hi to all
hope everyone is well. i have little difficult child who will be going in for testing 2/27 until then we're flying by the seat of our pants at home and school, no medication's right now. sleep is so difficult for her. for all of us.
i just finished an hour phone call with difficult child's old pyschdoc. an hour yup he talks to me, we shoot ideas back and forth he's amazing and he cares. the new pychdoc i can't get a hold of him at all ever, he does not care is all business etc. doesn't even attempt to speak with rin at all.
so what i've decided to do is wait until the testing is completed the recommendation sent to new pyschdoc, let him give me my thoughts and then basically "dump" him and go to old pyschdoc. the reason i changed was due to fact he's quite far away and is out of network. i was working full time then and it was difficult to get to the city for appointments. and he also wasn't willing to take the reiumbursement my insurance company was offering for out of network, now he is.
so secondly he said that right now i should give her the chlondine every night if it helps with the sleep. right now the sleep is huge issue as well as the anxiety during day. teacher's kind of at end of rope so to speak.
he feels very strongly that she is bi polar (he said not a severe case though) but she also has several other things anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a few others so it clouds our judgement regarding diagnosis of bi polar.
he said that all the drugs we've tried we haven't tried lithium. i was hopoing to steer clear of it for the simple fact that it has to be closely monitored and lithium just rings bad in my ears.
he feels that i should have her on medication's right now. he also suggested to me along with my therapist today that i should begin seeking services that may be available for her.
ok this is scary as well for me. it means alot of new things that i have heard many people speak of case managers, etc. there is a mental health office not too far away i have someone i know there that can help me with getting started. yet the thought of opening our doors to strange people, case managers, etc. is scarey to me at this point.
so i guess i'm just throwing out alot of stuff tonight in this one post. my plan for little difficult child is chlonidine until testing so that our house and bigger difficult child get some sleep adn i can deal alot better with rest, and to as i said switch out doctor's following the testing. i'm also in process of seeking out therapist for weekly therapy that she needs.
i have plan for older difficult child as well after speaking to therapist today.
ok that was a long one i know.......
so does this make sense? it does to me right now......
thanks
Jenn
hope everyone is well. i have little difficult child who will be going in for testing 2/27 until then we're flying by the seat of our pants at home and school, no medication's right now. sleep is so difficult for her. for all of us.
i just finished an hour phone call with difficult child's old pyschdoc. an hour yup he talks to me, we shoot ideas back and forth he's amazing and he cares. the new pychdoc i can't get a hold of him at all ever, he does not care is all business etc. doesn't even attempt to speak with rin at all.
so what i've decided to do is wait until the testing is completed the recommendation sent to new pyschdoc, let him give me my thoughts and then basically "dump" him and go to old pyschdoc. the reason i changed was due to fact he's quite far away and is out of network. i was working full time then and it was difficult to get to the city for appointments. and he also wasn't willing to take the reiumbursement my insurance company was offering for out of network, now he is.
so secondly he said that right now i should give her the chlondine every night if it helps with the sleep. right now the sleep is huge issue as well as the anxiety during day. teacher's kind of at end of rope so to speak.
he feels very strongly that she is bi polar (he said not a severe case though) but she also has several other things anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a few others so it clouds our judgement regarding diagnosis of bi polar.
he said that all the drugs we've tried we haven't tried lithium. i was hopoing to steer clear of it for the simple fact that it has to be closely monitored and lithium just rings bad in my ears.
he feels that i should have her on medication's right now. he also suggested to me along with my therapist today that i should begin seeking services that may be available for her.
ok this is scary as well for me. it means alot of new things that i have heard many people speak of case managers, etc. there is a mental health office not too far away i have someone i know there that can help me with getting started. yet the thought of opening our doors to strange people, case managers, etc. is scarey to me at this point.
so i guess i'm just throwing out alot of stuff tonight in this one post. my plan for little difficult child is chlonidine until testing so that our house and bigger difficult child get some sleep adn i can deal alot better with rest, and to as i said switch out doctor's following the testing. i'm also in process of seeking out therapist for weekly therapy that she needs.
i have plan for older difficult child as well after speaking to therapist today.
ok that was a long one i know.......
so does this make sense? it does to me right now......
thanks
Jenn