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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 88464" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Janna, I think MANY "bipolar" kids are actually spectrum kids. The psychiatrist thought Lucas was "hearing voices" because when asked if he heard voices, my very literal son said, "yes." The doctor got very interested and asked whose voice he hears. He said, "Lots of voices." He asked, "Do they tell you what to do?" He said, "Sometimes." When I asked Lucas about this years later he said, "I always hear voices. I'm hearing my voice now and I just heard YOUR voice." Grrrrrrrrrrrr. He also talks to his videogames in his room...lol. I was told Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids often talk out loud because they understand better if they verbalize. But he certainly knows not to do that in public. There is no way my boy is mentally ill in any way. He DOES get angry and frustrated at times, but that's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). He has gotten tons better with all his help. I don't know why the psychiatrist hung onto the bipolar diagnosis. even when I reported he wasn't moody, unless he had a change in his routine. And with his early speech problems, head banging, echoing, etc...I don't get it. I think doctors are too specialized. MANY psychiatrists plain don't know squat about High-Functioning Autism (HFA) because it's not a psychiataric disorder. When i confronted old psychiatrist on this, he said, "He CAN'T be autistic. If he WAS, he couldn't go from one room to the next room without screaming." WTH?????? Oh, well. Hey, write me. If you want to talk about it, call me. It's very irritating to have these doctors hand out wrong diagnosis. and then stick to their guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 88464, member: 1550"] Janna, I think MANY "bipolar" kids are actually spectrum kids. The psychiatrist thought Lucas was "hearing voices" because when asked if he heard voices, my very literal son said, "yes." The doctor got very interested and asked whose voice he hears. He said, "Lots of voices." He asked, "Do they tell you what to do?" He said, "Sometimes." When I asked Lucas about this years later he said, "I always hear voices. I'm hearing my voice now and I just heard YOUR voice." Grrrrrrrrrrrr. He also talks to his videogames in his room...lol. I was told Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids often talk out loud because they understand better if they verbalize. But he certainly knows not to do that in public. There is no way my boy is mentally ill in any way. He DOES get angry and frustrated at times, but that's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). He has gotten tons better with all his help. I don't know why the psychiatrist hung onto the bipolar diagnosis. even when I reported he wasn't moody, unless he had a change in his routine. And with his early speech problems, head banging, echoing, etc...I don't get it. I think doctors are too specialized. MANY psychiatrists plain don't know squat about High-Functioning Autism (HFA) because it's not a psychiataric disorder. When i confronted old psychiatrist on this, he said, "He CAN'T be autistic. If he WAS, he couldn't go from one room to the next room without screaming." WTH?????? Oh, well. Hey, write me. If you want to talk about it, call me. It's very irritating to have these doctors hand out wrong diagnosis. and then stick to their guns. [/QUOTE]
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