Could this be PDA, bipolar or something else

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I've had it suggested to me that ds could have PDA - lots of traits to suggest this and I feel this describes ds to a T. However my dh has heard something recently on the radio and says that bipolar also describes him well.

What would you do? Can you really have both or could they both be showing traits of each other. I desperately don't want to get this wrong.

Thanks for looking.

Hi....just wondering how old your ds is? I am currently trying to obtain a diagnosis of bipolar disorder for my dd. I was only very recently diagnosed.....self-diagnosed initially and the fought two year battle to get it confirmed....with this realisation, came the knowledge that I could trace it back to when I was 7.....and anger and regret that I had lived my whole life with this 'thing' I didn't even know I had and that it could have been treated....Very quickly then saw the signs in my gorgeous daughter....and damned if I'm going to let her go through the misunderstanding and discrimination that I did, together with being prevented from using my talents....the earlier it's caught the better....going to be an even harder battle for me to get a diagnosis for my daughter because she is so young....but I am an expert through experience so I will get her the medication that she needs, they don't know what they're up against.....I could educate them......maybe bit easier for you if your son is older?? I admire you so much for being open to the possibility x

Hi and thank you both for the replies.

Ds is 10 and I've recently put lots of things together as we'll as dh listening to a programme on the radio.

I've been to the drs by myself, and she's said ds is too young to normally get a diagnosis of bipolar. She said a lot of the things I'm mentioning are autism related also, but I'm presuming its would be more PDA related as my sons had a recent evaluation and ticks lots of those boxes.

I just left all details and said how things are so now we're just in the waiting game now - that's if Camhs even accept him. In our area, Camhs seem to be discharging a lot of people (including me)