Well Lori,
Time to shake out the family tree on both sides I would say to create a parent report on your difficult child. http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/parent-input-multi-disciplinary-evaluation.10/
In my family, husband's fam has lots of BiPolar (BP), anxiety and depression, and sub abuse and alcohol issues. My side, certifiable, best guess would be aspie, adhd, BiPolar (BP), depression, a little schiz, sub abuse, with a gallon of alcohol on the side.
Everything I've read of recent times talks about there being a spectrum that runs from aspie to BiPolar (BP) with everything in between and various shades and overlaps. If both your husband and you have depression and BiPolar (BP) in your family, in addition to adhd, take a good look at pediatric BiPolar (BP), which can in some respects look like adhd but adhd on steroids...mean steroids lol.
We believe our difficult child is BiPolar (BP), and she definitely had adhd sx also. Sometimes they can be co-morbid.
Hope you like the book, I really liked his approach, easily readable and a fast read.
