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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