are helping, but he still struggles.</p><p></p><p>Good luck trying to figure out what's going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 316197, member: 1550"] If you didn't have a neuropsychologist evaluation or at least the opinion of a Child Psychiatrist, I wouldn't trust the diagnosis. Therapists do not really know the different disorders. And if there was no testing, it's really hard to know what's wrong. His problems sound worse than ADHD's impulsivity.I don't know WHAT your child has but early onset bipolar and high functioning autism/Aspergers also cause extreme impulsivity. Drug use is rampant in teens with both disorders. Cutting can happen too as well as breaking the law. This is especially true of bipolar. I would want another opinion on the diagnosis. in my opinion you aren't getting the big picture. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) rarely stands alone (my oldest son has a terrible case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but also a mood disorder and horrible anxiety disorder) and ODD is just a generic term that means "he's defiant." It doesn't stand by itself either. Until you know what he has, medications can make him worse because certain disoders do very poorly on certain medications. Even if somebody with bipolar (like me) has anxiety, some bipolars can not take ssRI antidepressants or they get much worse. It's important to know exactly what's wrong. You can see which medications my oldest son is taking. They are helping, but he still struggles. Good luck trying to figure out what's going on. [/QUOTE]
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