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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 355595" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>P.S. Follow your mommy instinct. You know your child much better than the psychiatrist and therapist. Make sure they hear your concerns and understand anything you are hesitant about. They are human, they can easily overlook a red flag that comes up to you. An example was my son is not one that can loose weight so I spoke up and made it clear that I didn't feel the medication that could cause loss of appetite would be good. I just could not live with that side effect. So psychiatrist gave us a way around it in dosing times. Instead of an 8 hr dose that would affect lunch time, we go with two 4 hour doses that will be out of the system for meal time. If it doesn't feel right, follow your instincts until the doctor can explain it. Our psychiatrist had difficult child start EVERY medication at the lowest dose even if he thought it would be bumped up within a day. That also helped me. Each child is different and you don't know how yours will react to a medication. psychiatrist would say, "Start with this and if you feel a need to, you can bump it up to this." Always call psychiatrist's office if a medication is not going the way you think it should or you do not think difficult child should go through whatever side effects that may pop up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 355595, member: 5096"] P.S. Follow your mommy instinct. You know your child much better than the psychiatrist and therapist. Make sure they hear your concerns and understand anything you are hesitant about. They are human, they can easily overlook a red flag that comes up to you. An example was my son is not one that can loose weight so I spoke up and made it clear that I didn't feel the medication that could cause loss of appetite would be good. I just could not live with that side effect. So psychiatrist gave us a way around it in dosing times. Instead of an 8 hr dose that would affect lunch time, we go with two 4 hour doses that will be out of the system for meal time. If it doesn't feel right, follow your instincts until the doctor can explain it. Our psychiatrist had difficult child start EVERY medication at the lowest dose even if he thought it would be bumped up within a day. That also helped me. Each child is different and you don't know how yours will react to a medication. psychiatrist would say, "Start with this and if you feel a need to, you can bump it up to this." Always call psychiatrist's office if a medication is not going the way you think it should or you do not think difficult child should go through whatever side effects that may pop up. [/QUOTE]
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