Re: Re: Crybaby
  By: NANCY BACKUS to SEAN RIMA on Fri Jun 10 2011 12:02 pm

 > ADHD does affect people differently... in some respects it can be a
 > catchall term, with various manifestations...

A better way to put it might be that ADHD can be symptomatic of a larger issue.
In my reading, if it manifests with other symptoms, it can be anything from an
autistic disorder to an improper diet.

Before my research, I just thought my daughter was ADHD.  Then I noticed her
becoming more aggressive, prone to outbursts, while other times seeming down,
and so on.  Her mother was diagnosed ADHD when she was young, but in adulthood
was found to be bipolar, so I thought she may be bipolar.  Then I noticed that
her social development was a bit stunted (she can be described as "odd"), and
along with a few other small signs, we now think it's Asperger's (which
encompasses for symptoms the ADHD, bipolar symptoms, social awkwardness,
loudness, defiance and aggression (frustration, which she has yet to learn to
handle)).

After all my research, I believe her mother also has Asperger's; it wasn't very
well known in our childhood, and it wasn't believed to even be possible for a
child to have manic depression (now called bipolar disorder).  Unfortunately,
since we're divorced, my concerns carry very little weight with her, and she
refuses to believe she even has a problem and seek medical, let alone
therapeutic, help.

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