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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 199228" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Maybe you could try a consultation with another psychiatrist, so you don't even have to mention it to the psychiatrist you have now. Just make an appointment with another one, explain the situation, just like your last post, and get a feel for that psychiatrist's position on diagnosis'ing BiPolar (BP) in adolescents and whether or not that psychiatrist is comfortable keeping Major on the medications he's currently on that work, until they need adjusting or until the psychiatrist determines that this is definitely not BiPolar (BP) and mood stabilizers are the wrong medication. Then, you wouldn't be changing psychiatrists until you were sure that they would be picking up from where you are now and not starting over from scratch.</p><p></p><p>As far as doubting yourself for the communication problem- I'm going through the same frustration with tdocs. Don't beat yourself up- I understand your position with the sd, but my guess is that they are understanding you very well. Sometimes, people at the sd can act like they don't get it and that things have to be a certain way because they think you'll give in and just agree, which does happen with many of us. People at difficult child's school actually treat him and me a LOT better since I became assertive about his needs- I didn't become agressive, but I did start speaking up and standing up. Hang in there...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 199228, member: 3699"] Maybe you could try a consultation with another psychiatrist, so you don't even have to mention it to the psychiatrist you have now. Just make an appointment with another one, explain the situation, just like your last post, and get a feel for that psychiatrist's position on diagnosis'ing BiPolar (BP) in adolescents and whether or not that psychiatrist is comfortable keeping Major on the medications he's currently on that work, until they need adjusting or until the psychiatrist determines that this is definitely not BiPolar (BP) and mood stabilizers are the wrong medication. Then, you wouldn't be changing psychiatrists until you were sure that they would be picking up from where you are now and not starting over from scratch. As far as doubting yourself for the communication problem- I'm going through the same frustration with tdocs. Don't beat yourself up- I understand your position with the sd, but my guess is that they are understanding you very well. Sometimes, people at the sd can act like they don't get it and that things have to be a certain way because they think you'll give in and just agree, which does happen with many of us. People at difficult child's school actually treat him and me a LOT better since I became assertive about his needs- I didn't become agressive, but I did start speaking up and standing up. Hang in there... [/QUOTE]
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