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<blockquote data-quote="bmb" data-source="post: 100384" data-attributes="member: 4352"><p>Hello Sara,</p><p></p><p>No, she is not on any medications, except for low dose thyroid.</p><p></p><p>My family has a history of Mental Illness, most notably my sister who is totally & permanently disabled. Psychiatric medications used on her had horrible results, no benefit, and some permanent damage. About 10 yrs ago I was treated for anxiety/depression and also had adverse reactions. We have been very careful of not having difficult child medicated with-o being properly diagnosis'd. Her current diagnosis was made by a counselor, not a P-DR. Previous diagnosis of Borderline (BPD) led to her being prescribed risperdal, which was in my humble opinion incorrectly given. The DR was NOT a psychiatrist, but a GP that only saw her on one occassion for 20 minutes, made the diagnosis of Borderline (BPD) & prescribed medication with-o even weighing her or knowing anything about her history. Currently, she is not under a P-DR's direct care and therefore not on any medication.</p><p></p><p>I am not opposed to medication's, just want to make sure she has a correct diagnosis first!</p><p></p><p>It's not simply the name-calling; it's the fabricating she's doing that really gets to me. I've been reading the "Chandler Papers" that describe ODD, she really fits the picture, not what I wanted to learn............ :thumbsdown:</p><p></p><p> It makes me so sad that she doesn't understand where this behavior will take her -- she's already lost certain opportunities by being so adversarial at school, she wanted to be a lawyer, but she first has to make it thru high school! </p><p></p><p>Oh well, I need to go to sleep, been worrying about this too much & now I'm getting a headache... :hammer: </p><p></p><p>G'nite & thanks for the reply!</p><p></p><p>bmb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmb, post: 100384, member: 4352"] Hello Sara, No, she is not on any medications, except for low dose thyroid. My family has a history of Mental Illness, most notably my sister who is totally & permanently disabled. Psychiatric medications used on her had horrible results, no benefit, and some permanent damage. About 10 yrs ago I was treated for anxiety/depression and also had adverse reactions. We have been very careful of not having difficult child medicated with-o being properly diagnosis'd. Her current diagnosis was made by a counselor, not a P-DR. Previous diagnosis of Borderline (BPD) led to her being prescribed risperdal, which was in my humble opinion incorrectly given. The DR was NOT a psychiatrist, but a GP that only saw her on one occassion for 20 minutes, made the diagnosis of Borderline (BPD) & prescribed medication with-o even weighing her or knowing anything about her history. Currently, she is not under a P-DR's direct care and therefore not on any medication. I am not opposed to medication's, just want to make sure she has a correct diagnosis first! It's not simply the name-calling; it's the fabricating she's doing that really gets to me. I've been reading the "Chandler Papers" that describe ODD, she really fits the picture, not what I wanted to learn............ [img]:thumbsdown:[/img] It makes me so sad that she doesn't understand where this behavior will take her -- she's already lost certain opportunities by being so adversarial at school, she wanted to be a lawyer, but she first has to make it thru high school! Oh well, I need to go to sleep, been worrying about this too much & now I'm getting a headache... [img]:hammer:[/img] G'nite & thanks for the reply! bmb [/QUOTE]
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