Posted by Pogo on July 23, 2002, at 20:11:26
In reply to Re: Fish oil and children's ADD? Need advice., posted by McPac on July 23, 2002, at 18:53:13
>>>>>>>>>>>These symptoms are the same for many bipolars........so how the Hell would somebody ever know if they had this type of ADD or bipolar????????????
excerpt from the book may answer your
question(?s)."Differentiating "Ring of Fire" ADD from bipolar disorder is generally difficult in children and easy in adults. In children bipolar resembles severe add. Bipolar children tend to be cyclic in mood with behavior problems. At times the bipolar child is aggressive and irritable, other times they are calm with relatively normal behavior.
Contrasted to the ADD "Ring of Fire" kids, which tend to have the set of problems on a more consitent basis.
Adults with bipolar disorder have manic episodes,
while symptomatic Ring of Fire ADD people do not. Their ADD behavior tends to be consistent over longer periods of time. One can have both and some studies suggest that as many as half of the people with bipolar also meet the criteria for ADD.Patients with bipolar do not have the underlying core symptoms of ADD. In addition, their symptoms appear and disappear in a cyclic fashion. If the core symptoms are present over a long period of time, ADD must be suspected. We see "Ring of Fire"
pattern so commonly in our ADD patients that we feel it is a distinct ADD type and comfortable describing it as a distinct disorder."more info is found in www.brainplace.com.
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