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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 189990" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Hi, Terry! You've gotten some good pointers and info here so I just wanted to send HUGS! I read your post on the other thread, too. I know what you mean about feeling like you just woke up from a nightmare, then having the devastating feeling when you realize all over again that it wasn't a nightmare. I have felt that several times over the past 2 years.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has a mood disorder- probably BiPolar (BP). He has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies, can't quit talking sometimes, and craves certain foods at times. I find myself wondering why he seems so defiant periodically after being so well-behaved and seemingly responsible and sweet for long periods. He goes thru clear "phases" of being interested in porn (which I have to stay one step ahead of to prevent/stop), stealing/sneaking, lieing, inability to sleep, acting impulsively, having compulsions- in contrast to periods of helping me out on his own initiative, being completely typical, a reprimand deterring him pushing boundaries, agreeable, level-headed, ambitious, etc.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure if Aspies have those compulsive periods or periods where they look ADHD. I'm not sure if Aspies have that same <em>type</em> of cycling either. (I don't know anything about Aspie to tell you the truth.) It wasn't clear at first that this is what was going on with my son-it became clearer after I saw that several of the manic/hypomanic signs happened concurrently when the "stable" behavior went away, and conversely, when the hypomanic/manic behavior stops, he's suddenly a good kid again. It's kind of like flipping a switch between having a great kid with no issues outside of typical teen issues (he'll never be perfect LOL!), and having a kid who has ADHD/ODD. Of course, true ADHD/ODD doesn't come and go (start and stop) like that. Teachers and administrators at school told me he got punished the way he did in 6th grade because he was acting like a kid who had ADHD but since they knew he didn't have it because he had gone months without acting that way, then it must be defiant behavior so he was getting punished to the max.</p><p></p><p>I'm curious- is it safer to start a difficult child out on mood stabilizers as a trial if he possibly is Aspie or is it safer to start out trying treatment for Aspie if he's possibly BiPolar (BP)/mood disorder? I hope they are either giving difficult child a break from all medications at the psychiatric hospital so they can see what specifically he is exhibiting without any medications; or checking out how he is without the stims he's been on and maybe trying a mood stabilizer. My difficult child came off his first medication (prozac) for about 6-8 weeks last summer so psychiatrist could see difficult child's "baseline". This is when things started coming out in an obvious way, but I would have much preferred that it had happened while in a psychiatric hospital, for several reasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 189990, member: 3699"] Hi, Terry! You've gotten some good pointers and info here so I just wanted to send HUGS! I read your post on the other thread, too. I know what you mean about feeling like you just woke up from a nightmare, then having the devastating feeling when you realize all over again that it wasn't a nightmare. I have felt that several times over the past 2 years. My difficult child has a mood disorder- probably BiPolar (BP). He has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies, can't quit talking sometimes, and craves certain foods at times. I find myself wondering why he seems so defiant periodically after being so well-behaved and seemingly responsible and sweet for long periods. He goes thru clear "phases" of being interested in porn (which I have to stay one step ahead of to prevent/stop), stealing/sneaking, lieing, inability to sleep, acting impulsively, having compulsions- in contrast to periods of helping me out on his own initiative, being completely typical, a reprimand deterring him pushing boundaries, agreeable, level-headed, ambitious, etc. I am not sure if Aspies have those compulsive periods or periods where they look ADHD. I'm not sure if Aspies have that same [I]type[/I] of cycling either. (I don't know anything about Aspie to tell you the truth.) It wasn't clear at first that this is what was going on with my son-it became clearer after I saw that several of the manic/hypomanic signs happened concurrently when the "stable" behavior went away, and conversely, when the hypomanic/manic behavior stops, he's suddenly a good kid again. It's kind of like flipping a switch between having a great kid with no issues outside of typical teen issues (he'll never be perfect LOL!), and having a kid who has ADHD/ODD. Of course, true ADHD/ODD doesn't come and go (start and stop) like that. Teachers and administrators at school told me he got punished the way he did in 6th grade because he was acting like a kid who had ADHD but since they knew he didn't have it because he had gone months without acting that way, then it must be defiant behavior so he was getting punished to the max. I'm curious- is it safer to start a difficult child out on mood stabilizers as a trial if he possibly is Aspie or is it safer to start out trying treatment for Aspie if he's possibly BiPolar (BP)/mood disorder? I hope they are either giving difficult child a break from all medications at the psychiatric hospital so they can see what specifically he is exhibiting without any medications; or checking out how he is without the stims he's been on and maybe trying a mood stabilizer. My difficult child came off his first medication (prozac) for about 6-8 weeks last summer so psychiatrist could see difficult child's "baseline". This is when things started coming out in an obvious way, but I would have much preferred that it had happened while in a psychiatric hospital, for several reasons. [/QUOTE]
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