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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 24154" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>My difficult child was tested as having a very high IQ and that was with her not sitting still one minute during the entire 4+ hours of testing, the nuero-psychiatric felt it would have been higher if she could be contained!!!</p><p>So she is considered gifted... she has extreme sensitivity to noise among other sensory issues, she has tons of anxiety...lots of social issues.</p><p>My difficult child has lots of other issues different than your difficult child, (I believe) auditory hallucinations, long violent rages, thoughts of wanting to die or kill/hurt us...</p><p></p><p>Needless to say about 6 months ago when we were first at our final/final/final straw!!! We were on our 4th and then 5th pediatrician, just looking for some answers. We were luckily first sent for a Sensory Integration Disorder evaluation with an Occupational Therapist (OT), followed by a nuero-psychiatric evaluation, who happened to be really good!!! but we still came away with a lot of questions. She was at this point diagnosis'd with (severe-combo type adhd,odd,mmd,Sensory Integration Disorder (SID),rule out Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP), anxiety) Then we had to go to 2 different mental health therapists/psychologist and she got Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified added on as well!!! </p><p></p><p>She was basically diagnosis'd with everything!!! So we had to change pediatrician's. and fight for a psychiatrist. for a more thorough evaluation.</p><p></p><p>Part of the problem is you can read all of the info on line and take the tests and read the books, but a lot of time it shows you all of the symptoms, which can be confusing, and then there is the DSM-IV criteria, techniquely my difficult child can not be called bipolar because she has not shown her true colors as far as what type of bipolar she will truly end up.. I, II, or Cyclothemic... she cycles up and down too frequently and has not set a pattern to her mania or depression. They are working on changing the guidelines.....</p><p></p><p>Then there is the symptoms that overlap... most of these disorders all have some form of Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and ODD pattern to them... whether they really are comorbid or slightly Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)'ish ir odd'ish who knows it the same with adhd... </p><p>My daughter has a lot of autism like behaviors, if you read a lot on bipolar some of the symptoms do overlap, but maybe one day she will be diagnosis'd with true Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or high functioning Asperger's. Her psychiatrist in chicago said she just has Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) and Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)... all of the other stuff are just symptoms of the BiPolar (BP)... some would agree some would not!!!</p><p>The point I guess I am trying to make is that when we first heard all of difficult child's diagnosis we were in shock and said no way!!! But it really doesn't matter, it really is best to get the best/thorough evaluation you can from the most qualified people you can, just to rule out and rule in all possibilities...</p><p>Yes it can be expensive but it is worth it in the long run if you can really feel comfortable with your child's diagnosis...and then you can start the healing process... with or without medications.</p><p></p><p>just my perspective... good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 24154, member: 3155"] My difficult child was tested as having a very high IQ and that was with her not sitting still one minute during the entire 4+ hours of testing, the nuero-psychiatric felt it would have been higher if she could be contained!!! So she is considered gifted... she has extreme sensitivity to noise among other sensory issues, she has tons of anxiety...lots of social issues. My difficult child has lots of other issues different than your difficult child, (I believe) auditory hallucinations, long violent rages, thoughts of wanting to die or kill/hurt us... Needless to say about 6 months ago when we were first at our final/final/final straw!!! We were on our 4th and then 5th pediatrician, just looking for some answers. We were luckily first sent for a Sensory Integration Disorder evaluation with an Occupational Therapist (OT), followed by a nuero-psychiatric evaluation, who happened to be really good!!! but we still came away with a lot of questions. She was at this point diagnosis'd with (severe-combo type adhd,odd,mmd,Sensory Integration Disorder (SID),rule out Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP), anxiety) Then we had to go to 2 different mental health therapists/psychologist and she got Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified added on as well!!! She was basically diagnosis'd with everything!!! So we had to change pediatrician's. and fight for a psychiatrist. for a more thorough evaluation. Part of the problem is you can read all of the info on line and take the tests and read the books, but a lot of time it shows you all of the symptoms, which can be confusing, and then there is the DSM-IV criteria, techniquely my difficult child can not be called bipolar because she has not shown her true colors as far as what type of bipolar she will truly end up.. I, II, or Cyclothemic... she cycles up and down too frequently and has not set a pattern to her mania or depression. They are working on changing the guidelines..... Then there is the symptoms that overlap... most of these disorders all have some form of Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and ODD pattern to them... whether they really are comorbid or slightly Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)'ish ir odd'ish who knows it the same with adhd... My daughter has a lot of autism like behaviors, if you read a lot on bipolar some of the symptoms do overlap, but maybe one day she will be diagnosis'd with true Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or high functioning Asperger's. Her psychiatrist in chicago said she just has Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) and Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)... all of the other stuff are just symptoms of the BiPolar (BP)... some would agree some would not!!! The point I guess I am trying to make is that when we first heard all of difficult child's diagnosis we were in shock and said no way!!! But it really doesn't matter, it really is best to get the best/thorough evaluation you can from the most qualified people you can, just to rule out and rule in all possibilities... Yes it can be expensive but it is worth it in the long run if you can really feel comfortable with your child's diagnosis...and then you can start the healing process... with or without medications. just my perspective... good luck [/QUOTE]
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