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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 122356" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>In addition to The Explosive Child, you might look into Love & Logic. They have a great website (<a href="http://www.loveandlogic.com" target="_blank">www.loveandlogic.com</a> withall sorts of stuff - I find that even the stuff aimed at teachers can be very helpful) and one book specifically for Early Childhood. I think the title is L&L Magic for Early childhood, but could be off a bit.</p><p> </p><p>Also, it would be worth reading, or at least skimming, The Bipolar Child by Dmitri Papalous. I wish we had ruled OUT bipolar before handling anything else, because it is so very hard on both you and your child to do a complete medications wash (come off all medications and be off a while) to then see if mood stabilizers will be what is needed.</p><p> </p><p>I really WISH I had known this BEFORE we started medications with my son. So I will pass the info on to you. Many things I have read about pediatric psychiatry say to rule bipolar OUT before you treat anything else. Most docs don't want to do this, because bipolar is such a tough illness to treat. </p><p> </p><p>Bipolar is best to rule OUT first because many many medications make it worse. The yelling and rage and hate, then the lovey dovey stuff make me wonder if he is cycling from mania to depression and back. Kids just show this stuff differently than adults do. And sometimes people iwth bipolar get "stuck" in a mixed state of both mania AND depression.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you can get the help you all need. Many here are very experienced, and I would say a very large &#37; of us started off with ODD &/or ADHD diagnosis, only to find later that it was soemthing totally different.</p><p> </p><p>Hugs,</p><p> </p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 122356, member: 1233"] In addition to The Explosive Child, you might look into Love & Logic. They have a great website ([URL="http://www.loveandlogic.com"]www.loveandlogic.com[/URL] withall sorts of stuff - I find that even the stuff aimed at teachers can be very helpful) and one book specifically for Early Childhood. I think the title is L&L Magic for Early childhood, but could be off a bit. Also, it would be worth reading, or at least skimming, The Bipolar Child by Dmitri Papalous. I wish we had ruled OUT bipolar before handling anything else, because it is so very hard on both you and your child to do a complete medications wash (come off all medications and be off a while) to then see if mood stabilizers will be what is needed. I really WISH I had known this BEFORE we started medications with my son. So I will pass the info on to you. Many things I have read about pediatric psychiatry say to rule bipolar OUT before you treat anything else. Most docs don't want to do this, because bipolar is such a tough illness to treat. Bipolar is best to rule OUT first because many many medications make it worse. The yelling and rage and hate, then the lovey dovey stuff make me wonder if he is cycling from mania to depression and back. Kids just show this stuff differently than adults do. And sometimes people iwth bipolar get "stuck" in a mixed state of both mania AND depression. I hope you can get the help you all need. Many here are very experienced, and I would say a very large % of us started off with ODD &/or ADHD diagnosis, only to find later that it was soemthing totally different. Hugs, Susie [/QUOTE]
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