Post by anon4now on Jun 12, 2008 17:14:41 GMT -5
I have cousins who are bipolar. They had it as children but weren't diagnosed until one of them got in serious trouble and ended up in prison. They are doing so well now. I know that if Stevie had been diagnosed as a child his life would have turned out totally different. He was never a bad kid, just didn't have the control over himself that he needed. I don't believe they even considered whether a child could be bipolar when we were kids.
I'm so glad your psych is looking into it now for your son instead of waiting until he is older. It will mean that your son has a chance at a normal, happy future even if that is the diagnosis he ends up with. Don't panic. If he has it, you can't change the dx but you can make sure he gets the proper treatment. In this case, knowing is a good thing.
CG, that's why I've been pushing to have him evaluated so hard. I kept watching my son slowly deteriorate and heading toward a messed up adult-hood. I really needed to find help for him now, and not later. And I've read a few adults with bi-polar that say exactly that. If they had been treated as children, it would have all gone different.
Anxiety attack is over. This is definately bitter-sweet. I'm just going to start researching as much as I can.
Anon
