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NYT Article--Debate over Children and Psychiatric
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 18355" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If I'd known then what I know now, my son would have not taken any medications until he had a clearer diagnosis. He was misdiagnosed with both ADHD/ODD and bipolar and put on a total of thirteen medications, in spite of the fact that we, the parents, saw autism symptoms in him. I won't got through the past ten years where every expert pooh-poohed the idea. Then, of course, research got better and they found Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and Aspergers syndrome and we took him to a neuropsychologist. Bottom line, he has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, a neurological, not psychiatric disorder and is doing GREAT medication free. It's been three years now and he's on the Spectrum, but getting help and is a happy, mellow kid. Bipolar AND ADHD are often misdiagnosed when the problem is actually neurological, like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). My son went from 78 pounds at seven to 150 pounds at 11, when the medications were removed. When I look back, the professionals certainly never gave him any testing--they just thought "oh, he's hyper" ADHD! Then, later, "oh, he throws tantrums" bipolar. It's frightening. I like NeuroPsychs because they actually run intensive batteries of tests that point to certain disorders rather before diagnosing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 18355, member: 1550"] If I'd known then what I know now, my son would have not taken any medications until he had a clearer diagnosis. He was misdiagnosed with both ADHD/ODD and bipolar and put on a total of thirteen medications, in spite of the fact that we, the parents, saw autism symptoms in him. I won't got through the past ten years where every expert pooh-poohed the idea. Then, of course, research got better and they found Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and Aspergers syndrome and we took him to a neuropsychologist. Bottom line, he has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, a neurological, not psychiatric disorder and is doing GREAT medication free. It's been three years now and he's on the Spectrum, but getting help and is a happy, mellow kid. Bipolar AND ADHD are often misdiagnosed when the problem is actually neurological, like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). My son went from 78 pounds at seven to 150 pounds at 11, when the medications were removed. When I look back, the professionals certainly never gave him any testing--they just thought "oh, he's hyper" ADHD! Then, later, "oh, he throws tantrums" bipolar. It's frightening. I like NeuroPsychs because they actually run intensive batteries of tests that point to certain disorders rather before diagnosing. [/QUOTE]
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