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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 96569" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>We started interventions later than many of you. We were blessed with a psychiatrist who really listened to us and to difficult child. She did a lot of testing.</p><p></p><p>She did prescribe medications, but EVERY time we talked about a change or a new medication she gave us info then told us to go home and think about it. Then we came back and told her what we thought. Sometime we took 3 months of back and forth to decide on a new medication. </p><p></p><p>After we moved we had a great developmental pediatrician. He and his coworkers did close to 20 hours of testing, over several weeks, BEFORE any medication changes were made. He kept us on what difficult child was already on, but made no changes until after the evaluation, and he also gave us time to THINK about each medication or change.</p><p></p><p>He worked with me via email, thank heavens, and was amazing. But he seriously cut his practice due to his own family problems, and we were sad to lose him.</p><p></p><p>I really hate it when I see pediatrician prescribing these medications. I knowmy daughter was given prozac byour pediatrician. And as soon as we noticed problems with it we were scheduled with a psychiatrist. pediatrician said she could help with ptsd and anxiety if they were very simple, but they werenot.</p><p></p><p>I really respect this pediatrician, and she is awesome to this date.</p><p></p><p>Good post, I know many of the positive changes we found were when we were on the same page and using discipline correctly to manage behaviors (NOT to punish the child, but to manage behaviors).</p><p></p><p>Hugs to all.</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 96569, member: 1233"] We started interventions later than many of you. We were blessed with a psychiatrist who really listened to us and to difficult child. She did a lot of testing. She did prescribe medications, but EVERY time we talked about a change or a new medication she gave us info then told us to go home and think about it. Then we came back and told her what we thought. Sometime we took 3 months of back and forth to decide on a new medication. After we moved we had a great developmental pediatrician. He and his coworkers did close to 20 hours of testing, over several weeks, BEFORE any medication changes were made. He kept us on what difficult child was already on, but made no changes until after the evaluation, and he also gave us time to THINK about each medication or change. He worked with me via email, thank heavens, and was amazing. But he seriously cut his practice due to his own family problems, and we were sad to lose him. I really hate it when I see pediatrician prescribing these medications. I knowmy daughter was given prozac byour pediatrician. And as soon as we noticed problems with it we were scheduled with a psychiatrist. pediatrician said she could help with ptsd and anxiety if they were very simple, but they werenot. I really respect this pediatrician, and she is awesome to this date. Good post, I know many of the positive changes we found were when we were on the same page and using discipline correctly to manage behaviors (NOT to punish the child, but to manage behaviors). Hugs to all. Susie [/QUOTE]
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