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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 281659" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Take him for a neuropsychologist evaluation. I don't believe your child has ODD and maybe not even bipolar, although I don't know that (my son was misdiagnosed with bipolar and put on a slew of medications). </p><p></p><p>A neuropsychologist will do 6-10 hours of testing which psychiatrists don't do. The lining things up is so classic for autism. And these kids can NOT transition well from one activity to another so if you try to interrupt what they are doing, mayhem can take place. You have to learn how to parent them. And they need interventionis (not therapy or tons of medications) to learn how to deal with a world that they don't understand. I have a son on the spectrum who was misdiagnosed a ton of times, but once he got the right diagnosis. he totally turned around. He's a great kid now with lots of potential, although he is still different. We all understand him now.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion your psychiatrists are on the wrong track. Take him to a neuropsychologist without telling the neuropsychologist all the other diagnoses and see what he finds. My own opinion is that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is often overlooked and tagged with ADHD/bipolar. Since bipolar has been found to exist in kids, my own layman's opinion (which you asked for) is that it's been grossly overdiagnosed whenever a child acts out, and that many psychiatrists fail to look at other disorders, especially when there is inflexibility, sensory issues, and high anxiety (out of the roof anxiety). And then, of course, they pull out the prescription pad and start with the medications before doing any tests at all. I don't like that. I've seen psychiatrists since I've been 23 (I'm 55) and I really DO have a mood disorder. There are many psychiatrists I've been to that I instinctively knew were just plain BAD. </p><p></p><p>Schedule a neuropsychologist evaluation and see what is found. Good luck!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> (We all need that!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 281659, member: 1550"] Take him for a neuropsychologist evaluation. I don't believe your child has ODD and maybe not even bipolar, although I don't know that (my son was misdiagnosed with bipolar and put on a slew of medications). A neuropsychologist will do 6-10 hours of testing which psychiatrists don't do. The lining things up is so classic for autism. And these kids can NOT transition well from one activity to another so if you try to interrupt what they are doing, mayhem can take place. You have to learn how to parent them. And they need interventionis (not therapy or tons of medications) to learn how to deal with a world that they don't understand. I have a son on the spectrum who was misdiagnosed a ton of times, but once he got the right diagnosis. he totally turned around. He's a great kid now with lots of potential, although he is still different. We all understand him now. in my opinion your psychiatrists are on the wrong track. Take him to a neuropsychologist without telling the neuropsychologist all the other diagnoses and see what he finds. My own opinion is that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is often overlooked and tagged with ADHD/bipolar. Since bipolar has been found to exist in kids, my own layman's opinion (which you asked for) is that it's been grossly overdiagnosed whenever a child acts out, and that many psychiatrists fail to look at other disorders, especially when there is inflexibility, sensory issues, and high anxiety (out of the roof anxiety). And then, of course, they pull out the prescription pad and start with the medications before doing any tests at all. I don't like that. I've seen psychiatrists since I've been 23 (I'm 55) and I really DO have a mood disorder. There are many psychiatrists I've been to that I instinctively knew were just plain BAD. Schedule a neuropsychologist evaluation and see what is found. Good luck!:raspberry-tounge: (We all need that!) [/QUOTE]
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