My oldest is a boy age 7 We'll call him Cap: He has always been a high emotion kid. You see He's from my first marriage. His bio dad has a lot of mental health problems. Which is where we start with him. He is an incredibly smart kid. We found out he has a high IQ (127 to be exact). He also has ADHD and ODD, and He has ALL the red flags for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. He also Really struggles with sensory problems. He is in a weekly play therapy and see's he's medication doctor every 2 months to re-evaluate.
What they all mean; (feel free to click the links and read more)
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a childhood disorder that is defined by a pattern of hostile, disobedient, and defiant behaviors directed at adults or other authority figures. ODD is also characterized by children displaying angry and irritable moods, as well as argumentative and vindictive behaviors.
When a child has bipolar disorder, they experience extreme shifts in mood in behaviors that can result in a high, known as a manic episode, or a low, known as a depressive episode. ... Bipolar disorder is estimated to occur in 1-3% of youth, the majority of whom are adolescents rather than children
ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a medical condition. A person with ADHD has differences in brain development and brain activity that affect attention, the ability to sit still, and self-control. ADHD can affect a child at school, at home, and in friendships.
My Second is also a boy. He is 4 we will call him Bat. At the age of 2 he was still not talking, he had 3 word in his vocabulary; "Dad" "ulk mash" That was it. He also almost completely stopped eating he went from eating everything, to eating 4 foods and they had to be a particular brand. We then got him diagnosed with autism. He was dead center on the autism spectrum stage 2. He got diagnosed with SPD at the same time.
The DSM-5 notes those with level 2 autism require substantial support. The symptoms associated with this level include a more severe lack of both verbal and nonverbal communication skills. This often makes daily activities difficult.
Sensory Processing Disorder or SPD (originally called Sensory Integration Dysfunction) is a neurological disorder in which the sensory information that the individual perceives results in abnormal responses.
Number 3 & 4 are three year old twin girls. I'll start with number 3 we will call her Anna, she has low muscle tone, SPD, GERD she aspirates on less then nectar thick foods and extremely delayed with everything she also has two micro deletions ( 1Q21.1 & 15Q13.3) we are still finding out what all is going on with her.
Number 4 is the younger of the twins (by 1 minute) we will call her Elsa. She is G-tube fed mainly because her very Extreme SPD, she also has Low Muscle Tone and stamina, she also has two micro deletions ( 1Q21.1 & 15Q13.3).
Well thats my kids and our current diagnoses I can't wait to share with all of you how we survive and strive. Please leave comments I really love knowing real people are reading what I write.
-Masked Mama
