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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 271233" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The neuropsychologist we took our son to saw him for ten hours. He had worked in Mayo Clinic for ten years and had just moved to Wisconsin. He was pretty darn good. </p><p></p><p>He told me that ANYONE, even Mayo, can be wrong and that mistakes are made all the time. There are no blood tests. If you question the bipolar, like I did, get a second neuropsychologist opinion. It is common for an Aspie to be misdiagnosed as bipolar, and you don't want to go through what we did if your child is misdiagnosed. My son still has residual side effects from the heavy duty medications he took for the bipolar that he doesn't have--including obesity and thyroid problems. He has been off all medications for four years. He was thin and fit and ate normally before the medications. It could have been worse. There could have been long term movement disorders from the anti-psychotics. He reacted poorly to them.</p><p></p><p>I am NOT anti-medication. *I* take medications. I do have a mood disorder--I'd be a suicide statistic if I hadn't found my medications. However, I am a big believer in second and third opinions with a child. Even for an adult like me, it can take years to get the correct diagnosis. If your neuropsychologist was a good one, she would have tested from 6-10 hours on every level, for everything. Even so, you are doubting her answer, so I'd definitely take him to somebody else and see what he/she says. And I wouldn't tell the next one what this one said. Unfortunately, many are lazy and just mimic what they think we want to hear--and refer us for medication. Did your child take any version of the MMPI? As far as I know that is the closest tool any psychiatrist or psychologist has to diagnosing bipolar. I have taken that test three times. </p><p></p><p>Take care!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 271233, member: 1550"] The neuropsychologist we took our son to saw him for ten hours. He had worked in Mayo Clinic for ten years and had just moved to Wisconsin. He was pretty darn good. He told me that ANYONE, even Mayo, can be wrong and that mistakes are made all the time. There are no blood tests. If you question the bipolar, like I did, get a second neuropsychologist opinion. It is common for an Aspie to be misdiagnosed as bipolar, and you don't want to go through what we did if your child is misdiagnosed. My son still has residual side effects from the heavy duty medications he took for the bipolar that he doesn't have--including obesity and thyroid problems. He has been off all medications for four years. He was thin and fit and ate normally before the medications. It could have been worse. There could have been long term movement disorders from the anti-psychotics. He reacted poorly to them. I am NOT anti-medication. *I* take medications. I do have a mood disorder--I'd be a suicide statistic if I hadn't found my medications. However, I am a big believer in second and third opinions with a child. Even for an adult like me, it can take years to get the correct diagnosis. If your neuropsychologist was a good one, she would have tested from 6-10 hours on every level, for everything. Even so, you are doubting her answer, so I'd definitely take him to somebody else and see what he/she says. And I wouldn't tell the next one what this one said. Unfortunately, many are lazy and just mimic what they think we want to hear--and refer us for medication. Did your child take any version of the MMPI? As far as I know that is the closest tool any psychiatrist or psychologist has to diagnosing bipolar. I have taken that test three times. Take care! [/QUOTE]
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