Last ♡ Hope
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We've been with this Dr since his first psychiatric hospital stay at age four - he's six now. We've made very little progress. I've recently had a few people rec a different psychiatrist here in town. As we re-admitted him for the 8th time last night, I'd really like to make the switch now because this is just getting ridiculous. It just feels like everyone involved in his care has just run out of ideas and I'd kind of like to have some fresh eyes on him, does that make sense?
So how do I go about doing this? I know the technical stuff like getting a referral from our PCP, but the actual changing hands business is what confuses me. Do I need to call his current psychiatrist and explain or just get things set up with the new psychiatrist and let his office go about getting records?
Eeeks I feel like she's going to be mad or hurt or something, but I'm desperate - it's nothing personal. I'm even considering changing tdocs because she, too, just seems to rest on her laurels because she doesn't know what else to do anymore. Meanwhile we're living with a wild animal over here. In-home therapist services have been recommended but the ones who do the home based service have less training than the clinic-based docs - explain THAT to me?!? So while I think home-based would be helpful, I can't imaging giving up some 'expertise' especially since the 'expert' we see now is at a loss...
So how do I go about doing this? I know the technical stuff like getting a referral from our PCP, but the actual changing hands business is what confuses me. Do I need to call his current psychiatrist and explain or just get things set up with the new psychiatrist and let his office go about getting records?
Eeeks I feel like she's going to be mad or hurt or something, but I'm desperate - it's nothing personal. I'm even considering changing tdocs because she, too, just seems to rest on her laurels because she doesn't know what else to do anymore. Meanwhile we're living with a wild animal over here. In-home therapist services have been recommended but the ones who do the home based service have less training than the clinic-based docs - explain THAT to me?!? So while I think home-based would be helpful, I can't imaging giving up some 'expertise' especially since the 'expert' we see now is at a loss...
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