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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 233902" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>It is common for spectrum kids to be misdiagnosed as mentally ill and the new misdiagnosis seems to be bipolar. I never saw the bipolar either with my son, yet the psychiatrist wouldn't consider anything else. We finally re-evaluated him, weaned him off the medications that didn't work, and got him into Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) interventions. He's doing great. I'm angry that I didn't go with my gut sooner. A big problem is that Psychiatrists are looking for psychiatric problems and many know little about neurological ones, such as high functioning autism. That's why i go with NeuroPsychs. They have a little knowledge of both.</p><p>Glad you feel more comfortable now. Get your son into school interventions. They really work with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids.</p><p>Our original psychiatrist was unwilling to consider Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) even after the neuropsychologist diagnosis and my son doing well off of medication. I think it was his vanity, really. He also seemed clueless about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), telling me that if he was autistic at all he wouldn't be able to transition from one room to another without crying and he wouldn't be interactive at all...(sigh). We never went back to him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 233902, member: 1550"] It is common for spectrum kids to be misdiagnosed as mentally ill and the new misdiagnosis seems to be bipolar. I never saw the bipolar either with my son, yet the psychiatrist wouldn't consider anything else. We finally re-evaluated him, weaned him off the medications that didn't work, and got him into Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) interventions. He's doing great. I'm angry that I didn't go with my gut sooner. A big problem is that Psychiatrists are looking for psychiatric problems and many know little about neurological ones, such as high functioning autism. That's why i go with NeuroPsychs. They have a little knowledge of both. Glad you feel more comfortable now. Get your son into school interventions. They really work with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. Our original psychiatrist was unwilling to consider Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) even after the neuropsychologist diagnosis and my son doing well off of medication. I think it was his vanity, really. He also seemed clueless about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), telling me that if he was autistic at all he wouldn't be able to transition from one room to another without crying and he wouldn't be interactive at all...(sigh). We never went back to him. [/QUOTE]
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