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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 566285" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>This may not be your situation at all but I want to share the idea because I've seen this over and over being on evaluation teams and having peer parents with a story similar to yours. Most people in the mental health field ( psychologists and psychiatrists & social workers &counselors ) will only give a diagnosis in the mental Health arena. Many of our kids with neuro developmental disabilities or challenges could easily have the same diagnosis yours do and in fact mine does (and talk about an obvious over riding diagnosis! He.had a brain injury for gosh sakes!) Still, if we.have to go to a psychiatric hospital, he gets labeled with a mood disorder or anxiety or a behavior disorder, lol. They need it to pay for the services. But any time interventions or therapies geared for those disorders have been tried? Horrible!!!</p><p>If the interventions are not helping and they're admitting they can't teach skills until she is medicated (may be perfectly true ) it could be you want to explore options. </p><p></p><p>I have had many clients who start out with a classic set....anxiety +adhd and often +odd who end up years and years later getting a diagnosis of being somewhere on the autism spectrum often Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or Aspergers. Other later diagnosis is less frequently childhood bipolar. </p><p>Some really do just have their own thing! And adhd and anxiety and odd may be the only way to approach it. I just want to give you hope of options. Losing time being with people who feel secure but aren't really helping may be something to reconsider. And, be prepared. They would not likely agree to this and they will probably say it's not needed. But they don't have ultimate responsibility for the best choices so you have to do what you feel is right. </p><p></p><p>So, a neuropsychologist is not your average psychologist. They have extensive neurology training. So really worth the effort to check out that option. You might get new ideas.</p><p></p><p>I.have to check your posts....are your kids in activities? Do they have friends? Do they have any interests or hobbies? Gifted kids absolutely have unique challenges but also they could have other challenges. Do your kids have any sensitivity to clothing tags, socks, noises, smells? Or, Do they seek jumping crashing, loud things etc? Some kids are either under or overly sensitive to stimuli. Can look like adhd. Worth an occupational therapy evaluation if you notice such things at all. </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry it's rough now. I live for the time my son is out with his caregivers. $18/15 minutes! Thank heaven for funding, I've never once had a normal babysitter. No one would or could.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 566285, member: 12886"] This may not be your situation at all but I want to share the idea because I've seen this over and over being on evaluation teams and having peer parents with a story similar to yours. Most people in the mental health field ( psychologists and psychiatrists & social workers &counselors ) will only give a diagnosis in the mental Health arena. Many of our kids with neuro developmental disabilities or challenges could easily have the same diagnosis yours do and in fact mine does (and talk about an obvious over riding diagnosis! He.had a brain injury for gosh sakes!) Still, if we.have to go to a psychiatric hospital, he gets labeled with a mood disorder or anxiety or a behavior disorder, lol. They need it to pay for the services. But any time interventions or therapies geared for those disorders have been tried? Horrible!!! If the interventions are not helping and they're admitting they can't teach skills until she is medicated (may be perfectly true ) it could be you want to explore options. I have had many clients who start out with a classic set....anxiety +adhd and often +odd who end up years and years later getting a diagnosis of being somewhere on the autism spectrum often Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or Aspergers. Other later diagnosis is less frequently childhood bipolar. Some really do just have their own thing! And adhd and anxiety and odd may be the only way to approach it. I just want to give you hope of options. Losing time being with people who feel secure but aren't really helping may be something to reconsider. And, be prepared. They would not likely agree to this and they will probably say it's not needed. But they don't have ultimate responsibility for the best choices so you have to do what you feel is right. So, a neuropsychologist is not your average psychologist. They have extensive neurology training. So really worth the effort to check out that option. You might get new ideas. I.have to check your posts....are your kids in activities? Do they have friends? Do they have any interests or hobbies? Gifted kids absolutely have unique challenges but also they could have other challenges. Do your kids have any sensitivity to clothing tags, socks, noises, smells? Or, Do they seek jumping crashing, loud things etc? Some kids are either under or overly sensitive to stimuli. Can look like adhd. Worth an occupational therapy evaluation if you notice such things at all. I'm sorry it's rough now. I live for the time my son is out with his caregivers. $18/15 minutes! Thank heaven for funding, I've never once had a normal babysitter. No one would or could. [/QUOTE]
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