Introduction to The Brandon

We will start with Brandon. He will be 7 on August 4th. What mental illness does he have? I don't know. Why don't I know...no one can pin point a diagnoses. His therapist told me today she thinks we are dealing with Aspergers. His behavior support specialist says conduct disorder. Coastal says bipolar. One doctor says ADHD. Her prescribing meds doctor doesn't want to "label" him. I've also heard ODD and OCD. Everyone agrees that he has sensory integration problems. He is finally going for an OT evaluation in September. His therapist wants him to have a neuro/psych eval. We will see what the insurance company says about that. What does he do? Allot of the time he is the sweetest most loving kind boy you'll ever want to know. The other part of the time you are fearful of what he is capable of. He screams, throws, hits, swears. He whines, cries, threatens you. It doesn't sound so bad when I'm typing, or probably when you are reading. But TRUST ME it's bad. Well..this is a start. I'll work on filling in some blanks at another time.