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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 301302" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>That sounds just like my daughter at that age and she is not bipolar. Her current therapist has bipolar in the back of her mind, but I know in my gut she is not bipolar. For one, she has never experienced mania or hypomania and for another AD's haven't made her manic.</p><p></p><p>When one is depressed it takes everything you have to just to get through the day. When asked to do something you just can't cope with - even something as innocuous as taking a shower - I can definitely see the cycle that you talk about with your daughter. My daughter's meltdowns would last from 45 minutes to several hours. She also has severe anxiety contributing to her issues.</p><p></p><p>Have you tried giving her time to switch gears? IOW, instead of saying it's time to get a shower now, give her a 15 minute warning, then a 10 minute warning, etc?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 301302, member: 7083"] That sounds just like my daughter at that age and she is not bipolar. Her current therapist has bipolar in the back of her mind, but I know in my gut she is not bipolar. For one, she has never experienced mania or hypomania and for another AD's haven't made her manic. When one is depressed it takes everything you have to just to get through the day. When asked to do something you just can't cope with - even something as innocuous as taking a shower - I can definitely see the cycle that you talk about with your daughter. My daughter's meltdowns would last from 45 minutes to several hours. She also has severe anxiety contributing to her issues. Have you tried giving her time to switch gears? IOW, instead of saying it's time to get a shower now, give her a 15 minute warning, then a 10 minute warning, etc? [/QUOTE]
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