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New here...and reeling from today's psychiatric visit
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<blockquote data-quote="blb" data-source="post: 60406" data-attributes="member: 32"><p>It sounds like he's using a cookie cutter approach to your child, just what you want, right? :hammer:</p><p></p><p>My personal thought, having dealt with school psychs and CSW's that were CLUELESS, I would bypass and head straight for a neuropsychologist and MD psychiatric evaluation, especially with your family Hx, clearly there may be more going on. </p><p></p><p>I think the reason often that CSWs recommend the simplest strategy is because unfortunately many parents are clueless themselves; all you have to do is watch Supernanny to see that. But since you detailed the info in an 8-page report (a woman after my own heart :smile:) chances are you are more on top of the issue to begin with...perhaps even moreso than your CSW. </p><p></p><p>The problem is that at 3 yo, a lot of the symptoms can overlap other conditions, so if you are thinking of the medication route you want to make sure that the medication psychiatric DR you see is very well versed in the co-morbid conditions, and that his focus on the conditions that you think difficult child may have. IE You don't go to a gastroenterologist for a toothache, so don't waste your time with a psychiatric MD whose specialty is anxiety alone if you think you're looking at a pediatric mood disorder.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blb, post: 60406, member: 32"] It sounds like he's using a cookie cutter approach to your child, just what you want, right? [img]:hammer:[/img] My personal thought, having dealt with school psychs and CSW's that were CLUELESS, I would bypass and head straight for a neuropsychologist and MD psychiatric evaluation, especially with your family Hx, clearly there may be more going on. I think the reason often that CSWs recommend the simplest strategy is because unfortunately many parents are clueless themselves; all you have to do is watch Supernanny to see that. But since you detailed the info in an 8-page report (a woman after my own heart [img]:smile:[/img]) chances are you are more on top of the issue to begin with...perhaps even moreso than your CSW. The problem is that at 3 yo, a lot of the symptoms can overlap other conditions, so if you are thinking of the medication route you want to make sure that the medication psychiatric DR you see is very well versed in the co-morbid conditions, and that his focus on the conditions that you think difficult child may have. IE You don't go to a gastroenterologist for a toothache, so don't waste your time with a psychiatric MD whose specialty is anxiety alone if you think you're looking at a pediatric mood disorder. Hope this helps [/QUOTE]
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