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<blockquote data-quote="isis" data-source="post: 564709" data-attributes="member: 15590"><p>He had extensive neuropsychologist testing when he was 8 which showed his severe language based learning disability (he was also very disabled in math, but this is thought to be due to large extent to his poor visual memory which is part of what I call dyslexia because its easier. They did not respond at all to our extensive concerns about his behavior because they were so darned focused on his learning disability. She though he 'might' have ADHD (guess what, thats a learning disability, it helps to treat when you are this learning disabled!). A pscyhologist we had seen when he was 7 ws totally unhelpful, a pscyhologist we were seeing at the time who specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy but wasn't convinced he was 'anxious' which the neuropsychologist person thought he might be.</p><p>Finally when he was 10 we saw a psychologist whose eyes popped out of her head and jaw dropped open when she found out that no one had diagnosied him with adhd, which she thought he obviously had, severe, manifest primarily though not entirely by impulsivity. She also was quite convinced he was depressed and anxious. We started seeing a psychiatrist for the medications, who eventually recommended psychotherapy which he is getting. She continues to believe that he has anxiety with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) manifestations, depression, adhd. She also notes that kids like him: highly irritable and emotionally dysregulated. are a hot topic in psychiatry right now, that lots of research is going on (functional MRI stuff), lots of discussion and that there is acutually going to be a new DSM diagnosis that he will likely fit into. She notes that lots of them get bipolar diagnosis when that is probably not exactly what they have. </p><p>As soon as he went on citalopram, he was immediately noticably better and more jovial (this was a couple of years ago now). He has since marched up on the dose of that and abilify has been added. The medications seem to just stop working after awhile. Though he has also entered adolescence of course.</p><p>I think these diagnosis are the best they can do right now. I think he needs the medications. He does cycle in mood, I believe he has a mood disorder for sure.</p><p>He is very coordinated, he has always been above average verbally, his auditory memory is outstanding and I think his processing is too. But his visual processing is for sure seriously abnormal and he has been getting lots and lots of tutoring for that. He CAN be very empathetic, though has no insight into his own impact on others and if anything is hypervigilant about picking up others' emotional responses to things (unless he caused them, then Im not sure if he gets it), so I dont think he has aspergers, though he has some eccentricities that some would likely call aspergers like.</p><p>I'm hoping a therapeutic boarding school would a) help him with his depression and anxiety in a more intensive way b) help him learn moe appropriate behaviors in response to how he is feeling. He doesn't learn anything from us anymore, as far as I can tell.</p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="isis, post: 564709, member: 15590"] He had extensive neuropsychologist testing when he was 8 which showed his severe language based learning disability (he was also very disabled in math, but this is thought to be due to large extent to his poor visual memory which is part of what I call dyslexia because its easier. They did not respond at all to our extensive concerns about his behavior because they were so darned focused on his learning disability. She though he 'might' have ADHD (guess what, thats a learning disability, it helps to treat when you are this learning disabled!). A pscyhologist we had seen when he was 7 ws totally unhelpful, a pscyhologist we were seeing at the time who specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy but wasn't convinced he was 'anxious' which the neuropsychologist person thought he might be. Finally when he was 10 we saw a psychologist whose eyes popped out of her head and jaw dropped open when she found out that no one had diagnosied him with adhd, which she thought he obviously had, severe, manifest primarily though not entirely by impulsivity. She also was quite convinced he was depressed and anxious. We started seeing a psychiatrist for the medications, who eventually recommended psychotherapy which he is getting. She continues to believe that he has anxiety with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) manifestations, depression, adhd. She also notes that kids like him: highly irritable and emotionally dysregulated. are a hot topic in psychiatry right now, that lots of research is going on (functional MRI stuff), lots of discussion and that there is acutually going to be a new DSM diagnosis that he will likely fit into. She notes that lots of them get bipolar diagnosis when that is probably not exactly what they have. As soon as he went on citalopram, he was immediately noticably better and more jovial (this was a couple of years ago now). He has since marched up on the dose of that and abilify has been added. The medications seem to just stop working after awhile. Though he has also entered adolescence of course. I think these diagnosis are the best they can do right now. I think he needs the medications. He does cycle in mood, I believe he has a mood disorder for sure. He is very coordinated, he has always been above average verbally, his auditory memory is outstanding and I think his processing is too. But his visual processing is for sure seriously abnormal and he has been getting lots and lots of tutoring for that. He CAN be very empathetic, though has no insight into his own impact on others and if anything is hypervigilant about picking up others' emotional responses to things (unless he caused them, then Im not sure if he gets it), so I dont think he has aspergers, though he has some eccentricities that some would likely call aspergers like. I'm hoping a therapeutic boarding school would a) help him with his depression and anxiety in a more intensive way b) help him learn moe appropriate behaviors in response to how he is feeling. He doesn't learn anything from us anymore, as far as I can tell. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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