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When did you know it was BiPolar (BP)
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 44588" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>From my long, tiring experience, it takes a long time to get the right diagnosis. My son was diagnosed ADHD/ODD at three. Then he was diagnosed bipolar at seven. He had symptoms of both, but they were both wrong diagnoses because all of the childhood disorders have similar symptoms, BUT each disorder has a different treatment. My son is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, which is often mistaken as bipolar. He was on at least ten drugs for ADHD and bipolar that he didn't need. He's finally doing great, but he was 11 before getting the right diagnosis. He no longer is medicated nor does he appear to have moodswings. He needed school interventions badly, not medications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 44588, member: 1550"] From my long, tiring experience, it takes a long time to get the right diagnosis. My son was diagnosed ADHD/ODD at three. Then he was diagnosed bipolar at seven. He had symptoms of both, but they were both wrong diagnoses because all of the childhood disorders have similar symptoms, BUT each disorder has a different treatment. My son is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, which is often mistaken as bipolar. He was on at least ten drugs for ADHD and bipolar that he didn't need. He's finally doing great, but he was 11 before getting the right diagnosis. He no longer is medicated nor does he appear to have moodswings. He needed school interventions badly, not medications. [/QUOTE]
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