Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder DSM V

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Hahahaha! Great point. Like any child "diagnosed" with this is going to suddenly outgrow it once they hit a certain age.

They are going to "replace" DMDD in most cases (if it's still present with 18 ) with Bipolar, Borderline PD, Panic disorder, depression or whatever. Then the scientists will spend huge amound of money to figure out the connections betwenn DMDD and Bipolar, Borderline PD, panic disorder, depression or whatever...!
And then there will be maybe also new theories about the devolpement of childhood mood problems or whatever...!
So, bussiness as usual...!

This would indicate that a kid could get a diagnosis of both autism and DMDD, but only if the meltdowns can't be explained by autism (eg they aren't from sensory overload, rigidity, misunderstanding social situations, etc).

Also, the kid needs to have irritability between outbursts, too, whereas most autistic kids I've met seem to be reasonably happy when something isn't setting them off. These kids probably wouldn't be the ones who'd get over a meltdown very quickly while their parents are still reeling, which is a common description of autistic meltdowns. These kids are basically kids who seem cranky pretty much all the time, with it occasionally boiling over into a meltdown.

Personally, I'm really glad they're adding it. I've been reading research for quite awhile suggesting that persistent irritability is a distinct mood disorder. Very often they get lumped in with depression or bipolar, often with ODD or CD thrown in. (Probably most kids with ODD + depression fit DMDD better, since many of these kids depression is indicated not by acting sad but by not acting happy.) The only concern I have is if there are kids with persistent irritability that causes impairment without having meltdowns, these kids will still be lumped in with diagnoses that don't really fit. I also don't see why a kid can be diagnosed with both ODD and DMDD - wouldn't DMDD account for all the ODD traits?

If this is the case, then that is reassuring.

I don't know - DS would have fit this profile, but it was due to his frustration with the undiagnosed and untreated pragmatic speech deficit. He was only getting about 70% of interaction (and, thus 30% of communication was miscommunication) and this would irritate him constantly and occasionally blow up into a full-on meltdown. This was on top of him being irritable due to sensory and rigidity issues (which also could lead to meltdowns.) But, he was pretty much cranky from 1st grade until his formal diagnosis and eventual treatment in 4th.

Now that he's being treated. The big breakthrough was that he came to understand that if something goes wrong socially it is probably due to a miscommunication. He is generally much less irritable, even if miscommunications still happen. He's also become a bit more flexible and recognizes sensory stuff before it becomes a problem, which makes things better still (those, we're still working on.)

We haven't completely solved everything, but if we'd been given this diagnosis instead of the appropriate ones, we would be no further ahead now. I'm not saying it isn't an accurate picture of many kids, I'm just concerned that it will keep people from looking for answers.

I can see the pros adding this diagnostic lable in the DSM V.
But the mainpoint what I don't get is, so far I know, overdx Bipolar in children upto this extreme how it happened nearly just happened in the US. So how do other countries dx?
I also don't know if it makes sence to me to add a lable that's for children ONLY get that HAS TO be switched to another lable or removed when those kids older!

So what's with grown ups having those kind of problems?