Does FSD have a mood disorder??
Back from vacation,... we came home early because the kids were being brats and FDH snapped and just said we were leaving,....
But that was after FSD made the last two days completely about her.
Her mood was LITERALLY like a LIGHT SWITCH!
She was happy and laughing one second and crying or yelling, or storming off or THROWING things the next....
FDH rarely gets to see this side of her,.... I mean he has seen the "anger" side, but has never seen the LIGHT SWITCH changes.
Sometimes there is a trigger, sometimes not,..
FDH thinks she flips out right before we eat, and thinks it is diabetes related (her mother is diabetic, and FDH Dad is diabetic.
BUT I THINK she has some kind of disorder.
-She is laughing and having fun, goes into the bathroom and comes out throwing things and yelling.
-We are talking and having fun in line at the waterpark, go on the ride and she loves it, laughing and screaming, end of the ride she gets out and hits her brother, with absolutely no provocation...
-We are walking together and talking and joking at the park and she stops talking and starts charging ahead of us (without us having a specific place we are going) when we catch up to her it's "WHAT?! CANT I JUST WALK?!"
-Or even we are singing along to a song she likes in the car and all in the sudden her face just changes and she tells her sibling to shut up.
-We ask what is wrong "NOTHING!"
_What would you like to do? "NOTHING!" "I DONT CARE!"
1.) BM is like this.
2.) FDH tols me once that BM was on meds (he can't remember what kind) when he was with her for a short time and it was the only time he was able to deal with their relationship, but BM "decided" she didn't need them anymore and quit taking them.
3.) I am not a doctor. But I have worked with, had close friends, and had relatives which had personality and mood disorders so I've seen these behaviors first hand.
I convinced FDH to let FSD go to a counselor/therapist and let a professional decide if she is just a moody 12 year old with attention and mommy/daddy issues or if she needs something else.
So hopefully something comes of this.
Does sound like your SD has a
Does sound like your SD has a serious issue - more than just wanting attention from mommy & daddy. Best of luck with the therapist!
Only a doctor can diagnose.
Only a doctor can diagnose. It's good that you are checking things out. I know children with bipolar disorder will have rages or tantrums that can last for several hours at a time and are intense the whole time. What you are describing does not sound like that. If she were screaming and raging for four hours nonstop without wearing herself out that would be a mood disorder.
Well that's why she needs a
Well that's why she needs a professional,... Whatever is the root of it, it needs to be found out....
Believe me, I'm not wishing for a clinical diagnosis that will involve medication and will follow her (and subsequently my and FDH lives) forever....
I am just dreading that it COULD be that, because I know how entailed and life consuming those diagnoses are....
It could be a hormonal
It could be a hormonal imbalance.
^^^ agreed she is right at
^^^ agreed she is right at that age... she is also at an age where some things could be going on sexually. Good call on the therapist but IMHO as someone said earlier a mood disorder would last for hours. That being said sounds like some little thing that you cant catch is triggering her. Might consider that is something very wrong here and something happened with her. Either way I hope all goes well and the therapist can pin point it good luck!
She sounds like she could be
She sounds like she could be bipolar but only a doctor can diagnose that for sure. I would take her in and push for blood work, CT scans of her brain, and make sure they check her hormone levels along with blood sugar levels. Go from there and good luck.
FDH sent me a text today
FDH sent me a text today saying he called her primary doctor explained his concerns and asked for a recommendation of where to take her,... So hopefully, whatever is going on will be handled sooner rather than later.