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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 220934" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>Hi! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /> My first thought too, reading your post, was that you need to find a new psychiatrist. One that you're comfortable with and who won't disregard your feelings of frustration at dealing with a difficult child and seeing no improvement after 5 years. I don't think there's a parent here who hasn't felt that, who wouldn't raising kids like ours. </p><p></p><p>Adrianne's list is pretty much the advice I would give too, so that's a great place to start. I think getting a re-evaluation is crucial. If you've been working with this for 5 years and nothing you've done has worked, time to recheck things and make sure you're going in the right direction to begin with. If you're not comfortable with the diagnosis, your mommy instinct could be telling you something, and many times mommy instinct is right. We had wonderful psychiatrists & therapist. When I mentioned getting a re-evaluation for difficult child after 3 years of nothing working, she was all for it, and told me that many docs feel that when working with kids you should almost automatically re-evaluate them every 3 years anyway because they change so much as they mature, they're all a work in progress. We got to see his new psychiatrist and she was amazing with him, "got him" right away and was a great help to him, and me. Hope you can find a new psychiatrist that is "right" for you.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and the walls in my difficult child's room are pretty much trashed too, but I refuse to fix them yet. Even though my difficult child is sooooo much better, he'll still get mad and hit the wall when a video game isn't going well. And in our old house with old wallboard, it doesn't take much to make a hole. Maybe in a few more years, we'll fix the whole thing LOL.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the board, hope you find the advice you need, and we're here with the shoulder to vent on whenever things get rough. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/flowers.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":flowers:" title="flowers :flowers:" data-shortname=":flowers:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 220934, member: 1161"] Hi! :bigsmile: My first thought too, reading your post, was that you need to find a new psychiatrist. One that you're comfortable with and who won't disregard your feelings of frustration at dealing with a difficult child and seeing no improvement after 5 years. I don't think there's a parent here who hasn't felt that, who wouldn't raising kids like ours. Adrianne's list is pretty much the advice I would give too, so that's a great place to start. I think getting a re-evaluation is crucial. If you've been working with this for 5 years and nothing you've done has worked, time to recheck things and make sure you're going in the right direction to begin with. If you're not comfortable with the diagnosis, your mommy instinct could be telling you something, and many times mommy instinct is right. We had wonderful psychiatrists & therapist. When I mentioned getting a re-evaluation for difficult child after 3 years of nothing working, she was all for it, and told me that many docs feel that when working with kids you should almost automatically re-evaluate them every 3 years anyway because they change so much as they mature, they're all a work in progress. We got to see his new psychiatrist and she was amazing with him, "got him" right away and was a great help to him, and me. Hope you can find a new psychiatrist that is "right" for you. Oh, and the walls in my difficult child's room are pretty much trashed too, but I refuse to fix them yet. Even though my difficult child is sooooo much better, he'll still get mad and hit the wall when a video game isn't going well. And in our old house with old wallboard, it doesn't take much to make a hole. Maybe in a few more years, we'll fix the whole thing LOL. Welcome to the board, hope you find the advice you need, and we're here with the shoulder to vent on whenever things get rough. :flowers: [/QUOTE]
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