I'm so glad more people are talking about this now, because I HAD THIS! I hated that I threw temper tantrums all the time, and I wished I could stop, but I couldn't! I just felt humiliated all the time, and I always wished I were somebody else. I couldn't go anywhere without some kid(s) yelling "Hey Mental" at me! Now, I wasn't irritable ALL the time. I wasn't irritable when I was going to do something I liked , like go to an amusement park or see a particular movie, or watched favorite shows on TV. Do such variables exist in the diagnosis?I wasn't interview intolerant either-I saw interviewers as a lifeline. What made it worse was that my Parents were both explosive, my Father being Bi-Polar and Paranoid. My Father thought that regular punishments(no TV for a week or a month)would teach me to "respect" him and not blow up at him. They didn't work! It just gave me resentment because I didn't understand why I was being punished! I also desperately wished that my like could be like a 30s movie, but I don't know where that fits in.

For doubters, I’m the Grandmother of a beautiful 7 year old boy who has wonderful parents. He began exhibiting explosive behavior (screaming without crying or anger) at 12 months frequently. At 7 he rages every day and can’t relax his body. He’s a dangerous person because of adrenaline rush and can’t remember episodes (they’re like a seizure). Right now he’s in a psychiatric hospital (good one) where they’re trying to figure which meds will work for him. The problem is a physical problem within the brain, not a behavioral problem. Blaming parents for a physical problem is like blaming parents for cancer or Down’s syndrome. My poor grandson at 7 was contemplating suicide. He’s not bad, he’s sick!

Can’t believe that you would actually make a sweeping comment like that, blaming parents for their children having this disorder. How ignorant and irresponsible! As a parent of twin teenagers with DMDD (and four older children who are neurotypical), I can tell you from personal experience, and from those of many that we’ve associated with over the years, that for many parents of kids with DMDD, we have been through hell and back, and certainly don’t need any additional shame!

It is informative,and comoerhensive presentation,it give insight about the caze

Great content. Thank you for the evidence based material!

So glad I found this video! Was confused on my assignment

I’m surprised that the family dynamic was explained/thought to have two irritable parents and exposure to dysfunction contributes to this. The psychiatrists and psychologists I’ve discussed this with have found there is no socio-demographic contributor to this diagnosis. From experience, I can definitively say that is not always the case. I do hope others will continue to gain knowledge about this so they aren’t profiling diagnosis based on familial dysfunction.

I'm a parent happy with 50% improvement! Our son has FASD (one therapist diagnosed as DMDD - the symptoms are almost identical except my son also has learning disabilities and we know he was exposed to alcohol and meth in the womb). We have tried several meds, including Concerta and Risperdal, but have found our 50% improvement (maybe 60%!) with Amantadine and Intuniv. Amantadine has knocked our socks off in how it stimulates my son's frontal lobe. He had told a therapist before Amantadine he normally resides at a 6 on an "irritability scale" of 1-10 (which is why it was so easy for him to get to the full violent meltdown of a 10). Now he says he's at "negative 100." (He's at a 2 or a 3, from my estimation, LOL, which is at least a 50% improvement and wonderful! Now when he is triggered, he ends up around 6, which is totally manageable with environment.)

11:30 Yeah, as you say, like all of them.

8:44 whatever you likem we're making it up. & pay attn to the childhood BPD outcomes x lifespan too. Or dont.

13:00 thats called a personality trait.

Irritable

I am completely certain this is not a condition, except in the sense that everything is. Just treat the pt - w/environment & mind first where possible. What are the parents like. Ive never even heard of this baby borderline BS. & that fact inspires me to choose happiness. Im not going to make it to the end, what is the on track approved Rx?

13:38 Yeah, exactly. Just treat distress. & stop w/the sweeping lifelong predictions will you please. You know the state of the literature you, pseudo scientists. It is not criminal to make money, but try to have some self honesty in your spare time at least