confuzzled
Member
i'm at a loss yet again. i think we have the koi'iest psychiatrist of all time (he was my last resort, but the first i could get in with, that should tell you something)
he is the Rx'r of the medication, so i cant just drop him without a plan. on one hand, i really dont want to be doctor/medication/diagnosis "shopping". on the other hand, i'm almost afraid to end up in a worse situation and i'm kind of scared to make the move...for a variety of reasons, most but one were beyond my control, this guy is #4 since last winter).
the deal is that he seems to think abilify is the wonder drug. he completely discounts what i see as pretty serious clinical depression and off the chart anxiety in my difficult child 2 and keeps saying that medications wont fix everything.
this time, we saw a fellow. if it was *just* a simple medication check/rx renewal i wouldnt have cared much, but i still feel like there is a ton that is unresolved. the fellow actually had the nerve to say there "is no medicine for that, thats what therapy is for", and was lucky i didnt reach over and belt her. all the therapy in the world isnt going to resolve these issues if she's so depressed/anxious that she cant get anything out of it, Know what I mean??
this appointment lasted exactly 15 min. other than the initial intake, that seems to be standard for this place. and now, a fellow? i think this psychiatrist wouldnt actually know who difficult child 2 *is* if he tripped over her.
i am not a fan of the overmedicated. i liked the go slow method, only i think we are going down the road to nowhere. i'm not convinced abilify is doing squat.
again, in our case, its nearly impossible to tease out typical teen, hormonal, difficult child, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)?, ODD-like symptoms, other than to say she's now been tested out the yahoo and we have identified actual things/weaknesses wrong with her, so many things make sense now, and maybe the long road of therapies is the right one (only, it doesnt seem that way to me--she pretty much doesnt want to get off the couch and do anything, and now is ruminating on things that happened when she was little--ie
"what IF i pee in the pool like i did when i was 4?" or "what IF i suddenly steal some candy from the store like i did that time when i was 3?"--that *cannot* be typical teen, and if it is, its annoying the koi out of me!)
so i'm open to suggestions either way, but i'm not feeling good about any of this these days....
he is the Rx'r of the medication, so i cant just drop him without a plan. on one hand, i really dont want to be doctor/medication/diagnosis "shopping". on the other hand, i'm almost afraid to end up in a worse situation and i'm kind of scared to make the move...for a variety of reasons, most but one were beyond my control, this guy is #4 since last winter).
the deal is that he seems to think abilify is the wonder drug. he completely discounts what i see as pretty serious clinical depression and off the chart anxiety in my difficult child 2 and keeps saying that medications wont fix everything.
this time, we saw a fellow. if it was *just* a simple medication check/rx renewal i wouldnt have cared much, but i still feel like there is a ton that is unresolved. the fellow actually had the nerve to say there "is no medicine for that, thats what therapy is for", and was lucky i didnt reach over and belt her. all the therapy in the world isnt going to resolve these issues if she's so depressed/anxious that she cant get anything out of it, Know what I mean??
this appointment lasted exactly 15 min. other than the initial intake, that seems to be standard for this place. and now, a fellow? i think this psychiatrist wouldnt actually know who difficult child 2 *is* if he tripped over her.
i am not a fan of the overmedicated. i liked the go slow method, only i think we are going down the road to nowhere. i'm not convinced abilify is doing squat.
again, in our case, its nearly impossible to tease out typical teen, hormonal, difficult child, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)?, ODD-like symptoms, other than to say she's now been tested out the yahoo and we have identified actual things/weaknesses wrong with her, so many things make sense now, and maybe the long road of therapies is the right one (only, it doesnt seem that way to me--she pretty much doesnt want to get off the couch and do anything, and now is ruminating on things that happened when she was little--ie
"what IF i pee in the pool like i did when i was 4?" or "what IF i suddenly steal some candy from the store like i did that time when i was 3?"--that *cannot* be typical teen, and if it is, its annoying the koi out of me!)
so i'm open to suggestions either way, but i'm not feeling good about any of this these days....