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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 75837" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>Marguerite,</p><p></p><p>Your account of the little girl who could not be awakened is NOT as stranged to me as you might think...my husband has the same thing!!!!! Severe sleep apnea with super-enlarged tonsils and adenoids and he DOES NOT WAKE UP!!!! We are actually trying now to get it worked out for insurance to pay for him to get one of those machines that you can hook yourself up to before bedtime that will deliver a little burst of energy to your body if you stop breathing, it is supposed to get your body breathing again. A sleep study has been suggested for my 5 year old, as she has always had sleep problems, but I thought she grew out of it for a while, and now it's back even worse than when she was a baby. She does NOT have sleep apnea, as she does not stop breathing in her sleep, but the doctor has always thought something was going on in there. No, we are not relying on the Pediatrician to diagnosis the BIPOLAR, and her counselor is going to help me with this by trying to discourage him from doing her medications himself. She has made a report for him which indicates that although several of her symptoms point to ADHD, she recommends that she have a full blown comprehensive psychiatric evaluation by a professional because there are also several symptoms that DO NOT fit ADHD. I am hoping that this information, along with my account of her actions will be enough to convince him to write the referral. However, I think that I am planning on trying to get him to prescribe her a sleep medicine just to help her get by until the evaluations because I was told that if he DOES send a referral, the intake process could be up to 4 weeks before they are ready for the evaluation, and I don't think I can handle much more of these late nights!! </p><p></p><p>Her therapist is pretty sure that she has either Bipolar or ADHD, but she is also convinced that there is also something underlying that she can't put her finger on. (She is not providing an official diagnosis, just her opinion, and a good starting place for the doctor). </p><p></p><p>Thanks for the suggestions, we have also tried the Benadryl and some nights it might help, others it doesn't, however I have a difficult time giving that to her on a regular basis, we reserve that for the REALLY tough nights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 75837, member: 3527"] Marguerite, Your account of the little girl who could not be awakened is NOT as stranged to me as you might think...my husband has the same thing!!!!! Severe sleep apnea with super-enlarged tonsils and adenoids and he DOES NOT WAKE UP!!!! We are actually trying now to get it worked out for insurance to pay for him to get one of those machines that you can hook yourself up to before bedtime that will deliver a little burst of energy to your body if you stop breathing, it is supposed to get your body breathing again. A sleep study has been suggested for my 5 year old, as she has always had sleep problems, but I thought she grew out of it for a while, and now it's back even worse than when she was a baby. She does NOT have sleep apnea, as she does not stop breathing in her sleep, but the doctor has always thought something was going on in there. No, we are not relying on the Pediatrician to diagnosis the BIPOLAR, and her counselor is going to help me with this by trying to discourage him from doing her medications himself. She has made a report for him which indicates that although several of her symptoms point to ADHD, she recommends that she have a full blown comprehensive psychiatric evaluation by a professional because there are also several symptoms that DO NOT fit ADHD. I am hoping that this information, along with my account of her actions will be enough to convince him to write the referral. However, I think that I am planning on trying to get him to prescribe her a sleep medicine just to help her get by until the evaluations because I was told that if he DOES send a referral, the intake process could be up to 4 weeks before they are ready for the evaluation, and I don't think I can handle much more of these late nights!! Her therapist is pretty sure that she has either Bipolar or ADHD, but she is also convinced that there is also something underlying that she can't put her finger on. (She is not providing an official diagnosis, just her opinion, and a good starting place for the doctor). Thanks for the suggestions, we have also tried the Benadryl and some nights it might help, others it doesn't, however I have a difficult time giving that to her on a regular basis, we reserve that for the REALLY tough nights. [/QUOTE]
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