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<blockquote data-quote="maril" data-source="post: 214756" data-attributes="member: 5937"><p>klmno: Thank you. Very, very good suggestion to start a log! Much better than me sitting here running through a mental checklist of everything that has occurred with difficult child. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p><p> </p><p>In the mean time, I am on pins and needles about continuing his medications but the psychiatrist did not say to stop anything or decrease anything when I spoke with her yesterday; husband wants me to listen to her about the medications and continue to explore our options. difficult child's psychiatrist also recommended that he go to a partial program (difficult child has to be in agreement), which would be all day, including schooling and counseling, as opposed to an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization (this was suggested to me upon my describing how difficult child is behaving in conversation with psychiatrist yesterday). To complicate matters, difficult child is already currently in a partial program for D&A, only halfway through; not realistic to do both programs at the same time. Obviously, we have to choose which program would serve him better at this time and, of course, he has to be willing to go, if we choose the behavioral partial program.</p><p> </p><p>Also, with the wise suggestions given here to seek a second opinion, I will be researching finding a psychiatrist for that purpose; pretty crucial.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maril, post: 214756, member: 5937"] klmno: Thank you. Very, very good suggestion to start a log! Much better than me sitting here running through a mental checklist of everything that has occurred with difficult child. :knockedout: In the mean time, I am on pins and needles about continuing his medications but the psychiatrist did not say to stop anything or decrease anything when I spoke with her yesterday; husband wants me to listen to her about the medications and continue to explore our options. difficult child's psychiatrist also recommended that he go to a partial program (difficult child has to be in agreement), which would be all day, including schooling and counseling, as opposed to an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization (this was suggested to me upon my describing how difficult child is behaving in conversation with psychiatrist yesterday). To complicate matters, difficult child is already currently in a partial program for D&A, only halfway through; not realistic to do both programs at the same time. Obviously, we have to choose which program would serve him better at this time and, of course, he has to be willing to go, if we choose the behavioral partial program. Also, with the wise suggestions given here to seek a second opinion, I will be researching finding a psychiatrist for that purpose; pretty crucial. [/QUOTE]
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