Although she is being.modest, Copa is a psychologist. Please listen to her. She knows more about this than most of us and is very smart.
I like her alternative therapy ideas too!
I am 64 and had this all my life and to this day some psychologists will say bipolar 2 (mild bipolar), some will say mood disorder not otherwise specified and some have said long ago unipolar clinical depression. It is no doubt I get very depressed without an antidepressant. But what the exact diagnosis is nobody knows. There are no blood tests to verify, and the flawed DSM changes faster than modern technology. What is a given today is gone tomorrow in psychiatry. It is an inexact science. Much guesswork.
I agree with trials and doing what works best for your child and not getting hung up on labels.
Light and live!
