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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 236886" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>In a word, I recommend dumping anyone who thinks you can stop his over-the-top behavior with behavior modification. in my opinion, that works for "normal kids", not ours. I would see a neuropsychologist. Teachers comments don't tell the doctor what's wrong. They are educators, not professionals. And her "What are YOU going to do about it?" sounds like a waste of time. He is sick. What is SHE going to do about diagnosing him? I so head for the hills when a therapist tries to act like really strange behavior in a child is because the child is a "brat" or "spoiled." If t his were my kid I'd be on the phone with the neuropsychologist and also want a new Psychiatrist. She didn't do the sort of testing neuropsychologist's do and she is insinuating that you can "cure" him by being tougher on him. In fact, in my opinion that's bad advice. He isn't "bad", he is in some way wired differently than other kids. in my opinion this isn't a keeper. The doctor should be telling you to get a neuropsychologist evaluation since she really isn't sure what is going on. A laundry list of diagnosis usually means, "I have no idea so I'm not going to leave anything out, and, on top of it, I'll tell you that part of it is YOUR fault. It can't be ME. It can't be that I don't know the real answer because, well, because *I* went to medication school." This not only happens in psychiatry, but in regular medicine too. You have to go with who you trust. My own personal opinion is that I would not trust this one or the therapist if she is of the same ilk. And I would not want my kid on any medications before a neuropsychologist agrees that this child really is bipolar and that there is no other option. And it may be that there is none, but she really didn't do all that much to come to her conclusion. There are "diagnoses of the day." First is was ADHD and now it is bipolar. Certainly many kids DO have bipolar, but when a diagnosis gets trendy you have to make sure that the child really has it because of the heavy medication that the disorder requires. Some of us were told our kids had bipolar and were blindsided when it turned out to be a high form of autism. The treatment for the two disorders are entirely different, even if the symptoms SOMETIMES can confuse a Psychiatrist (part of the problem is that too many Psychiatrists know nothing about neurological differences). Ok, so I've rambled on and on...lol. It's interesting to be a patient as well as a mom. I had a very serious mood/anxiety disorder that my mother says goes back to infancy. I was a very atypical child and have had many differences all of my life. Since my new medication combo, my life has been good. Until then, it was, at best, challening for myself and others. Along the way, I learend A LOT--like I trust self-help groups and their members a lot more than many therapists. I got more help from self-help groups than most therapists I've seen. They come with their own baggage. I worked for a group of Psychologists once and we knew their stories. A more screwed up bunch of people I never met...lol. One was a cocaine addict and he still saw patients...lol. Ok, take care <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 236886, member: 1550"] In a word, I recommend dumping anyone who thinks you can stop his over-the-top behavior with behavior modification. in my opinion, that works for "normal kids", not ours. I would see a neuropsychologist. Teachers comments don't tell the doctor what's wrong. They are educators, not professionals. And her "What are YOU going to do about it?" sounds like a waste of time. He is sick. What is SHE going to do about diagnosing him? I so head for the hills when a therapist tries to act like really strange behavior in a child is because the child is a "brat" or "spoiled." If t his were my kid I'd be on the phone with the neuropsychologist and also want a new Psychiatrist. She didn't do the sort of testing neuropsychologist's do and she is insinuating that you can "cure" him by being tougher on him. In fact, in my opinion that's bad advice. He isn't "bad", he is in some way wired differently than other kids. in my opinion this isn't a keeper. The doctor should be telling you to get a neuropsychologist evaluation since she really isn't sure what is going on. A laundry list of diagnosis usually means, "I have no idea so I'm not going to leave anything out, and, on top of it, I'll tell you that part of it is YOUR fault. It can't be ME. It can't be that I don't know the real answer because, well, because *I* went to medication school." This not only happens in psychiatry, but in regular medicine too. You have to go with who you trust. My own personal opinion is that I would not trust this one or the therapist if she is of the same ilk. And I would not want my kid on any medications before a neuropsychologist agrees that this child really is bipolar and that there is no other option. And it may be that there is none, but she really didn't do all that much to come to her conclusion. There are "diagnoses of the day." First is was ADHD and now it is bipolar. Certainly many kids DO have bipolar, but when a diagnosis gets trendy you have to make sure that the child really has it because of the heavy medication that the disorder requires. Some of us were told our kids had bipolar and were blindsided when it turned out to be a high form of autism. The treatment for the two disorders are entirely different, even if the symptoms SOMETIMES can confuse a Psychiatrist (part of the problem is that too many Psychiatrists know nothing about neurological differences). Ok, so I've rambled on and on...lol. It's interesting to be a patient as well as a mom. I had a very serious mood/anxiety disorder that my mother says goes back to infancy. I was a very atypical child and have had many differences all of my life. Since my new medication combo, my life has been good. Until then, it was, at best, challening for myself and others. Along the way, I learend A LOT--like I trust self-help groups and their members a lot more than many therapists. I got more help from self-help groups than most therapists I've seen. They come with their own baggage. I worked for a group of Psychologists once and we knew their stories. A more screwed up bunch of people I never met...lol. One was a cocaine addict and he still saw patients...lol. Ok, take care :) [/QUOTE]
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