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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 704682" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son who is now 23 was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar as a kid. There are doctors who say there is no way to diagnose young kids with bipolar. They call moody kids mood dysfunction disorder. My son spent a few years on heavy medications u til we told the psychiatrist he had no mood swings. The psychiatrist still insisted he has it.</p><p></p><p>We doubted it so we had him tested for ten hours (intensively) with a Neuro psychologist. This is not a neurologist. It is a psychologist with extra training in the brain. They are by many in the U.S. if you love here the gold standard for diagnosing. But of course there are bad ones. in my opinion you should find one with a good reputation and reevaluate his diagnosis. They do more testing than psychiatrists.</p><p></p><p>by the way, although it became obvious son is on the spectrum, the Psychiatrist continued to insist he was bipolar. He said "If he was autistic you would not be able to leave the room without him screaming!" I'm, wrong but that told me he knew nothing about hug her functioning autism so we fired him. My son's pediatrician weaned him off the medications.</p><p></p><p>My son is actually on the autism spectrum and is calm withoutoodseings and medications. He is very easygoing, lives alone and works two part time jobs. Everyone loves him. The bipolar diagnosis was nonsense and he has been medication free since his autism diagnosis and is doing well</p><p></p><p>Just be sure its really bipolar. I no longer believe there is a good way to tell if a child is going to develop bipolar or not but I'm not psychiatrist. At any rate, be proactive. Question, question, question!!! Doctors are wrong more than we want to ponder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 704682, member: 1550"] My son who is now 23 was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar as a kid. There are doctors who say there is no way to diagnose young kids with bipolar. They call moody kids mood dysfunction disorder. My son spent a few years on heavy medications u til we told the psychiatrist he had no mood swings. The psychiatrist still insisted he has it. We doubted it so we had him tested for ten hours (intensively) with a Neuro psychologist. This is not a neurologist. It is a psychologist with extra training in the brain. They are by many in the U.S. if you love here the gold standard for diagnosing. But of course there are bad ones. in my opinion you should find one with a good reputation and reevaluate his diagnosis. They do more testing than psychiatrists. by the way, although it became obvious son is on the spectrum, the Psychiatrist continued to insist he was bipolar. He said "If he was autistic you would not be able to leave the room without him screaming!" I'm, wrong but that told me he knew nothing about hug her functioning autism so we fired him. My son's pediatrician weaned him off the medications. My son is actually on the autism spectrum and is calm withoutoodseings and medications. He is very easygoing, lives alone and works two part time jobs. Everyone loves him. The bipolar diagnosis was nonsense and he has been medication free since his autism diagnosis and is doing well Just be sure its really bipolar. I no longer believe there is a good way to tell if a child is going to develop bipolar or not but I'm not psychiatrist. At any rate, be proactive. Question, question, question!!! Doctors are wrong more than we want to ponder. [/QUOTE]
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