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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 309325" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would have a doctor help you wean her off.</p><p></p><p>And then I'd get a neuropsychologist evaluation. Risperdal helps more than just bipolar. There are other disorders and you don't want her being misdiagnosed, which happens often at age six. </p><p></p><p>How was her early development? Her relationship with peers? Did she ever have speech delays or quirks? Play with toys correctly? Can she hold a conversation? How is school?</p><p></p><p>I would be leery of any doctor who makes a diagnosis based on a reaction to a medication. From long expeirence with mental health professionals for both myself and my autistic spectrum son I prefer NeuroPsychs for diagnosing because they do intensive testing (6-10 hours) and don't just jump to in my opinion fast, baseless conclusions. I like how careful they are and how involved the testing is. My son was also quickly and wrongly diagnosed with bipolar because "his birthmother was a drug addict so he must have bipolar." He doesn't. But he was on heavy medications for three years until we finally decided to get another type of testing and another opinion (he is much better now). I disagree that psychiatrists do the best testing (and I've seen plenty). I think NeuroPsychs do much better testing and they look for both psychiatric and neurological disorders--and they can mimic one another.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion therapists are extremely poor diagnosticians and that isn't where to go to find out what is wrong. They CAN be very helpful once you know what you are dealing with, but they tend to blame the parents and use behavioral methods that just don't work for differently wired kids. </p><p></p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 309325, member: 1550"] I would have a doctor help you wean her off. And then I'd get a neuropsychologist evaluation. Risperdal helps more than just bipolar. There are other disorders and you don't want her being misdiagnosed, which happens often at age six. How was her early development? Her relationship with peers? Did she ever have speech delays or quirks? Play with toys correctly? Can she hold a conversation? How is school? I would be leery of any doctor who makes a diagnosis based on a reaction to a medication. From long expeirence with mental health professionals for both myself and my autistic spectrum son I prefer NeuroPsychs for diagnosing because they do intensive testing (6-10 hours) and don't just jump to in my opinion fast, baseless conclusions. I like how careful they are and how involved the testing is. My son was also quickly and wrongly diagnosed with bipolar because "his birthmother was a drug addict so he must have bipolar." He doesn't. But he was on heavy medications for three years until we finally decided to get another type of testing and another opinion (he is much better now). I disagree that psychiatrists do the best testing (and I've seen plenty). I think NeuroPsychs do much better testing and they look for both psychiatric and neurological disorders--and they can mimic one another. in my opinion therapists are extremely poor diagnosticians and that isn't where to go to find out what is wrong. They CAN be very helpful once you know what you are dealing with, but they tend to blame the parents and use behavioral methods that just don't work for differently wired kids. Good luck, whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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