Oct 22 2008
More difference between child bipolar and ADHD
So here is more differences between the two disorder. The degree of regression during angry episodes is typically more severe for children who are bipolar. It is rare to see an angry child who is ADHD display disorganized thinking, language, and body position, all of which may be seen in angry bipolar children during a tantrum. Children who are bipolar may lose memory of the tantrum.
The “tigger” for temper tantrums is also different in these disorders, children who are ADHD are triggered by sensory or affective overstimulation, where children with bipolar react to limit-setting( i.e., a parental “No”) and conflict with authority figures.
The moods of children who have ADHD or bipolar disorder may change quickly, but children with ADHD do not generally show depression as a predominant symptom. Irritability isprominent in children who are bipolar, especially in the morning on arousal. Childs with ADHD tens to arousse quickly and attain alertness within minutes, but childs with bipolar may show overly slow arousal upon awakening in the morning.
My husband is ADHD and was on medication growing up. He is off all the meds now and has a great personality.
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A good read for any parent with children who have been labeled either one. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I was diagnosed ADHD (because girls don’t have it apparently), and for years doctors told my mom that it was depression, bipolar, etc etc.