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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 55657" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>From reading your description, and the reactions to stimulants (and without having a signature to see the family history), I'd have him re-evaluated, and I would highly recommend a neuropsychologist or a Child Psychiatrist (with the MD) or both (we needed both to get an accurate picture). All diagnosis. are subjective, since there are no blood tests, and often the first diagnosis. is wrong. Look at the history of your family. Are there any mood disorders or substance abuse in the family tree? Neurological disorders? Learning Disability (LD) problems? A neuropsychologist does intensive testing and can often pinpoint disorders that other professionals can't because they just don't look for them. in my opinion just talking to a child isn't enough to figure out what's wrong. At least, it did not work well for us. The testing told us tons. As for medications, we threw ADHD medications at my kid, then bipolar medications--both were wrong diagnoses, so I try to advise other parents to be careful and get the total evaluation and even a second opinion. My son was a puzzle, but I feel sort of guilty too--I allowed him to be put on over ten medications for disorders he didn't even have. In his case he has high functioning autism and doesn't need medications at all, in fact medications for ADHD made him aggressive and Prozac was worse. FYI, Straterra is an antidepressant and is known to cause trouble with kids who have mood disorders. I hope this helps. Good luck, whatever you decide to try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 55657, member: 1550"] From reading your description, and the reactions to stimulants (and without having a signature to see the family history), I'd have him re-evaluated, and I would highly recommend a neuropsychologist or a Child Psychiatrist (with the MD) or both (we needed both to get an accurate picture). All diagnosis. are subjective, since there are no blood tests, and often the first diagnosis. is wrong. Look at the history of your family. Are there any mood disorders or substance abuse in the family tree? Neurological disorders? Learning Disability (LD) problems? A neuropsychologist does intensive testing and can often pinpoint disorders that other professionals can't because they just don't look for them. in my opinion just talking to a child isn't enough to figure out what's wrong. At least, it did not work well for us. The testing told us tons. As for medications, we threw ADHD medications at my kid, then bipolar medications--both were wrong diagnoses, so I try to advise other parents to be careful and get the total evaluation and even a second opinion. My son was a puzzle, but I feel sort of guilty too--I allowed him to be put on over ten medications for disorders he didn't even have. In his case he has high functioning autism and doesn't need medications at all, in fact medications for ADHD made him aggressive and Prozac was worse. FYI, Straterra is an antidepressant and is known to cause trouble with kids who have mood disorders. I hope this helps. Good luck, whatever you decide to try. [/QUOTE]
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