[MONKEE]

Hi y'all,

Got a tween stepdaughter with a diagnoses of, among other things, bi-polar disorder. Don't know nothin' about that. Scary stuff. I feel she is a guinea pig for the psychiatric community and am afraid for her future.

Any thoughts?

[bridgie]

Being that she is so young a lot of the meds they give adults don't work the same. So it is like being a guinea pig. Without knowing all her diagnosis and whether or not they are correct I really can't say any more.

[MONKEE]

Originally Posted by bridgie

Being that she is so young a lot of the meds they give adults don't work the same. So it is like being a guinea pig. Without knowing all her diagnosis and whether or not they are correct I really can't say any more.

Thanks Bridgie...she's diagnosed with bi polar disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and a few other things as well. Can the SE of psychotropic cocktails, and the constant readjustment of medicines and their dosage levels, create behaviors that might lead to additional diagnoses? Just a thought. Plus hormonal mood swings caused by puberty, and SE of medicines. Seems like a dizzying carousel of constant neurosurgery.