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No Stimulants work! ADHD/ODD, 7 yr old
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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 340478" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>There are a few on my side of the family that have the diagnosis, but none that are biologically related to her...my step-father does, and so does our oldest difficult child...but she belongs to my husband and not me, while the little one belongs to me and not my husband, so again no biological connection...</p><p>I don't know much about the medical history on her dad's side of the family though, so maybe...</p><p>I took her to a child psychiatrist and explained what was going on...told her that my gut says she doesn't have ADHD, and that I would prefer to steer away from Stimulants if possible uniless everything else was ruled out...and she agreed with me. She did the testing and said bipolar and we hit it right on the head. They weren't reluctant to diagnose it, but medication was hard, because they all seem to want to use Abilify for BiPolar (BP) kids, and it made her too tired during the day, and I asked for Lamictal, and at her age, it was not the first choice...but eventually they did it and it all worked out. I even let her keep the Abilify at night so she could sleep...</p><p>Anywho, it was very nice chatting with you...I am off to work, but I will be back at some point tonight. I hope we get a chance to talk some more--seems we have a lot in common! or, at least our difficult children do....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 340478, member: 3527"] There are a few on my side of the family that have the diagnosis, but none that are biologically related to her...my step-father does, and so does our oldest difficult child...but she belongs to my husband and not me, while the little one belongs to me and not my husband, so again no biological connection... I don't know much about the medical history on her dad's side of the family though, so maybe... I took her to a child psychiatrist and explained what was going on...told her that my gut says she doesn't have ADHD, and that I would prefer to steer away from Stimulants if possible uniless everything else was ruled out...and she agreed with me. She did the testing and said bipolar and we hit it right on the head. They weren't reluctant to diagnose it, but medication was hard, because they all seem to want to use Abilify for BiPolar (BP) kids, and it made her too tired during the day, and I asked for Lamictal, and at her age, it was not the first choice...but eventually they did it and it all worked out. I even let her keep the Abilify at night so she could sleep... Anywho, it was very nice chatting with you...I am off to work, but I will be back at some point tonight. I hope we get a chance to talk some more--seems we have a lot in common! or, at least our difficult children do.... [/QUOTE]
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