Posted by LynneDa on June 28, 2004, at 10:17:02
In reply to Re: Anyone a Gemini or date one???????? » LynneDa, posted by sexylexy on June 28, 2004, at 9:31:26
Lexy - Thank you for your response! She gets very hyper in her language - talking very fast and repeating the same bits of information over and over, then she jumps to another topic. It's like she has all this information inside of her that she needs to spill out quickly - as if her time to talk will run out. She's my only child and has my ear all the time, so I hope she doesn't feel like there's a time limit on my listening! She can't sit still for any length of time (altho she stays in her seat at school) - she hops up from the dinner table constantly.
She has down periods where she seems like she's almost looking for something to be sad about - she'll start talking about this good friend of hers who she has the typical grade school love/hate relationship - they're fighting one day and best friends the next. She will look really sad and start crying about it. My grandpa died last year and she was VERY close to him, saw him every week. I'll ask her what's wrong and she'll say she misses grandpa.
Anyway, some of it just doesn't seem right. I think she has attention problems and I'm taking her to the pedi. for evaluation. She's been put in the remedial reading group for next year - not because she can't read, but she has comprehension troubles. From what I can tell, it's that she can't stick through the story long enough to remember it.
Probably lots of things going on, but if you have any info. you can email, that would be great! I guess I'm not looking for a diagnosis particularly, but want to look at her behaviors, see how they are affecting her ability to learn and socialize and work with her to change or modify some of them or just give her coping strategies for school.
Sorry for the long post, but with you being a therapist, I'm sort of taking advantage :-) My email is LDavis at cmsstl dot com.
Thanks,
~ Lynne
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hey Lynne,
> Just a little bit of info that I can share about Bi-polar in children. Bi-polar disorder is very hard to diagnose in children because of the their tendencies to hyper activity and moodiness anyway. A lot of times in children the manic episode looks like severe irritation/aggitation. A lot of times they do not have a typical "manic" attack. Of course you also have to look for depressive episodes. When you say signs and symptoms what do you mean... I have some info I could email you if you would like. Just let me know. Have a great day.
> Lexy
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