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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 567594" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Anger and Depression in teen males is OFTEN... secondary. As in - there is something else major going on, and not having whatever "that" is identified and appropriately treated can result in all sorts of anger and/or depression - and in males in general, anger is often a front for depression.</p><p></p><p>ADHD is... a tricky diagnosis. Not anything wrong with that, and it might even be partially correct, but...</p><p>1) ADHD is most often accompanied by "other stuff". There are a few people who are "just" ADHD (I have a kid like that). But MOST with ADHD are ADHD "plus"... other stuff. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), sensory processing disorder (SPD), LDs... and those are just as major as the ADHD, or more so. Or, it can be ADHD plus another mental health condition - given his Dad's dxes, there may be some biological tendency towards these issues.</p><p>2) ADHD can be an initial diagnosis, when the real diagnosis is something like Aspie or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), or some of the MI dxes like Bi-Polar, for one. </p><p></p><p>If in fact he really IS an ADHD kid... in our experience, the most effective medications are the "controlled substances".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 567594, member: 11791"] Anger and Depression in teen males is OFTEN... secondary. As in - there is something else major going on, and not having whatever "that" is identified and appropriately treated can result in all sorts of anger and/or depression - and in males in general, anger is often a front for depression. ADHD is... a tricky diagnosis. Not anything wrong with that, and it might even be partially correct, but... 1) ADHD is most often accompanied by "other stuff". There are a few people who are "just" ADHD (I have a kid like that). But MOST with ADHD are ADHD "plus"... other stuff. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), sensory processing disorder (SPD), LDs... and those are just as major as the ADHD, or more so. Or, it can be ADHD plus another mental health condition - given his Dad's dxes, there may be some biological tendency towards these issues. 2) ADHD can be an initial diagnosis, when the real diagnosis is something like Aspie or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), or some of the MI dxes like Bi-Polar, for one. If in fact he really IS an ADHD kid... in our experience, the most effective medications are the "controlled substances". [/QUOTE]
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