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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 236168" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>Welcome, fellow Illinois-an!</p><p></p><p>You have my child in a boy's body. My Tink is 8 and very much like your son. She is an angel at school ("a delight to have in the classroom", says her teacher), but the horns come out the second she walks in the door. We also deal with sensory issues (won't brush her hair, long sleeved shirts/coats cannot have elastic at the wrist, won't let me cut her nails). </p><p></p><p>My Tink is on Abilify, 5mg. She started at 2.5, then bumped up to 5 after a month or so. We bumped it again to 7.5 but she became violent, so we brought her back down to 5. It helps, but not completely. Her original diagnosis was ADHD/ODD. I think she may be bipolar or on the spectrum. I have been trying for 2 years (since I found this wonderful board!) to get her in for a neuropsychologist evaluation, but nobody around here takes our insurance (Medicaid). I don't know if you are near Chicago or not, but any of the learning universities (Loyola, DePaul, U of C) or Children's Memorial will do neuropsychologist evaluations. If they take your insurance, you are good to go.</p><p></p><p>Glad you found us, sorry you had to!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 236168, member: 3647"] Welcome, fellow Illinois-an! You have my child in a boy's body. My Tink is 8 and very much like your son. She is an angel at school ("a delight to have in the classroom", says her teacher), but the horns come out the second she walks in the door. We also deal with sensory issues (won't brush her hair, long sleeved shirts/coats cannot have elastic at the wrist, won't let me cut her nails). My Tink is on Abilify, 5mg. She started at 2.5, then bumped up to 5 after a month or so. We bumped it again to 7.5 but she became violent, so we brought her back down to 5. It helps, but not completely. Her original diagnosis was ADHD/ODD. I think she may be bipolar or on the spectrum. I have been trying for 2 years (since I found this wonderful board!) to get her in for a neuropsychologist evaluation, but nobody around here takes our insurance (Medicaid). I don't know if you are near Chicago or not, but any of the learning universities (Loyola, DePaul, U of C) or Children's Memorial will do neuropsychologist evaluations. If they take your insurance, you are good to go. Glad you found us, sorry you had to! [/QUOTE]
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