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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 289126" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are also sensitive to medications. MY son became truly manic on Prozac. You don't have to have bipolar to get manic on antidepressants. Does your son ever get depressed? </p><p>My son seemed constantly manicky. That made me suspcious too. He didn't seem like a sad kid. Anxious, yes. Strange, YES!!!! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /> Meltdowns? Yes, short ones. But he didn't spend a lot of time too immobile and lethargic to function or sad. Frustrated, absolutely. But not depressed. Yeah, it can be very hard to tell the difference. That's why you may keep needing to evaluate him as he gets older and more stuff shows up. </p><p>Does he engage in imaginative play? Many, many, if not most, BiPolar (BP) kids are VERY creative. I used to play with my dolls until I was eleven years old. I put them to sleep each night, and I really wondered if they were real. I covered them. I fed them. I had a whole little family in my room. I wrote stories from age two on. I had an imaginery friend named Tandy. I was known at school for being a dork <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> but the kids did appreciate my creativity very early on, even if they thought I was immature and strange.</p><p>Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids tend to have little and limited imaginery play and get obsessed with the darndest things, such as the alphabet, geography, radios, lightswitches, you get my drift. And they don't really converse. They monologue at people with annoys kids who want to have a conversation. Their eye contact tends to be "iffy" to poor, especially with strangers. BiPolar (BP) kids can make good, strong eye contact and hold a give-and-take conversation. </p><p>Just a few of the differences. I still think a neuropsychologist evaluation would help you figure out what is going on. If he has both Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and bipolar, as he gets older you will know it. If he doesn't, his moodiness will improve with interventions. </p><p>Ripserdal is one of the most common medications prescribed for spectrum kids who have freak out when frustrated. They gave it to L., but he reacted badly to it. </p><p>I'd keep evaluating him every other year just as if he had some sort of low grade fever that you couldn't pin down. It's not really all that different. Psychiatry is just guesswork. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is neurological, but there is still no blood test to confirm it. Ditto for bipolar. You really need a sharp diagnostician.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 289126, member: 1550"] Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are also sensitive to medications. MY son became truly manic on Prozac. You don't have to have bipolar to get manic on antidepressants. Does your son ever get depressed? My son seemed constantly manicky. That made me suspcious too. He didn't seem like a sad kid. Anxious, yes. Strange, YES!!!! :knockedout: Meltdowns? Yes, short ones. But he didn't spend a lot of time too immobile and lethargic to function or sad. Frustrated, absolutely. But not depressed. Yeah, it can be very hard to tell the difference. That's why you may keep needing to evaluate him as he gets older and more stuff shows up. Does he engage in imaginative play? Many, many, if not most, BiPolar (BP) kids are VERY creative. I used to play with my dolls until I was eleven years old. I put them to sleep each night, and I really wondered if they were real. I covered them. I fed them. I had a whole little family in my room. I wrote stories from age two on. I had an imaginery friend named Tandy. I was known at school for being a dork :raspberry-tounge: but the kids did appreciate my creativity very early on, even if they thought I was immature and strange. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids tend to have little and limited imaginery play and get obsessed with the darndest things, such as the alphabet, geography, radios, lightswitches, you get my drift. And they don't really converse. They monologue at people with annoys kids who want to have a conversation. Their eye contact tends to be "iffy" to poor, especially with strangers. BiPolar (BP) kids can make good, strong eye contact and hold a give-and-take conversation. Just a few of the differences. I still think a neuropsychologist evaluation would help you figure out what is going on. If he has both Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and bipolar, as he gets older you will know it. If he doesn't, his moodiness will improve with interventions. Ripserdal is one of the most common medications prescribed for spectrum kids who have freak out when frustrated. They gave it to L., but he reacted badly to it. I'd keep evaluating him every other year just as if he had some sort of low grade fever that you couldn't pin down. It's not really all that different. Psychiatry is just guesswork. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is neurological, but there is still no blood test to confirm it. Ditto for bipolar. You really need a sharp diagnostician. [/QUOTE]
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