thanks for the reply.
we have been through family counselling with 2 different child psychologists in the past 2 years. they have been wonderful. he did make a rapid turn around around kindergarten. his teacher was great, and i believe with the tools we had been taught from the counseling wiht positive interventions, behavior charts, 123 magic...its was wonderful and we just thought he was cured. but then first grade rolled aroudn we started all over again with him. he has been suspended 3 times this year. he is very impulsive w/o any rhyme or reason. my sister about 10 years ago was diagnosed wtih bipolar, and i believe both my parents carry the disease as well. any maybe even myself after reading your most recent post about making phone calls being your biggest struggles, i cant hardly do anything w/o heart racing and sweating like a moran... i am that way too. bad. my mind is crazy on the inside. i have panic attacks, anxiety, depression, alcohol problem, take lexapro, which just makes me more sleepy...list goes on. thank god for having a stable husband for my children.
we have recentnly see a neuropsychologist who again agreed wtih biopolar, but we are waiting on his final report.
i have also as of jsut yesterday sent a certified letter to teh special ed department of our public school requesting they evaluate him for IDEA (individuals with disabilities act).
he goes for sensory intergration testing soon as well.
i do need to get his blood tested. i have been told that too many times. i am scared to death to put him on meds. somedays he is 100% fine. but most of the time he is a ticking time bomb.
i am scared what life holds for him and i will probably end up homeschooling him if i cant get the school to respond to him in a positive manor.
i have searched every website imaginable and do believe i am absorbed in information about the disease, mainly i just wanted ot hear from some actual REAL ppl who carry teh diagnosis and see if there is something else i am missing.
thanks so much again for your response.