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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 110312" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>See a neuropsychologist. They do intensive testing. I personally prefer them even to Psychiatrists. They were more right about both me and my son than any psychiatrist we've ever seen. Mine tested me for a total of six hours for three appointments and gave me every test in the book, including Learning Disability (LD) testing and the MMPI. My son was tested for TWELVE hours, on top of his interviewing me and reading over all my son's school records. The others, for some reason, just don't take the time. Since this is not an exact science you'd think the professionals would like to be as thorough as they could be before spouting a diagnosis and writing a script for medications, but they usually diagnose quickly and write the medications out even quicker, and are often wrong in their assessments. A neuropsychologist can also be wrong (mine told me there is no 100% way to be sure), but he sure nailed more truths about me and my son than anyone else and got us both on the right track. Since psychiatric/neurological issues often go together, in my opinion it's best to run every test available to at least spot the problem areas. I'm very disturbed by how fast kids are diagnosed and put on medications. They misdiagnosed my son twice before we saw a neuropsychologist. The scary part is that the Psychiatrist dug in his heels and insisted that my son had bipolar, even though he doesn't. He was not happy when I told him we were seeing a neuropsychologist. He almost acted insulted. Anyways JMO</p><p>PS-in my opinion school district testing is very superficial and often not the whole picture. They are invested in giving your kid as few supports as possible due to $$$ and often don't hire the brightest and best, as they are usually in private practice or at university or children's hospitals. </p><p>My son tested borderline MR too for a while (75). Now he tests around 100. Could be that he didn't understand the testing...who knows? I know, even then, that his IQ was higher than that. </p><p>medications an cause cognitive dulling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 110312, member: 1550"] See a neuropsychologist. They do intensive testing. I personally prefer them even to Psychiatrists. They were more right about both me and my son than any psychiatrist we've ever seen. Mine tested me for a total of six hours for three appointments and gave me every test in the book, including Learning Disability (LD) testing and the MMPI. My son was tested for TWELVE hours, on top of his interviewing me and reading over all my son's school records. The others, for some reason, just don't take the time. Since this is not an exact science you'd think the professionals would like to be as thorough as they could be before spouting a diagnosis and writing a script for medications, but they usually diagnose quickly and write the medications out even quicker, and are often wrong in their assessments. A neuropsychologist can also be wrong (mine told me there is no 100% way to be sure), but he sure nailed more truths about me and my son than anyone else and got us both on the right track. Since psychiatric/neurological issues often go together, in my opinion it's best to run every test available to at least spot the problem areas. I'm very disturbed by how fast kids are diagnosed and put on medications. They misdiagnosed my son twice before we saw a neuropsychologist. The scary part is that the Psychiatrist dug in his heels and insisted that my son had bipolar, even though he doesn't. He was not happy when I told him we were seeing a neuropsychologist. He almost acted insulted. Anyways JMO PS-in my opinion school district testing is very superficial and often not the whole picture. They are invested in giving your kid as few supports as possible due to $$$ and often don't hire the brightest and best, as they are usually in private practice or at university or children's hospitals. My son tested borderline MR too for a while (75). Now he tests around 100. Could be that he didn't understand the testing...who knows? I know, even then, that his IQ was higher than that. medications an cause cognitive dulling. [/QUOTE]
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