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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 363838" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Hi and Welcome!! You have certainly found the right group! I am sorry you needed to find us though, I wouldn't wish this on anyone.</p><p></p><p>It is quite possible to have good eye contact and good social skills and still have autistic traits or an autistic spectrum disorder. My difficult child has very good eye contact and always has. </p><p></p><p>The braces removal sounds awful. I am glad your easy child was willing and able to help him through it. Some kids do NOT do well with any kind of change or transition. Has your son ever been evaluated for sensory integration disorder? It would be done by an Occupational Therapist (OT). Is he a picky eater, highly sensitive to textures, seeks out or retreats from certain types of sensory input? these are signs that he may have problems with how his brain handles input from his senses. Normally kids are diagnosis'd and treated when they are much younger. The private Occupational Therapist (OT) we saw told me that it would not hurt my other kids to use the various therapies on them but she didn't know if it would help. We found it did help quite a bit.</p><p></p><p>Your son is diagnosed with a lot of things. ODD is a garbage can diagnosis. It describes a set of behaviors but gives zero information on how to treat it. Telling you that your kid does the opposite of anything you want done because he wants to defy you is fine. It would be a heck of a lot more useful if there was some direction given to help treat it though. Many of us have found that when we have the right diagnosis and the right medications and treatments the ODD behavior goes away or is at least significantly improved. </p><p></p><p>Your difficult child 1's diagnosis'd are largely anxiety related or contribute significantly to anxiety. Many aspies also have ADHD and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) diagnosis's. In reality those behaviors are a symptom of the aspergers or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (autistic spectrum disorder). If you can find ways to help the aspie understand the social skills and develop ways to handle the various things that cause the anxiety then you see a big improvement overall.</p><p></p><p>Bipolar tends to run in families, as I am sure you know. Have you read "the Bipolar Child" by Papalous? It is the "bible" for those of us with bipolar children. Sometimes you must treat problems in a certain order. If the right medications are given in the wrong order it can keep them from working. Many medications cause cycling in bipolar children. Stimulants are one of them. Your son is on no medicines to stabilize his moods. When bipolar is suspected it is usually best to tackle that first, at least in regards to medicine. If you add a first line mood stabilizer and give it time to be fully effective you can then add other medications to treat problems like adhd. For some of the kids with bipolar, if you treat the bipolar some of the other things go away. Some moods of bipolar kids can look like adhd. For these kids if you stabilize their moods the adhd is no longer an issue. </p><p></p><p>The bipolar Child has the in depth reasons for all of this and it has the recommended medication protocol for kids with bipolar. You might want to take this to your son's psychiatrist and ask if this is something you should try. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, that is probably enough of a book for now. Welcome to our little corner of the internet. Check out the FAQ/Board help area for tons of helpful info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 363838, member: 1233"] Hi and Welcome!! You have certainly found the right group! I am sorry you needed to find us though, I wouldn't wish this on anyone. It is quite possible to have good eye contact and good social skills and still have autistic traits or an autistic spectrum disorder. My difficult child has very good eye contact and always has. The braces removal sounds awful. I am glad your easy child was willing and able to help him through it. Some kids do NOT do well with any kind of change or transition. Has your son ever been evaluated for sensory integration disorder? It would be done by an Occupational Therapist (OT). Is he a picky eater, highly sensitive to textures, seeks out or retreats from certain types of sensory input? these are signs that he may have problems with how his brain handles input from his senses. Normally kids are diagnosis'd and treated when they are much younger. The private Occupational Therapist (OT) we saw told me that it would not hurt my other kids to use the various therapies on them but she didn't know if it would help. We found it did help quite a bit. Your son is diagnosed with a lot of things. ODD is a garbage can diagnosis. It describes a set of behaviors but gives zero information on how to treat it. Telling you that your kid does the opposite of anything you want done because he wants to defy you is fine. It would be a heck of a lot more useful if there was some direction given to help treat it though. Many of us have found that when we have the right diagnosis and the right medications and treatments the ODD behavior goes away or is at least significantly improved. Your difficult child 1's diagnosis'd are largely anxiety related or contribute significantly to anxiety. Many aspies also have ADHD and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) diagnosis's. In reality those behaviors are a symptom of the aspergers or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (autistic spectrum disorder). If you can find ways to help the aspie understand the social skills and develop ways to handle the various things that cause the anxiety then you see a big improvement overall. Bipolar tends to run in families, as I am sure you know. Have you read "the Bipolar Child" by Papalous? It is the "bible" for those of us with bipolar children. Sometimes you must treat problems in a certain order. If the right medications are given in the wrong order it can keep them from working. Many medications cause cycling in bipolar children. Stimulants are one of them. Your son is on no medicines to stabilize his moods. When bipolar is suspected it is usually best to tackle that first, at least in regards to medicine. If you add a first line mood stabilizer and give it time to be fully effective you can then add other medications to treat problems like adhd. For some of the kids with bipolar, if you treat the bipolar some of the other things go away. Some moods of bipolar kids can look like adhd. For these kids if you stabilize their moods the adhd is no longer an issue. The bipolar Child has the in depth reasons for all of this and it has the recommended medication protocol for kids with bipolar. You might want to take this to your son's psychiatrist and ask if this is something you should try. Well, that is probably enough of a book for now. Welcome to our little corner of the internet. Check out the FAQ/Board help area for tons of helpful info. [/QUOTE]
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