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Bipolar diagnosis--Starting Lithium
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<blockquote data-quote="courtfrog2" data-source="post: 231403" data-attributes="member: 6496"><p>Oooh... should have clarified. My daughter has been having issues for a while. She went to a psychiatrist (psychiatrist) back in October who wasn't very good. Said she had depression... didn't listen to us etc... and put her on Zoloft. Had a major manic episode after he raised her dose and she was hospitalized in December. She was put on risperdal, which has shown some improvement but she is very worried all the time. The psychiatrist at the hospital said she has a mood disorder not otherwise specified, ODD, and anxiety. </p><p> </p><p>I found a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist for her and we went to see him a couple days ago. He did alot of questioning, evaluating, spend an hour with us. Talked about our family history (Which is why he wants me to go get into my doctor to see about treating me for a mood disorder instead of just the depression since I have had manic phases in the past... I'm on paxil and it doesn't help very good). </p><p> </p><p>He explained bipolar and she fits it to the dot. Even prior to medications. ADHD doesn't seem to fit her since she does fine at school and is very advanced. I'm actually confident of the bipolar diax given our family history of it (my cousin is bipolar and my sister is borderline personality disorder officially diax). My mom has very high swings too. </p><p> </p><p>My difficult child has had trouble since she was born. She's the one that the psychiatrist evaluated. He sees her again in 2 weeks after her bloodwork gets sorted out.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone have experience with lithium in a 9 year old?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="courtfrog2, post: 231403, member: 6496"] Oooh... should have clarified. My daughter has been having issues for a while. She went to a psychiatrist (psychiatrist) back in October who wasn't very good. Said she had depression... didn't listen to us etc... and put her on Zoloft. Had a major manic episode after he raised her dose and she was hospitalized in December. She was put on risperdal, which has shown some improvement but she is very worried all the time. The psychiatrist at the hospital said she has a mood disorder not otherwise specified, ODD, and anxiety. I found a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist for her and we went to see him a couple days ago. He did alot of questioning, evaluating, spend an hour with us. Talked about our family history (Which is why he wants me to go get into my doctor to see about treating me for a mood disorder instead of just the depression since I have had manic phases in the past... I'm on paxil and it doesn't help very good). He explained bipolar and she fits it to the dot. Even prior to medications. ADHD doesn't seem to fit her since she does fine at school and is very advanced. I'm actually confident of the bipolar diax given our family history of it (my cousin is bipolar and my sister is borderline personality disorder officially diax). My mom has very high swings too. My difficult child has had trouble since she was born. She's the one that the psychiatrist evaluated. He sees her again in 2 weeks after her bloodwork gets sorted out. Anyone have experience with lithium in a 9 year old? [/QUOTE]
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