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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 111252" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Yes, psychiatrist's words seem to make everything fall into place- so much so that I felt a weight being lifted off my back.- In a way- of course, there's still the issue of treatment. Whether or not bipolar issues (cycling) is going to be a MAJOR issue for the rest of his life or a "tendency" that he can primarily maintain himself remains to be seen. I can't expect more than that. I was very impressed with psychiatrist- she didn't seem to waste time on completely unrelated things but seemed thorough in eliminating some comorbid diagnosis's- like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), for example. She seemed EXTREMELY educated about mood disorders, yet could still speak/explain things to me and difficult child in a down-to-earth way.</p><p></p><p>He's stable in the sense that I don't think he's a danger to self or others, not something I would have said in Feb of 2006. . I don't think medications are quite right yet. psychiatrist on evaluation team asked an interesting question to both difficult child and me. She asked as compared to how he was at the worst, and that being a zero, on a scale of 0 to 100%, how much of an improvement do I see right now. I put it at 60%, however fall of 2006, I would have said 90%. difficult child said he thought he was at 70 to 80% right now. Something doesn't seem quite right to me and difficult child has said similar things- like "these don't seem like right medicines for me". Now, he clearly had several bipolar signs when he was not on any medications, but again, I don't think we have them right yet.</p><p></p><p>Current therapist, along with the others he's had, is Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He's great as a mentor, I think, although I still have some reservations. Then, there's the fact he hasn't returned either call I ever made to him (2 or 3 in a six mo. period) and then I had asked him to recommend an advocate for IEP issues and he assured me he could do this, then charges me $100 to go to the meeting and had absolutely nothing to offer except telling school members that he'd work on behavioral issues with difficult child and handing out business cards. I had asked the intake person at this grouup about a therapist for me/difficult child issues but she said since difficult child was seeing this therapist, I had to go thru him. I was uneasy about that because I just can't view him as anything other than a mentor- he's never addressed any real issues. I actually wonder sometimes if he's even "kosher" with too much "play time" and "not telling too much". I'm overly paranoid about things like this sometimes though, so it could just be me. difficult child likes him and given the issues difficult child has, I hate to remove his mentor from his life.</p><p></p><p>I need to write a letter (the 3rd) to this place about getting a report. I've been getting the run-around by the people answering the phone. The psychiatrist apparently has her report finished but the Ed Spec might not and they want to wait for both to be complete. But, twice they told me they did mail a copy to me, however, I never rec'd anything. I've told them I'll come pick it up in person, they tell me they'll call right back, then never call.</p><p></p><p>I'm in central Va.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 111252, member: 3699"] Yes, psychiatrist's words seem to make everything fall into place- so much so that I felt a weight being lifted off my back.- In a way- of course, there's still the issue of treatment. Whether or not bipolar issues (cycling) is going to be a MAJOR issue for the rest of his life or a "tendency" that he can primarily maintain himself remains to be seen. I can't expect more than that. I was very impressed with psychiatrist- she didn't seem to waste time on completely unrelated things but seemed thorough in eliminating some comorbid diagnosis's- like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), for example. She seemed EXTREMELY educated about mood disorders, yet could still speak/explain things to me and difficult child in a down-to-earth way. He's stable in the sense that I don't think he's a danger to self or others, not something I would have said in Feb of 2006. . I don't think medications are quite right yet. psychiatrist on evaluation team asked an interesting question to both difficult child and me. She asked as compared to how he was at the worst, and that being a zero, on a scale of 0 to 100%, how much of an improvement do I see right now. I put it at 60%, however fall of 2006, I would have said 90%. difficult child said he thought he was at 70 to 80% right now. Something doesn't seem quite right to me and difficult child has said similar things- like "these don't seem like right medicines for me". Now, he clearly had several bipolar signs when he was not on any medications, but again, I don't think we have them right yet. Current therapist, along with the others he's had, is Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He's great as a mentor, I think, although I still have some reservations. Then, there's the fact he hasn't returned either call I ever made to him (2 or 3 in a six mo. period) and then I had asked him to recommend an advocate for IEP issues and he assured me he could do this, then charges me $100 to go to the meeting and had absolutely nothing to offer except telling school members that he'd work on behavioral issues with difficult child and handing out business cards. I had asked the intake person at this grouup about a therapist for me/difficult child issues but she said since difficult child was seeing this therapist, I had to go thru him. I was uneasy about that because I just can't view him as anything other than a mentor- he's never addressed any real issues. I actually wonder sometimes if he's even "kosher" with too much "play time" and "not telling too much". I'm overly paranoid about things like this sometimes though, so it could just be me. difficult child likes him and given the issues difficult child has, I hate to remove his mentor from his life. I need to write a letter (the 3rd) to this place about getting a report. I've been getting the run-around by the people answering the phone. The psychiatrist apparently has her report finished but the Ed Spec might not and they want to wait for both to be complete. But, twice they told me they did mail a copy to me, however, I never rec'd anything. I've told them I'll come pick it up in person, they tell me they'll call right back, then never call. I'm in central Va. [/QUOTE]
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