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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 485511" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>This is an interesting discussion. First to Janet: Yes, you are right. I did think so and now I'm not even sure there is a bipolar in kids. But I'm not a doctor and I am not getting paid to make these judgments. Secondly, part of the reason autism has increased is awareness of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and Aspergers. in my opinion, which again is not scientific or based on anything other than my opinion, bipolar may not even really exist in kids (mood disorders, yes, but bipolar, I am not convinced) and doctors DO diagnose it fast and prescribe very serious medications for it. Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified/even ADHD can all benefit a lot from interventions of similarity. I've learned a lot since I've been here and am glad I have. Part was experience. Part was you folks. </p><p></p><p>I do think medications are valuable. I think it is very hard to diagnose many children correctly and, in hindsight (which I did n Occupational Therapist (OT) have when Sonic was little) I think everything should be tried first before medications. And then I think they should be tried conservatively...one at a time...to see if it benefits the child and if there are side effects. When a doctor puts kids on two medications at one time, for example, and t he child is obviously not right, it's hard to know which medication is causing the behavior. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, psychiatry is an inexact science. There are many mistakes made. I am not sure we are at the point yet where we can always know exactly what is wrong. Also, even among those rightly diagnosed, medications may take time. I will go back to myself. I've been depressed all my life. It took ten years to find an antidepressant that really worked for me (sigh). And quite a few made me ill. And what helps me so much (paroxatene) is toxic to other people. It is all so confusing in my opinion...</p><p></p><p>I don't think parents should ever feel badly about medicating children unless they are willfully trying to make them comatose for their convenience and we don't have any parents like that here. I think the problem, if there is one, is more psychiatrist related.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 485511, member: 1550"] This is an interesting discussion. First to Janet: Yes, you are right. I did think so and now I'm not even sure there is a bipolar in kids. But I'm not a doctor and I am not getting paid to make these judgments. Secondly, part of the reason autism has increased is awareness of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and Aspergers. in my opinion, which again is not scientific or based on anything other than my opinion, bipolar may not even really exist in kids (mood disorders, yes, but bipolar, I am not convinced) and doctors DO diagnose it fast and prescribe very serious medications for it. Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified/even ADHD can all benefit a lot from interventions of similarity. I've learned a lot since I've been here and am glad I have. Part was experience. Part was you folks. I do think medications are valuable. I think it is very hard to diagnose many children correctly and, in hindsight (which I did n Occupational Therapist (OT) have when Sonic was little) I think everything should be tried first before medications. And then I think they should be tried conservatively...one at a time...to see if it benefits the child and if there are side effects. When a doctor puts kids on two medications at one time, for example, and t he child is obviously not right, it's hard to know which medication is causing the behavior. Unfortunately, psychiatry is an inexact science. There are many mistakes made. I am not sure we are at the point yet where we can always know exactly what is wrong. Also, even among those rightly diagnosed, medications may take time. I will go back to myself. I've been depressed all my life. It took ten years to find an antidepressant that really worked for me (sigh). And quite a few made me ill. And what helps me so much (paroxatene) is toxic to other people. It is all so confusing in my opinion... I don't think parents should ever feel badly about medicating children unless they are willfully trying to make them comatose for their convenience and we don't have any parents like that here. I think the problem, if there is one, is more psychiatrist related. [/QUOTE]
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