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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 43022" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Based on the things my psychiatrist has said, i will second smallword's reply above. my psychiatrist has used the terms depression and manic (mostly depression) and anxiety in discussing my son and has switched him to lamictal. we discussed the fact that this is not an exact science at our last visit.</p><p></p><p>one thing i will point out- my son was tested by the pschologist in the psychiatrist's office last year because erratic behavior had just started a few months earlier and i had to have some idea of what was going on with him- the testing was also suggested because i was told it would be helpful for use at school. and, i was told that if the school did the testing, it usually was a little skewed to the teachers' perspective, at least in this area. the results include recommendations that can be used at school.</p><p></p><p>the testing did help but, it has left us in the same place you are already anyway. and, the diagnosis came back as depression and disruptive behavior disorder, not otherwise specified. As I mentioned, it now looks like the disruptive behavior might be mania and i'm not sure the therapist we saw last year approached it as anything other than "a spoiled kid with a bad mom". i'm sure that's the way the school has treated us. anyway, now i am shooting for having another extensive evaluation done this year by someone else. it might not be any more definitive, but there is another year of "history" to take into account.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 43022, member: 3699"] Based on the things my psychiatrist has said, i will second smallword's reply above. my psychiatrist has used the terms depression and manic (mostly depression) and anxiety in discussing my son and has switched him to lamictal. we discussed the fact that this is not an exact science at our last visit. one thing i will point out- my son was tested by the pschologist in the psychiatrist's office last year because erratic behavior had just started a few months earlier and i had to have some idea of what was going on with him- the testing was also suggested because i was told it would be helpful for use at school. and, i was told that if the school did the testing, it usually was a little skewed to the teachers' perspective, at least in this area. the results include recommendations that can be used at school. the testing did help but, it has left us in the same place you are already anyway. and, the diagnosis came back as depression and disruptive behavior disorder, not otherwise specified. As I mentioned, it now looks like the disruptive behavior might be mania and i'm not sure the therapist we saw last year approached it as anything other than "a spoiled kid with a bad mom". i'm sure that's the way the school has treated us. anyway, now i am shooting for having another extensive evaluation done this year by someone else. it might not be any more definitive, but there is another year of "history" to take into account. [/QUOTE]
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