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Been to psychiatrist today....new diagnosis
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 445057" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Not quite... </p><p>1) a diagnosis opens the door to a list of rx, but it can still be a struggle to find the right one... IF there is a "right one" for the situation at hand. (I'm not anti-medications - just realistic)</p><p>2) a diagnosis opens the door to other necessary things... IEPs, tdocs, etc. If you don't have a diagnosis, it can be hard to access services.</p><p></p><p>Its also not necessarily "complete". It may take a combo of diagnosis to really describe the child. And it takes time to get that.</p><p></p><p>There is a raft of formal tests that pick up on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) traits... and yes, they take hours to do (several appointments, anyway). BUT, the tests are not part of the diagnostic criteria for anything... DSMV doesn't say "a score of xxx on test yyy = diagnosis zzz". There's a list of traits, trends, history etc. - and sometimes, it IS obvious. So why would you want to go through all that testing if you already know the answer? Not hard to understand wny the doctor doesn't necessarily want to go through the testing. The advantage for YOU is that testing provides a more concrete, detailed description of the current situation, which further refines what approaches to try etc. </p><p></p><p>Start from this level of diagnosis, work with some adjustments on various fronts, see what happens. If you're not making progress, ask for more detailed testing... to flesh out the "details" of the diagnosis and/or to look for additonal diagnosis (in this case, mood disorders etc. more likely than, say, adhd)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 445057, member: 11791"] Not quite... 1) a diagnosis opens the door to a list of rx, but it can still be a struggle to find the right one... IF there is a "right one" for the situation at hand. (I'm not anti-medications - just realistic) 2) a diagnosis opens the door to other necessary things... IEPs, tdocs, etc. If you don't have a diagnosis, it can be hard to access services. Its also not necessarily "complete". It may take a combo of diagnosis to really describe the child. And it takes time to get that. There is a raft of formal tests that pick up on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) traits... and yes, they take hours to do (several appointments, anyway). BUT, the tests are not part of the diagnostic criteria for anything... DSMV doesn't say "a score of xxx on test yyy = diagnosis zzz". There's a list of traits, trends, history etc. - and sometimes, it IS obvious. So why would you want to go through all that testing if you already know the answer? Not hard to understand wny the doctor doesn't necessarily want to go through the testing. The advantage for YOU is that testing provides a more concrete, detailed description of the current situation, which further refines what approaches to try etc. Start from this level of diagnosis, work with some adjustments on various fronts, see what happens. If you're not making progress, ask for more detailed testing... to flesh out the "details" of the diagnosis and/or to look for additonal diagnosis (in this case, mood disorders etc. more likely than, say, adhd) [/QUOTE]
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