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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 102418" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Who diagnosed him? I was struck by your younger child's issues and wondered if perhaps he was ever seen by a neuropsychologist (both kids). If ADHD/bipolar medications don't work, maybe it's because he doesn't have those things. My son was misdiagnosed with bipolar and of all the medications they tried, Trileptal was such a nightmare that for the first and only time in his life his behavior was so unbearable I thought of hospitalizing him. He had never been violent before, not even when they tried him on an antidepressant, but on Trileptal, he got violent. It was scary. As soon as we weaned him off, he was back to his normal sweet self again, but his psychiatrist had insisted we do the whole two month trial and it was two months of hello. </p><p> He's off all medications now and is diagnosed as having autistic spectrum disorder, high functioning. And that seems to be the problem. He's doing well. I do recommend a neuropsychologist appointment. neuropsychologist evaluations are much more intensive than any other and are good at spotting problem areas and tend to do a better job of diagnosing our kids than other professionals are. They take a lot more time and actually test the kids in every area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 102418, member: 1550"] Who diagnosed him? I was struck by your younger child's issues and wondered if perhaps he was ever seen by a neuropsychologist (both kids). If ADHD/bipolar medications don't work, maybe it's because he doesn't have those things. My son was misdiagnosed with bipolar and of all the medications they tried, Trileptal was such a nightmare that for the first and only time in his life his behavior was so unbearable I thought of hospitalizing him. He had never been violent before, not even when they tried him on an antidepressant, but on Trileptal, he got violent. It was scary. As soon as we weaned him off, he was back to his normal sweet self again, but his psychiatrist had insisted we do the whole two month trial and it was two months of hello. He's off all medications now and is diagnosed as having autistic spectrum disorder, high functioning. And that seems to be the problem. He's doing well. I do recommend a neuropsychologist appointment. neuropsychologist evaluations are much more intensive than any other and are good at spotting problem areas and tend to do a better job of diagnosing our kids than other professionals are. They take a lot more time and actually test the kids in every area. [/QUOTE]
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