Comments on: Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder Rises in US Children http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:56:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lori V. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-539442 Lori V. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:06:03 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-539442 I am the mother of a child with BPD, ADHD, and Overanxious Disorder (the pediatric version of Generalized Anxiety Disorder). I can tell you that correct diagnoses are a long time coming, and you should not accept a quick diagnosis without question. I can also tell skeptics and naysayers that until they've had a child with inexplicable disturbing behaviors (if it were simply poor parenting, theoretically all three of my children would behave this way, or at least similarly), they need to take the time to do a little listening and researching before they take the time to criticize. Unless and until you have had a child who hears voices, experiences regular night terrors, instantaneous rage in unremarkable situations, or has to be physically restrained to keep himself or others from harm, you don't know. I can tell you that vitamins, or better diet, or "better" parenting are not always the answer. I am the mother of a child with BPD, ADHD, and Overanxious Disorder (the pediatric version of Generalized Anxiety Disorder). I can tell you that correct diagnoses are a long time coming, and you should not accept a quick diagnosis without question. I can also tell skeptics and naysayers that until they’ve had a child with inexplicable disturbing behaviors (if it were simply poor parenting, theoretically all three of my children would behave this way, or at least similarly), they need to take the time to do a little listening and researching before they take the time to criticize. Unless and until you have had a child who hears voices, experiences regular night terrors, instantaneous rage in unremarkable situations, or has to be physically restrained to keep himself or others from harm, you don’t know. I can tell you that vitamins, or better diet, or “better” parenting are not always the answer.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-538128 Amanda Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:28:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-538128 "How on earth did the human race manage this last 100,000 years without bi-polar meds for our kids"...We managed just perfectly well, those little kids who were never treated for psychiatric disorders grew up to become tremendously productive individuals, such as Nero and Hitler. I wasn't treated for bipolar for the first 18 years of my life, because my parents thought it was a fraud- they blamed my agressive behavioral problems on a 'cry for attention', now after being diagnosed two years ago and receiving meds and therapy, I'm finally happy and healthy. I realize how much pain those 'evil' ones had to endure. “How on earth did the human race manage this last 100,000 years without bi-polar meds for our kids”…We managed just perfectly well, those little kids who were never treated for psychiatric disorders grew up to become tremendously productive individuals, such as Nero and Hitler.
I wasn’t treated for bipolar for the first 18 years of my life, because my parents thought it was a fraud- they blamed my agressive behavioral problems on a ‘cry for attention’, now after being diagnosed two years ago and receiving meds and therapy, I’m finally happy and healthy. I realize how much pain those ‘evil’ ones had to endure.

]]> By: james freeman, md http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-538078 james freeman, md Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:38:28 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-538078 Diagnosig bipolar disorder is quick and easy and pasy well. It is the most common misdiagnosis in the youths I see as a child psychiatrist. When a youth tells me he has bipolar disorder my first thought is the psychiatirst who last saw him was either stupid, lazy, or both. But this bipolar fad, just like the mpd/did-satanic-cults-are-eating-babies-recovered-memory-syndrome (1980's)/hystria (late 1800's)/mothers cause all mental ills (1950's) fads, shall also pass. Diagnosig bipolar disorder is quick and easy and pasy well. It is the most common misdiagnosis in the youths I see as a child psychiatrist. When a youth tells me he has bipolar disorder my first thought is the psychiatirst who last saw him was either stupid, lazy, or both. But this bipolar fad, just like the mpd/did-satanic-cults-are-eating-babies-recovered-memory-syndrome (1980’s)/hystria (late 1800’s)/mothers cause all mental ills (1950’s) fads, shall also pass.

]]> By: james freeman, md http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-538076 james freeman, md Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:37:06 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-538076 Diagnosig bipolar disorder is quick and easy and pasy well. It is the most commonly misdiagnosix in the youths I see as a child psychiatrist. When a youth tells me he has bipolar disorder my first thought is the psychiatirst who last saw him was either stupid, lazy, or both. But this bipolar fad, just like the mpd/did-satanic-cults-are-eating-babies-recovered-memory-syndrome/hystria/mothers cause all mental ills fads, will also pass. Diagnosig bipolar disorder is quick and easy and pasy well. It is the most commonly misdiagnosix in the youths I see as a child psychiatrist. When a youth tells me he has bipolar disorder my first thought is the psychiatirst who last saw him was either stupid, lazy, or both. But this bipolar fad, just like the mpd/did-satanic-cults-are-eating-babies-recovered-memory-syndrome/hystria/mothers cause all mental ills fads, will also pass.

]]> By: Dannielle http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-540978 Dannielle Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:33:45 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-540978 I have Bipolar 1. At first They thought it was ADHD, (attention deficite hiperactive disorder) and all that medication did was make me worse. So, I'd say Bipolar is either overdiagnosed, missdiagnosed, ignored completely, or just isn't imortant enough to study thuroughly anymore. I have Bipolar 1. At first They thought it was ADHD, (attention deficite hiperactive disorder) and all that medication did was make me worse. So, I’d say Bipolar is either overdiagnosed, missdiagnosed, ignored completely, or just isn’t imortant enough to study thuroughly anymore.

]]> By: James http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-537053 James Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:47:18 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-537053 Don't you understand that this is all a fraud perpetrated by the drug companies...the market to sell drugs to a population that is largely healthy (KIDS!!). What a disgrace. How on earth did the human race manage this last 100,000 years without bi-polar meds for our kids??? Insane. None of your kool-aid for my kids, thanks. Don’t you understand that this is all a fraud perpetrated by the drug companies…the market to sell drugs to a population that is largely healthy (KIDS!!). What a disgrace. How on earth did the human race manage this last 100,000 years without bi-polar meds for our kids??? Insane. None of your kool-aid for my kids, thanks.

]]> By: Regan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-539666 Regan Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:21:10 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-539666 "When I started teaching (only 13 years ago!) I never dreamed of the myriad diagnoses I’d encounter in the classroom." This is just a naive observation and not a criticism: I recently joined a list specific to disruptive behaviors and even as a mom long familiar with autism, I was somewhat staggered with the lists of diagnoses attached to some of the children and the accompanying medications. I did not know that a single child could be diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar and OCD and ODD concurrently. The example is the most extreme but many of the kids had two concurrent diagnoses; autism and ADHD, autism and OCD, bipolar and ODD, etc. It was a new experience for me, and I wondered how common this is? Does anyone have an opinion if these are all real pathologies or social reactions to circumstantial outliers of child behavior? “When I started teaching (only 13 years ago!) I never dreamed of the myriad diagnoses I’d encounter in the classroom.”

This is just a naive observation and not a criticism: I recently joined a list specific to disruptive behaviors and even as a mom long familiar with autism, I was somewhat staggered with the lists of diagnoses attached to some of the children and the accompanying medications. I did not know that a single child could be diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar and OCD and ODD concurrently. The example is the most extreme but many of the kids had two concurrent diagnoses; autism and ADHD, autism and OCD, bipolar and ODD, etc. It was a new experience for me, and I wondered how common this is? Does anyone have an opinion if these are all real pathologies or social reactions to circumstantial outliers of child behavior?

]]> By: Daisy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-537250 Daisy Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:56:14 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-537250 I attended a workshop on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders a couple of years ago. When I started teaching (only 13 years ago!) I never dreamed of the myriad diagnoses I'd encounter in the classroom. I attended a workshop on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders a couple of years ago. When I started teaching (only 13 years ago!) I never dreamed of the myriad diagnoses I’d encounter in the classroom.

]]> By: Donna http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-537243 Donna Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:08:01 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-537243 Does anyone else think it possible that the number of bipolar people has gone up because of the huge drop in infant/fetal mortality? Over the twentieth century there was a drop in infant mortality from about 100 per 1000 live births in the beginning of the century to about 7 per 1000 in 2000. Some researchers have found bipolar disorder linked to problems in being born (such as in “Pre- and perinatal complications and risk for bipolar disorder: a retrospective study” Journal of Affective Disorders 50:117-224). That could mean more babies born and surviving that go on to have bipolar disorder. I’ve been looking at the numbers primarily thinking of autism, and wrote it up in my amateur way (http://homepage.mac.com/dgstevenson/mortality/) but the argument is the same for bipolar disorder. Does anyone else think it possible that the number of bipolar people has gone up because of the huge drop in infant/fetal mortality? Over the twentieth century there was a drop in infant mortality from about 100 per 1000 live births in the beginning of the century to about 7 per 1000 in 2000. Some researchers have found bipolar disorder linked to problems in being born (such as in “Pre- and perinatal complications and risk for bipolar disorder: a retrospective study” Journal of Affective Disorders 50:117-224). That could mean more babies born and surviving that go on to have bipolar disorder. I’ve been looking at the numbers primarily thinking of autism, and wrote it up in my amateur way (http://homepage.mac.com/dgstevenson/mortality/) but the argument is the same for bipolar disorder.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.blisstree.com/articles/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/comment-page-1/#comment-537276 Joseph Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:08:51 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder-rises-in-us-children/#comment-537276 BTW, the Rescue Post is reporting it as a 40-fold increase. (I got a screenshot). BTW, the Rescue Post is reporting it as a 40-fold increase. (I got a screenshot).

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