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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 340231" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>thanks to both of you--</p><p> </p><p>funny janet--thats kind of parallel to our situation. and thanks for posting it...it helps immensely to hear others experiences.</p><p> </p><p>he first met her after the psychiatric hospital...she was in for a "break with reality" and was pretty manic--she was hardly herself to base much of anything on. and since she wasnt diagnosis'd with the mood disorder, much less treated for it, until, oh, two weeks ago, with 3 weeks of zoloft in her system and a disasterous trial of concerta--both of which ramped up some serious mania, i'm pretty convinced any opinions previously formed are so off base it isnt even funny.</p><p> </p><p>but now that you mentioned your dr--it jogged my memory. he told me a story of another patient that went to a psychiatrist and was diagnosis'd with something (i forget specifically), but that *he* still is <em>positive</em> it was Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). i didnt think much of it at the time...now i'm wondering if its a particular interest of his.</p><p> </p><p>and they actually DID ask me if there were any other tests i wanted to add...but, not for nothing, i'm not a neuropsychologist--how the heck should *i* know?! (and more to the point, wth am i paying HIM for?!)</p><p> </p><p>i'm personally finding the same as you--this is not the be all end all, by far. maybe there IS no way to get all the info i'm looking for, but for crying out loud, at some point something needs to be <em>done</em>, not just discussed.</p><p> </p><p>i could care less if they label her an avocado...all i want is treat whatever needs to be treated. even the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label...in our case, it literally changes nothing. she's not suddenly in need of ABA or discrete trial or any of those type of interventions. nor would that label suddenly qualify her for some kind of state services--she wouldnt remotely qualify as she'd be way too high functioning. (she could use a social skills group, but she also doesnt need a Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label to get one...)</p><p> </p><p>the only thing i'm in total agreement with is that a mood disorder needs to be treated, and treated with medications. we cant tease out the rest if we ignore that. fortunately, the abilify seems to be working for now...she seems reasonably stable.</p><p> </p><p>everyone is hot on her having a therapist--well, again, fine. but of course the major issue is that the neuropsychologist and a therapist are treated as the same for ins. purposes, and i can only have one at a time. so even that is on hold until we finish up this stuff--which still now includes an interpretive session (she drew today), the testing, and the discussion of results...we are looking at well into march before we can even find a therapist. (thankfully she does see the school psychiatric, its better than nothing!)</p><p> </p><p>and i'm also in the camp that if you keep looking under rocks, you'll eventually start finding snails...<em>especially</em> if your expertise is in mollusks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 340231, member: 8831"] thanks to both of you-- funny janet--thats kind of parallel to our situation. and thanks for posting it...it helps immensely to hear others experiences. he first met her after the psychiatric hospital...she was in for a "break with reality" and was pretty manic--she was hardly herself to base much of anything on. and since she wasnt diagnosis'd with the mood disorder, much less treated for it, until, oh, two weeks ago, with 3 weeks of zoloft in her system and a disasterous trial of concerta--both of which ramped up some serious mania, i'm pretty convinced any opinions previously formed are so off base it isnt even funny. but now that you mentioned your dr--it jogged my memory. he told me a story of another patient that went to a psychiatrist and was diagnosis'd with something (i forget specifically), but that *he* still is [I]positive[/I] it was Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). i didnt think much of it at the time...now i'm wondering if its a particular interest of his. and they actually DID ask me if there were any other tests i wanted to add...but, not for nothing, i'm not a neuropsychologist--how the heck should *i* know?! (and more to the point, wth am i paying HIM for?!) i'm personally finding the same as you--this is not the be all end all, by far. maybe there IS no way to get all the info i'm looking for, but for crying out loud, at some point something needs to be [I]done[/I], not just discussed. i could care less if they label her an avocado...all i want is treat whatever needs to be treated. even the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label...in our case, it literally changes nothing. she's not suddenly in need of ABA or discrete trial or any of those type of interventions. nor would that label suddenly qualify her for some kind of state services--she wouldnt remotely qualify as she'd be way too high functioning. (she could use a social skills group, but she also doesnt need a Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label to get one...) the only thing i'm in total agreement with is that a mood disorder needs to be treated, and treated with medications. we cant tease out the rest if we ignore that. fortunately, the abilify seems to be working for now...she seems reasonably stable. everyone is hot on her having a therapist--well, again, fine. but of course the major issue is that the neuropsychologist and a therapist are treated as the same for ins. purposes, and i can only have one at a time. so even that is on hold until we finish up this stuff--which still now includes an interpretive session (she drew today), the testing, and the discussion of results...we are looking at well into march before we can even find a therapist. (thankfully she does see the school psychiatric, its better than nothing!) and i'm also in the camp that if you keep looking under rocks, you'll eventually start finding snails...[I]especially[/I] if your expertise is in mollusks. [/QUOTE]
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