can autism be misdiagnosed for bipolar disorder?

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The two diseases are totally different. This comes from a person who has lived with folks with each disease.
Check out the resource for more info on the symptoms.

It IS possible for a person to have both though.

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no, those are two totally seperate diseaes

The symptoms and causes for both are radically different, so the answer is no.

A lot of people are miscatagorzied as the doctor just doesn't know but needs to tell the parents something.

that would be a stretch

i think autism, especially mild cases, can be completely overlooked; that is, UNdiagnosed rather than MISdiagnosed

but because it's manifested in so many different ways with so varying a group of symptoms, i suppose this could happen, and it could be disastrous

Anything can be misdiagnosed for anything.
Especially as there is no clear border between autism spectrum disorders, and no clear border between autism spectrum and other disorders. E.g. autism usually coincides with depression, and where you have depression you might have bipolar as well. Bipolar might be diagnosed but autism will be missed. etc.
Disclaimer: I'm not a professional in this area.

update: one could say more clearly that bipolar might be a symptom, and autism might be the cause. And the cause could go undiagnosed.

Infantile autism develops before 30 months of age and is characterized by impaired verbal and non-verbal communication, bipolar disorder=This disorder is characterized by alternating periods of extreme moods. For example, a period of mania may be characterized by excessive energy, restlessness and/or irritability. This period of mania may be followed by a period of depression characterized by feelings of hopelessness and a lack of energy.
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If somebody misdiagnosed that, I'd call my lawyer. Malpractice suit!

2 totally differant things call your lawyer

it depends on who is doing the diagnosing. a few years ago, autism was misdiagnosed as all kinds of things, it still is. it also depends on what sort of symptoms the potentially autistic person is exhibiting. if there is any doubt, i would take the person to a specialist to get a proper analysis.

http://www.daylon.com/autism/

That's a link to a paper I wrote on the topic of Autism. Hope it helps.

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