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Posted on: Friday, July 4, 2008 at 10:08 am
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Can a regular pediatrition diagnois a 4 yr old with bipolar disorder? Without a consult from a child psyc?
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nikthebrat2001 asked:
My four year old son is on a medication for bipolar disorder. When his father and his girlfriend(whom he lives with ) took him in all they had was a questionaire they filled out along with the school out. I talked to his teachers and they don’t think the diagnosis is corret either. He doesn’t see a counselor and hasn’t been to see a child psychiatrist or anything. I am worried about him because I think he needs counseling for anger control, I mean he’s been mad since his dad and split up. Without counseling divorce can be devistating to everyone. So what do I do…I asked his dad if we could be get a second opinion but he just bs’s his way out of that. Why is everyone so quick to jump to putting a child on meds?
Bipolar Depression
My four year old son is on a medication for bipolar disorder. When his father and his girlfriend(whom he lives with ) took him in all they had was a questionaire they filled out along with the school out. I talked to his teachers and they don’t think the diagnosis is corret either. He doesn’t see a counselor and hasn’t been to see a child psychiatrist or anything. I am worried about him because I think he needs counseling for anger control, I mean he’s been mad since his dad and split up. Without counseling divorce can be devistating to everyone. So what do I do…I asked his dad if we could be get a second opinion but he just bs’s his way out of that. Why is everyone so quick to jump to putting a child on meds?
Bipolar Depression
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no a four year old shouldn’t have bi-polar.
get a lawyer then get another opinion. get another divorce lawyer too. a better one. no four year old should be on mind altering drugs – their brain isn’t fully developed. he’s angry so make him unangry.
seriously, you have a problem and a serious one. this is your son step up and change or fix whatever you can. your his mother talk to him – he will speak honestly and you will learn what has to be done. don’t fear your ex fear what they are doing to your son. if he sees you strong then he will grow strong….. don’t be angry around him – be happy
you can do this – be his mom first remember mother is the word god to a child
July 7th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThe only way they can even consider bipolar disorder for children that young is if it runs in the family. Even then, the pediatrician is very suspect when he diagnoses the child without any consult from any other professionals.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:51 amI found this in the Washington Post:
July 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pm“Any author, doctor, friend or relative who suggests that preschoolers should be given powerful, mind-altering drugs that have not been approved for small children should be dismissed by loving parents.”
I agree. Labeling “tough-to-handle” kids as “sick” or “ill” helps parents avoid dealing with the fact that they have hurt them (even though divorce might be unavoidable, it does hurt the kids) or that they have problems of their own which the parents are unaware of and have no time to find out about.
It also helps pharmaceuticals sell drugs.
The same article in the Post suggested reading Sydney Walker’s book, “The Hyperactivity Hoax”.
Go for psychotherapy
I agree with all the above posts. I would like to add that parents, such as your ex-husband, put children on drugs so they don’t have to deal with them. You said he needed counseling for anger control. Your ex might find that to time consuming or not want to wait that long to results so he tells the doctors the child suffers from extreme mood swings just to medicate him up. On medications your son is not quite a handful. Get a lawyer, talk to the school counselors, and prepare for social services to intervene. Good luck!
July 12th, 2008 at 9:27 am