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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 485527" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well, awareness is a big reason, but I've too seen kids diagnosed mostly with Aspergers who seem normal to me. I've also seen some who are far less functional than my son (who was diagnosed Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified) but a feel good diagnosis is Aspergers. in my opinion layman's opinion, Aspergers should not be diagnosed at all unless the person is not functioning. But I'm not the expert. Like everything else that you can't test for, it's the evaluator's subjective opinion. ADHD/bipolar/Aspergers are often used interchangeably. Anyhow, the short answer is, I agree with most of what Hound Dog said.</p><p></p><p>Look, psychiatry keeps changing. When I was 23, and the dinosaurs roamed the earth <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />, I had a diagnosis of "manic depression." Then it was bipolar II. Now it is mood dysregulation disorder. I am also sure I have borderline, which I've worked very hard at controlling, but it was never diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>We are learning more and more about the mind, and sometimes we learn we have made mistakes. Until we have blood tests....every diagnosis is just the evaluator's best guess. Aspergers wasn't in the DSM ten years ago. So it goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 485527, member: 1550"] Well, awareness is a big reason, but I've too seen kids diagnosed mostly with Aspergers who seem normal to me. I've also seen some who are far less functional than my son (who was diagnosed Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified) but a feel good diagnosis is Aspergers. in my opinion layman's opinion, Aspergers should not be diagnosed at all unless the person is not functioning. But I'm not the expert. Like everything else that you can't test for, it's the evaluator's subjective opinion. ADHD/bipolar/Aspergers are often used interchangeably. Anyhow, the short answer is, I agree with most of what Hound Dog said. Look, psychiatry keeps changing. When I was 23, and the dinosaurs roamed the earth :), I had a diagnosis of "manic depression." Then it was bipolar II. Now it is mood dysregulation disorder. I am also sure I have borderline, which I've worked very hard at controlling, but it was never diagnosed. We are learning more and more about the mind, and sometimes we learn we have made mistakes. Until we have blood tests....every diagnosis is just the evaluator's best guess. Aspergers wasn't in the DSM ten years ago. So it goes. [/QUOTE]
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