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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 729720" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>It is not yet possible to verify any diagnosis, adult or child, for a psychiatric illness. We as parents can believe the diagnosis is right but I have had many psychiatrists tell me that there are no guarantees since there are no blood tests to prove anything. I know you can get a ton of diagnoses because I did. Manic Depressive (I don't get manic), bipolar Ii ( possible), unipolar depression (made some sense did not explain when I had mixed states or rarely hypomania), anxiety (no brainier), panic disorder and get generalized anxiety disorder. My latest and to Mr best is Mood Disorder not otherwise specified and I am doing well. No deep depression for decades.</p><p></p><p>I have been a client from 23 to now 64 and have watched psychiatry change its views. Autism, when I started out, was wrongly defined as a form of schizophrenia caused by refrigerator mom's (cold mothers). In fact all psychiatric problems then were blamed on Mom. I had a horrible mother but I know and knew even back then that I was born with these symptoms. Her parenting was just beside the point. Maybe genetics caused Thankfully psychiatry evolved and changed.</p><p></p><p>That is the point. Because psychiatry is not an exact science, as my neuropsychologist said to me "Even at Mayo Clinic we make mistakes all the time. There are no blood tests." HE told ME that and he was not the first. I respected his honesty.</p><p></p><p>This does not mean we should not take our doctor's seriously, but it doesn't hurt to be skeptical and be cautious, even as an adult.</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, and nobody has to listen, forty years of being in the mental health system has taught me to tell everyone to be cautious, question, get second opinions and do not necessarily agree to use potent medications. It is harder to figure out what is wrong with children because they have not grown up yet. There is controversey about the ability to predict who will show bipolar symptoms as an adult. I have read articles about that too and anyone can look it up. There are no absolutes ih psychiatry especially with kids. But even in adults.</p><p></p><p> I speak as somebody who was a sad and temperamental child and had my first horrible depression at 13. I think a mood disorder diagnosis for me as a kid would have been brilliant. It came to fruition. But back then there were no child psychiatrists and nobody gave me medications and I'm glad for that. </p><p></p><p>We have nothing but our own experiences and I urge all to take what they need and leave the rest. This was my own real life experience and I am sharing it.</p><p></p><p>This is an old thread. I doubt the OP is still here. I was responding to the wuestion about what medications work.</p><p></p><p>Love and light!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 729720, member: 1550"] It is not yet possible to verify any diagnosis, adult or child, for a psychiatric illness. We as parents can believe the diagnosis is right but I have had many psychiatrists tell me that there are no guarantees since there are no blood tests to prove anything. I know you can get a ton of diagnoses because I did. Manic Depressive (I don't get manic), bipolar Ii ( possible), unipolar depression (made some sense did not explain when I had mixed states or rarely hypomania), anxiety (no brainier), panic disorder and get generalized anxiety disorder. My latest and to Mr best is Mood Disorder not otherwise specified and I am doing well. No deep depression for decades. I have been a client from 23 to now 64 and have watched psychiatry change its views. Autism, when I started out, was wrongly defined as a form of schizophrenia caused by refrigerator mom's (cold mothers). In fact all psychiatric problems then were blamed on Mom. I had a horrible mother but I know and knew even back then that I was born with these symptoms. Her parenting was just beside the point. Maybe genetics caused Thankfully psychiatry evolved and changed. That is the point. Because psychiatry is not an exact science, as my neuropsychologist said to me "Even at Mayo Clinic we make mistakes all the time. There are no blood tests." HE told ME that and he was not the first. I respected his honesty. This does not mean we should not take our doctor's seriously, but it doesn't hurt to be skeptical and be cautious, even as an adult. For what it's worth, and nobody has to listen, forty years of being in the mental health system has taught me to tell everyone to be cautious, question, get second opinions and do not necessarily agree to use potent medications. It is harder to figure out what is wrong with children because they have not grown up yet. There is controversey about the ability to predict who will show bipolar symptoms as an adult. I have read articles about that too and anyone can look it up. There are no absolutes ih psychiatry especially with kids. But even in adults. I speak as somebody who was a sad and temperamental child and had my first horrible depression at 13. I think a mood disorder diagnosis for me as a kid would have been brilliant. It came to fruition. But back then there were no child psychiatrists and nobody gave me medications and I'm glad for that. We have nothing but our own experiences and I urge all to take what they need and leave the rest. This was my own real life experience and I am sharing it. This is an old thread. I doubt the OP is still here. I was responding to the wuestion about what medications work. Love and light!! [/QUOTE]
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