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<blockquote data-quote="Elise N. T." data-source="post: 119899" data-attributes="member: 1495"><p>Thanks for all the replies!</p><p></p><p>He was diagnosed by his pediatrician on my request while he was in kindergarten. His teacher, my husband, and I all filled out questionnaires. His teacher's showed ADD and ours showed ADHD. We've never seen a psychiatrist for him and it's never been suggested.</p><p></p><p>He has been seeing a physician's assistant at his pediatrician's office for the last three years, and he's the one that's been prescribing the medications. He does take a lot of time to listen and seems to really care. Their office advertises itself as specializing in kids with ADHD and behavioral issues so they see a lot of these kids.</p><p></p><p>I did ask to have an evening booster with the vyvanse but the PA said he's never seen a kid who needed a booster with it and he upped the dosage instead.</p><p></p><p>I have questioned before if he could have bipolar or depression but it's been quickly dismissed. He has weeks when everything is fine and then weeks where he's off the wall, all on the same medication. He has the clonidine because in the past there have been times when he didn't sleep for 2-3 days and was still hyper.</p><p></p><p>He has an IEP. He was in special services to help with speech therapy, and when he tested out of that I had him requalify for medical reasons (ADHD).</p><p></p><p>Would I get a referral from his doctor for a psychiatrist? My son is on the WA children's medicaid program.</p><p></p><p>Family history: there's depression on my side, and my husband's aunt has bipolar and schizophrenia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elise N. T., post: 119899, member: 1495"] Thanks for all the replies! He was diagnosed by his pediatrician on my request while he was in kindergarten. His teacher, my husband, and I all filled out questionnaires. His teacher's showed ADD and ours showed ADHD. We've never seen a psychiatrist for him and it's never been suggested. He has been seeing a physician's assistant at his pediatrician's office for the last three years, and he's the one that's been prescribing the medications. He does take a lot of time to listen and seems to really care. Their office advertises itself as specializing in kids with ADHD and behavioral issues so they see a lot of these kids. I did ask to have an evening booster with the vyvanse but the PA said he's never seen a kid who needed a booster with it and he upped the dosage instead. I have questioned before if he could have bipolar or depression but it's been quickly dismissed. He has weeks when everything is fine and then weeks where he's off the wall, all on the same medication. He has the clonidine because in the past there have been times when he didn't sleep for 2-3 days and was still hyper. He has an IEP. He was in special services to help with speech therapy, and when he tested out of that I had him requalify for medical reasons (ADHD). Would I get a referral from his doctor for a psychiatrist? My son is on the WA children's medicaid program. Family history: there's depression on my side, and my husband's aunt has bipolar and schizophrenia [/QUOTE]
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