Bipolar as a child
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April 28, 2009 - 9:47 am
I was studying for one of my tests the other day and went over the signs of bipolar disorder in children.
I wonder how I couldn't have been diagnosed as bipolar as a child. I wasn't even diagnosed as ADHD. What sticks out the most to me is this idea of a child having intense rage attacks. I can remember in 1st grade pushing my desk over and throwing a chair at my teacher and other students because a third grader stole my pencil. I heard that while in my rage I proceeded to give a convincing, logical argument about how the teacher wasn't doing her job and I was going to go to the principal to tell her how my teacher wasn't doing her job.
I can remember going to a therapist (I was forced by the school) and focusing a lot on managing my emotions. However, a few years ago when I went to tell my parents that I thought I was bipolar they shrugged it off and said, "You are spoiled, you are lazy, etc..."
I almost wonder if a doctor had suggested it and my parents refused.
I wonder how I couldn't have been diagnosed as bipolar as a child. I wasn't even diagnosed as ADHD. What sticks out the most to me is this idea of a child having intense rage attacks. I can remember in 1st grade pushing my desk over and throwing a chair at my teacher and other students because a third grader stole my pencil. I heard that while in my rage I proceeded to give a convincing, logical argument about how the teacher wasn't doing her job and I was going to go to the principal to tell her how my teacher wasn't doing her job.
I can remember going to a therapist (I was forced by the school) and focusing a lot on managing my emotions. However, a few years ago when I went to tell my parents that I thought I was bipolar they shrugged it off and said, "You are spoiled, you are lazy, etc..."
I almost wonder if a doctor had suggested it and my parents refused.
I was studying for one of my tests the other day and went over the signs of bipolar disorder in children.
I wonder how I couldn't have been diagnosed as bipolar as a child. I wasn't even diagnosed as ADHD. What sticks out the most to me is this idea of a child having intense rage attacks. I can remember in 1st grade pushing my desk over and throwing a chair at my teacher and other students because a third grader stole my pencil. I heard that while in my rage I proceeded to give a convincing, logical argument about how the teacher wasn't doing her job and I was going to go to the principal to tell her how my teacher wasn't doing her job.
I can remember going to a therapist (I was forced by the school) and focusing a lot on managing my emotions. However, a few years ago when I went to tell my parents that I thought I was bipolar they shrugged it off and said, "You are spoiled, you are lazy, etc..."
I almost wonder if a doctor had suggested it and my parents refused.
I wonder how I couldn't have been diagnosed as bipolar as a child. I wasn't even diagnosed as ADHD. What sticks out the most to me is this idea of a child having intense rage attacks. I can remember in 1st grade pushing my desk over and throwing a chair at my teacher and other students because a third grader stole my pencil. I heard that while in my rage I proceeded to give a convincing, logical argument about how the teacher wasn't doing her job and I was going to go to the principal to tell her how my teacher wasn't doing her job.
I can remember going to a therapist (I was forced by the school) and focusing a lot on managing my emotions. However, a few years ago when I went to tell my parents that I thought I was bipolar they shrugged it off and said, "You are spoiled, you are lazy, etc..."
I almost wonder if a doctor had suggested it and my parents refused.
April 28, 2009 - 10:01 am
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Its possible, but it probably depends on your age. Its fairly recently the medical folks have even admitted BP exists in children and the diagnosis is still controversial.
I had problems with extreme anxiety and what they called "nerves" as a child. I am 54 now and with the meds they had then, its probably just as well I was never 'treated' altho now, looking back I can see some of it was the BP II even back then.
Parents can be very self-protective about how they have raised their kids. My mother told me once that our doctor HAD suggested treatment for me and they decided against it. As I said, it was probably just as well with the meds they would have used then.
Just be aware that BP caused your behavior and you are NOT 'spoiled, lazy, etc'
I had problems with extreme anxiety and what they called "nerves" as a child. I am 54 now and with the meds they had then, its probably just as well I was never 'treated' altho now, looking back I can see some of it was the BP II even back then.
Parents can be very self-protective about how they have raised their kids. My mother told me once that our doctor HAD suggested treatment for me and they decided against it. As I said, it was probably just as well with the meds they would have used then.
Just be aware that BP caused your behavior and you are NOT 'spoiled, lazy, etc'
Its possible, but it probably depends on your age. Its fairly recently the medical folks have even admitted BP exists in children and the diagnosis is still controversial.
I had problems with extreme anxiety and what they called "nerves" as a child. I am 54 now and with the meds they had then, its probably just as well I was never 'treated' altho now, looking back I can see some of it was the BP II even back then.
Parents can be very self-protective about how they have raised their kids. My mother told me once that our doctor HAD suggested treatment for me and they decided against it. As I said, it was probably just as well with the meds they would have used then.
Just be aware that BP caused your behavior and you are NOT 'spoiled, lazy, etc'
I had problems with extreme anxiety and what they called "nerves" as a child. I am 54 now and with the meds they had then, its probably just as well I was never 'treated' altho now, looking back I can see some of it was the BP II even back then.
Parents can be very self-protective about how they have raised their kids. My mother told me once that our doctor HAD suggested treatment for me and they decided against it. As I said, it was probably just as well with the meds they would have used then.
Just be aware that BP caused your behavior and you are NOT 'spoiled, lazy, etc'
May 1, 2009 - 11:29 am
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When dx'd , my pdoc said that my BP went back to childhood, that I was born with it. On looking back I can certainly see that.
I think that, even now, it's very dicey to medicate children.
I think that, even now, it's very dicey to medicate children.
When dx'd , my pdoc said that my BP went back to childhood, that I was born with it. On looking back I can certainly see that.
I think that, even now, it's very dicey to medicate children.
I think that, even now, it's very dicey to medicate children.
Joined: 03-31-2009