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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 49640"><p>Thank you, Janet, for posting this.</p><p></p><p>As I stated in another thread, we are not professionals here and do not have the credentials nor the first hand experience with the child to determine if a diagnosis is correct or not. I think it does a disservice to those seeking solace and advice to discount a diagnosis out of hand. I feel it is our place to guide those in the right direction, i.e., the parent report and the multi-disciplinary evaluation, what kind of questions to ask and help with the schools, as well to offer support - not to usurp the professionals treating the child. This journey is very confusing to those just starting out. </p><p></p><p>All of us here have been down the road of many tdocs, psychiatrists, diagnosis's and medications - or are on our way. We can certainly help each other along that journey. I know I wish I had had the knowledge of this board starting out. It would have made things a lot smoother and I certainly wouldn't have felt so isolated. </p><p></p><p>I feel that knowledge is power. As such, comparatives such as, I see this kind of behavior in my child and she suffers from severe anxiety, to give the person another view on things - gives others more information and more questions to ask the professionals. We can certainly provide information such as ADHD and anxiety can look a lot alike - again to provide more information. Providing our own personal experiences with medications and diagnosis's - what we have seen, felt, heard, experienced - certainly goes with the kind of sharing that makes one think outside of the box. I often read posts that don't pertain to a diagnosis my child has and find myself thinking of things in a new way. I think we need to be careful, though, that we don't cross the line into the job of those educated and trained in the mental health field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 49640"] Thank you, Janet, for posting this. As I stated in another thread, we are not professionals here and do not have the credentials nor the first hand experience with the child to determine if a diagnosis is correct or not. I think it does a disservice to those seeking solace and advice to discount a diagnosis out of hand. I feel it is our place to guide those in the right direction, i.e., the parent report and the multi-disciplinary evaluation, what kind of questions to ask and help with the schools, as well to offer support - not to usurp the professionals treating the child. This journey is very confusing to those just starting out. All of us here have been down the road of many tdocs, psychiatrists, diagnosis's and medications - or are on our way. We can certainly help each other along that journey. I know I wish I had had the knowledge of this board starting out. It would have made things a lot smoother and I certainly wouldn't have felt so isolated. I feel that knowledge is power. As such, comparatives such as, I see this kind of behavior in my child and she suffers from severe anxiety, to give the person another view on things - gives others more information and more questions to ask the professionals. We can certainly provide information such as ADHD and anxiety can look a lot alike - again to provide more information. Providing our own personal experiences with medications and diagnosis's - what we have seen, felt, heard, experienced - certainly goes with the kind of sharing that makes one think outside of the box. I often read posts that don't pertain to a diagnosis my child has and find myself thinking of things in a new way. I think we need to be careful, though, that we don't cross the line into the job of those educated and trained in the mental health field. [/QUOTE]
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