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Need to make the most of my 1st ever 3 min appointment with Psychiatrist for difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 358674" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>well, i <em>hope</em> its longer than 3 min!</p><p> </p><p>the psychiatrist should be doing his own evaluation...maybe the evaluation you already had was more of an intake for service?</p><p>the psychiatrist is the one who makes the diagnosis and prescribes the medications, so they needs to have an understanding of your difficult child's issues. its not something that should be done on hearsay from some random evaluator....they can take their thoughts into account, but the psychiatrist should have their own take on the situation.</p><p> </p><p>make that list. make it reasonably thorough. and then hand him a copy. the list helps to show the big picture, and any patterns that even</p><p>we as parents dont necessarily recognize. but definitely put your thoughts on paper--it will help.</p><p> </p><p>some psychiatrists rx medications right out the box (and diagnosis after a 10 minute questionaire)....some prefer to see you several times to come up with a cohesive </p><p>treatment plan, including an accurate diagnosis and an rx plan. </p><p> </p><p>from what you say, there is more than just ODD involved, and the right course of treatment is *VERY* important. medications are a tricky thing--prescribe the wrong one for the wrong disorder and things could get worse. </p><p> </p><p>just tell the truth, no matter how wacky it might seem (they've heard it all, and then some) and it will be fine!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 358674, member: 8831"] well, i [I]hope[/I] its longer than 3 min! the psychiatrist should be doing his own evaluation...maybe the evaluation you already had was more of an intake for service? the psychiatrist is the one who makes the diagnosis and prescribes the medications, so they needs to have an understanding of your difficult child's issues. its not something that should be done on hearsay from some random evaluator....they can take their thoughts into account, but the psychiatrist should have their own take on the situation. make that list. make it reasonably thorough. and then hand him a copy. the list helps to show the big picture, and any patterns that even we as parents dont necessarily recognize. but definitely put your thoughts on paper--it will help. some psychiatrists rx medications right out the box (and diagnosis after a 10 minute questionaire)....some prefer to see you several times to come up with a cohesive treatment plan, including an accurate diagnosis and an rx plan. from what you say, there is more than just ODD involved, and the right course of treatment is *VERY* important. medications are a tricky thing--prescribe the wrong one for the wrong disorder and things could get worse. just tell the truth, no matter how wacky it might seem (they've heard it all, and then some) and it will be fine! [/QUOTE]
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