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13 year old in psychiatric ward for first time
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 466212" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Nope. NOT normal - as in, not even remotely possible to get that far. Now... ADD/ADHD is not nearly as complex as many other disorders out there. </p><p></p><p>My diagnosis as an adult was 4, 1-hour appts, plus one more to go over the results. Primary reason for all that? was to rule out all sorts of other possibilities. THAT is normal.</p><p></p><p>My kids... did NOT take 4 hours! But it did take... teacher reports, parent reports, observation by a child behavior specialist (in this case, pediatrician. psychiatric nurse practitioner with 30 yrs experience...), and then 30 mins with developmental pediatrician. who nailed the diagnosis. THEN we started talking medications, and mapped out a whole "start <u>here</u> for these reasons... if you see x, y, or z, or if you do not see A, B, or C, come back in two weeks and we'll look at the next couple of alternatives"... The kids were young - one in grade 1, the other in K.</p><p></p><p>Hard to be accurate based on ONE other case... but... I sure wouldn't take his recommendations "hook, line and sinker".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 466212, member: 11791"] Nope. NOT normal - as in, not even remotely possible to get that far. Now... ADD/ADHD is not nearly as complex as many other disorders out there. My diagnosis as an adult was 4, 1-hour appts, plus one more to go over the results. Primary reason for all that? was to rule out all sorts of other possibilities. THAT is normal. My kids... did NOT take 4 hours! But it did take... teacher reports, parent reports, observation by a child behavior specialist (in this case, pediatrician. psychiatric nurse practitioner with 30 yrs experience...), and then 30 mins with developmental pediatrician. who nailed the diagnosis. THEN we started talking medications, and mapped out a whole "start [U]here[/U] for these reasons... if you see x, y, or z, or if you do not see A, B, or C, come back in two weeks and we'll look at the next couple of alternatives"... The kids were young - one in grade 1, the other in K. Hard to be accurate based on ONE other case... but... I sure wouldn't take his recommendations "hook, line and sinker". [/QUOTE]
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