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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 542504" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>forgive me for saying this....but all this talk about lagging skills and how to "fix" them is like moving a mountain when you are talking about an unstable child.</p><p></p><p>and from the description, it sounds like some ultra rapid cycling is going on, for whatever reason. and it seems to me that hypersexuality is a big giant red flag for only a handful of childhood issues....none of which are "just" classified as a lagging skill.</p><p></p><p>firehorse, i would videotape. i would videotape naked if i had to and not think twice. your post seems to imply that there is some significant issue going on and it would be very hard to quantify it to a professional if you have a compliant, easy child "in office" kind of kid. it seems to me that any good psychiatrist will have a pretty clear idea of how to proceed if you can get them to <em>watch</em> the tape of what you descibed in your post (i've had various doctors over the years willing to look at a cellphone--cant think of one who was willing to pop in a vhs), and in my unprofessional opinion, a stimulant like adderall alone is playing with fire. i know if it were me, i would move to trial off the adderall for the summer (the strattera is more of a wean and would require more effort but would be probably worth it as well) and get a baseline OFF current medications and go from scratch. not saying a stimulant wont be necessary down the line, but in very many cases where there are certain underlying psychiatric conditions it can have extremely adverse reactions that you may not see if combined with other medications.</p><p></p><p>i feel for you--i think that the endless waiting for an appointment is appalling in this world. kids in this boat need help yesterday, not 5 months down the road. i hope the time flies by for you ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 542504, member: 8831"] forgive me for saying this....but all this talk about lagging skills and how to "fix" them is like moving a mountain when you are talking about an unstable child. and from the description, it sounds like some ultra rapid cycling is going on, for whatever reason. and it seems to me that hypersexuality is a big giant red flag for only a handful of childhood issues....none of which are "just" classified as a lagging skill. firehorse, i would videotape. i would videotape naked if i had to and not think twice. your post seems to imply that there is some significant issue going on and it would be very hard to quantify it to a professional if you have a compliant, easy child "in office" kind of kid. it seems to me that any good psychiatrist will have a pretty clear idea of how to proceed if you can get them to [I]watch[/I] the tape of what you descibed in your post (i've had various doctors over the years willing to look at a cellphone--cant think of one who was willing to pop in a vhs), and in my unprofessional opinion, a stimulant like adderall alone is playing with fire. i know if it were me, i would move to trial off the adderall for the summer (the strattera is more of a wean and would require more effort but would be probably worth it as well) and get a baseline OFF current medications and go from scratch. not saying a stimulant wont be necessary down the line, but in very many cases where there are certain underlying psychiatric conditions it can have extremely adverse reactions that you may not see if combined with other medications. i feel for you--i think that the endless waiting for an appointment is appalling in this world. kids in this boat need help yesterday, not 5 months down the road. i hope the time flies by for you ;-) [/QUOTE]
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