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Appointment with psychiatrist - what to expect?
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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 27230" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>tryingtocope,</p><p></p><p>By the time I had gotten to this psychiatrist I had been told by a psychologist that difficult child was ADHD. After a bad response to stims, same psychologist said BiPolar (BP). When I questioned BiPolar (BP) diagnosis after a few weeks via e-mail he stopped responding. So we went to a child psychiatrist. She said not BiPolar (BP), but ADHD. Stims again. Calmed him in am but by 11am major meltdowns and behaviors.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say this psychiatrist would not listen to our concerns, spent only 15 min at a time with us, never interacted with my son or took blood pressure and weight like whe was suppossed to. So we dumped her and the new psychiatrist was recommended. He came up with an evolving diagnosis as BiPolar (BP).</p><p></p><p>So we had some ideas going in...ADHD had always been in the forefront of our minds, but with the response he has had to the Abilify, leads me to believe that we are on the right track.</p><p></p><p>FYI - if your psychiatrist recommends medications, make sure they do a blood panel on your child first. Neither the psychologist nor the 1st psychiatrist did. The new one started off just right with doing blood work and an ekg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 27230, member: 3477"] tryingtocope, By the time I had gotten to this psychiatrist I had been told by a psychologist that difficult child was ADHD. After a bad response to stims, same psychologist said BiPolar (BP). When I questioned BiPolar (BP) diagnosis after a few weeks via e-mail he stopped responding. So we went to a child psychiatrist. She said not BiPolar (BP), but ADHD. Stims again. Calmed him in am but by 11am major meltdowns and behaviors. Needless to say this psychiatrist would not listen to our concerns, spent only 15 min at a time with us, never interacted with my son or took blood pressure and weight like whe was suppossed to. So we dumped her and the new psychiatrist was recommended. He came up with an evolving diagnosis as BiPolar (BP). So we had some ideas going in...ADHD had always been in the forefront of our minds, but with the response he has had to the Abilify, leads me to believe that we are on the right track. FYI - if your psychiatrist recommends medications, make sure they do a blood panel on your child first. Neither the psychologist nor the 1st psychiatrist did. The new one started off just right with doing blood work and an ekg. [/QUOTE]
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