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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 229028" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Good idea adding the diagnosis, because then maybe we can see a pattern when the diagnosis was WRONG. </p><p>My son was first diagnosed with ADHD so he was put on stimulants. As you can see in my thread above, they made him mean and aggressive, except for the Ritalin which didn't do much of anything at all. Then they added the ODD diagnosis. and put him on Buspar (no difference) and Prozac (TERRIBLE reaction). It was then assumed that because he got manicky on Prozac that he had bipolar. And that was also decided because his birthmother was a drug abuser so the psychiatrist assumed she was bipolar. That started the rest of the medications.</p><p></p><p>He actually has high functioning autism and doesn't need medications. About 50&#37; of all Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are on medications though, Risperdal being a big one. My son has stated many times that, although he tends to obsess, and he knows this, he does NOT want to take medication. Since he is 15 and knows how medications feel and how HE feels, we respect that. He is functioning well without medications.</p><p>However, I'll need my medications the rest of my life. My diagnoses have all been in the mood disorder/anxiety order category.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 229028, member: 1550"] Good idea adding the diagnosis, because then maybe we can see a pattern when the diagnosis was WRONG. My son was first diagnosed with ADHD so he was put on stimulants. As you can see in my thread above, they made him mean and aggressive, except for the Ritalin which didn't do much of anything at all. Then they added the ODD diagnosis. and put him on Buspar (no difference) and Prozac (TERRIBLE reaction). It was then assumed that because he got manicky on Prozac that he had bipolar. And that was also decided because his birthmother was a drug abuser so the psychiatrist assumed she was bipolar. That started the rest of the medications. He actually has high functioning autism and doesn't need medications. About 50% of all Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are on medications though, Risperdal being a big one. My son has stated many times that, although he tends to obsess, and he knows this, he does NOT want to take medication. Since he is 15 and knows how medications feel and how HE feels, we respect that. He is functioning well without medications. However, I'll need my medications the rest of my life. My diagnoses have all been in the mood disorder/anxiety order category. [/QUOTE]
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