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<blockquote data-quote="Mandy" data-source="post: 233793" data-attributes="member: 6245"><p>Well I am now back and feel so much better abt. everything. The first thing I learned is she is a psychologist not a psychiatrist... so she does NOT prescribe the medications. The second thing I learned is because of the major shortage of psychiatrist's in our area it is nearly impossible to get into one. Most are not accepting new patients<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> She did however give me a name of a pedi that she highly recommended because she knows this pedi has been to seminars and has taken it upon herself to learn abt. medications ect. because of the shortage. We have an appointment with her next week!! </p><p> </p><p>We also talked abt. the Mood Disorder diagnosis, aspergers, and adhd. She said she has studied early onset BiPolar (BP) in children for the last 5 yrs and thinks it is highly probably this is the diagnosis he will get when she reevaluates him in 2yrs. She thinks it is too early in his development however to rule out aspergers. He did score very high on his IQ test but was below normal on his social and coping skills were his biggest. She thinks his agressive behavior has a lot to do with why his social skills are so low. He also scored high on something else I can't remember that they normally see low scores on with Aspergers. She said with the Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified we can do the IEP through school within the (ed) catergory. I also have to decide whether he is ready to start school this yr or not?? So I think the great news is we are moving forward, and I feel comfortable with his diagnosis for this time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mandy, post: 233793, member: 6245"] Well I am now back and feel so much better abt. everything. The first thing I learned is she is a psychologist not a psychiatrist... so she does NOT prescribe the medications. The second thing I learned is because of the major shortage of psychiatrist's in our area it is nearly impossible to get into one. Most are not accepting new patients:frowny: She did however give me a name of a pedi that she highly recommended because she knows this pedi has been to seminars and has taken it upon herself to learn abt. medications ect. because of the shortage. We have an appointment with her next week!! We also talked abt. the Mood Disorder diagnosis, aspergers, and adhd. She said she has studied early onset BiPolar (BP) in children for the last 5 yrs and thinks it is highly probably this is the diagnosis he will get when she reevaluates him in 2yrs. She thinks it is too early in his development however to rule out aspergers. He did score very high on his IQ test but was below normal on his social and coping skills were his biggest. She thinks his agressive behavior has a lot to do with why his social skills are so low. He also scored high on something else I can't remember that they normally see low scores on with Aspergers. She said with the Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified we can do the IEP through school within the (ed) catergory. I also have to decide whether he is ready to start school this yr or not?? So I think the great news is we are moving forward, and I feel comfortable with his diagnosis for this time. [/QUOTE]
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