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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 12310" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Welcome! I'm glad you decided to come out of hiding.</p><p></p><p>There are some seizure disorders (namely temporal lobe epilepsy) whose symptoms mimic bipolar disorder (source: The Bipolar Child by Demitri and Janice Papolos). That's what makes separating out all these dxes all the more difficult. My daughter (difficult child 2) definitely has a mood disorder, but an MRI also revealed small lesions in her temporal lobes, probably as a result of a blood-supply loss in utero. Her neurologist believes these lesions are contributing to her mood disorder. Regardless, he says she is on the right treatment because anticonvulsants (namely Depakote, Lamictal, Tegretol and Trileptal) treat both seizures and mood disorders. Although we're not doctors and can't diagnosis or treat, in my humble opinion, Tegretol would likely be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. As Janet indicated, however, mood disorders typically require higher doses of anticonvulsants for bipolar disorder than are used to treat seizures.</p><p></p><p>I would strongly recommend finding a new pediatric neurologist as well as a board-certified child psychiatrist (one who actually evaluates your son in person) to help you sort out what is what and get your difficult child on the right treatment. Because my difficult children have migraines, they see a neurologist every 3 months; for their mood disorders, they see a child psychiatrist weekly for medication management and psychotherapy. The docs work together to make sure my difficult children are getting appropriate treatment. It is only with this kind of concerted effort have we been able to make any progress at all.</p><p></p><p>I hope you get some answers soon. Again, welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 12310, member: 2423"] Welcome! I'm glad you decided to come out of hiding. There are some seizure disorders (namely temporal lobe epilepsy) whose symptoms mimic bipolar disorder (source: The Bipolar Child by Demitri and Janice Papolos). That's what makes separating out all these dxes all the more difficult. My daughter (difficult child 2) definitely has a mood disorder, but an MRI also revealed small lesions in her temporal lobes, probably as a result of a blood-supply loss in utero. Her neurologist believes these lesions are contributing to her mood disorder. Regardless, he says she is on the right treatment because anticonvulsants (namely Depakote, Lamictal, Tegretol and Trileptal) treat both seizures and mood disorders. Although we're not doctors and can't diagnosis or treat, in my humble opinion, Tegretol would likely be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. As Janet indicated, however, mood disorders typically require higher doses of anticonvulsants for bipolar disorder than are used to treat seizures. I would strongly recommend finding a new pediatric neurologist as well as a board-certified child psychiatrist (one who actually evaluates your son in person) to help you sort out what is what and get your difficult child on the right treatment. Because my difficult children have migraines, they see a neurologist every 3 months; for their mood disorders, they see a child psychiatrist weekly for medication management and psychotherapy. The docs work together to make sure my difficult children are getting appropriate treatment. It is only with this kind of concerted effort have we been able to make any progress at all. I hope you get some answers soon. Again, welcome. [/QUOTE]
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