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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 70231" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Welcome, and realize you're not alone.</p><p>I have a few questions:</p><p>1/ Is he seeing a psychiatrist? </p><p>2/ Has he ever seen a neuropsychologist to see if something was missed when the Psychiatrist or Psycologist gave him a slew of psychiatric diagnosis? With her many diagnosis., I'd also want somebody to evaluate her for high functioning autism--NeuroPsychs often catch that when others don't. </p><p>3/How long was he on Depakote? It takes eight full weeks at a therapeutic level to kick in. Some trials are stopped too soon.</p><p>4/Are there any psychiatric problems on either side of his family tree? I'm guessing there are. Any substance abuse? Suicide? Neurological problems?</p><p>5/Have you read "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene? If not, get it! It can help until you find out what the main issue is with this child--or at least get his stable on medications. </p><p>6/How was his early development--talking, motor skills? Did he cuddle? Does he understand how to socialize? </p><p>7/ Does he have an IEP at school?</p><p>8/Has he had any genetic testing? There is something called Cardiovascular Facial Syndome (or something like that). Some kids who have certain heart problems have an entire syndrome which can cause extremely erratic behavior. My son had heart surgery at birth and he had this genetic test to rule out the syndrome. We were all shocked--everyone thought he had it, but he doesn't. </p><p></p><p>Others will also come along, but I'm doubting that an ADHD will help much--there is a lot more than ADHD going on here. ADHD medications can make kids with bipolar even worse, even if they have co-morbid ADHD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 70231, member: 1550"] Welcome, and realize you're not alone. I have a few questions: 1/ Is he seeing a psychiatrist? 2/ Has he ever seen a neuropsychologist to see if something was missed when the Psychiatrist or Psycologist gave him a slew of psychiatric diagnosis? With her many diagnosis., I'd also want somebody to evaluate her for high functioning autism--NeuroPsychs often catch that when others don't. 3/How long was he on Depakote? It takes eight full weeks at a therapeutic level to kick in. Some trials are stopped too soon. 4/Are there any psychiatric problems on either side of his family tree? I'm guessing there are. Any substance abuse? Suicide? Neurological problems? 5/Have you read "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene? If not, get it! It can help until you find out what the main issue is with this child--or at least get his stable on medications. 6/How was his early development--talking, motor skills? Did he cuddle? Does he understand how to socialize? 7/ Does he have an IEP at school? 8/Has he had any genetic testing? There is something called Cardiovascular Facial Syndome (or something like that). Some kids who have certain heart problems have an entire syndrome which can cause extremely erratic behavior. My son had heart surgery at birth and he had this genetic test to rule out the syndrome. We were all shocked--everyone thought he had it, but he doesn't. Others will also come along, but I'm doubting that an ADHD will help much--there is a lot more than ADHD going on here. ADHD medications can make kids with bipolar even worse, even if they have co-morbid ADHD. [/QUOTE]
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