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Does anyone ever wonder if the professionals REALLY know what is wrong with our kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 530216" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>What really gets me is when you tell a doctor the symptoms and they diagnosis the child with something that doesn't even fit.</p><p></p><p>Or when medication is having the exact opposite effect of what was intended, they double or triple the dose. (Put a kid on a stimulant, they start bouncing off the walls so you give them <em>more</em>? That's like giving espresso to someone who has had too much coffee to calm them down!)</p><p></p><p>Or when the docs just ignore parent input entirely. (They know the child OH SO WELL based on 5 2-hour visits?)</p><p></p><p>Jett has been diagnosis'd <em>severe</em> ADHD (not severe, perhaps mild, and stims were a <em>disaster</em>); Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (never mind that the facial markers used to diagnosis this one are also seen in Asian/Caucasian children - which Jett happens to be - and he has an astronomical IQ and memory); nonverbal AND verbal learning disabilities (we see dyslexia that he <em>seems</em> to be overcoming)... And when I suggested Aspergers, the doctor said he could see why I thought it might be, and that he would take that into consideration but in the report SNEERED at the thought because clearly this was a case of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and severe ADHD.</p><p></p><p>Still think parents usually know their kids better than the docs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 530216, member: 6705"] What really gets me is when you tell a doctor the symptoms and they diagnosis the child with something that doesn't even fit. Or when medication is having the exact opposite effect of what was intended, they double or triple the dose. (Put a kid on a stimulant, they start bouncing off the walls so you give them [I]more[/I]? That's like giving espresso to someone who has had too much coffee to calm them down!) Or when the docs just ignore parent input entirely. (They know the child OH SO WELL based on 5 2-hour visits?) Jett has been diagnosis'd [I]severe[/I] ADHD (not severe, perhaps mild, and stims were a [I]disaster[/I]); Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (never mind that the facial markers used to diagnosis this one are also seen in Asian/Caucasian children - which Jett happens to be - and he has an astronomical IQ and memory); nonverbal AND verbal learning disabilities (we see dyslexia that he [I]seems[/I] to be overcoming)... And when I suggested Aspergers, the doctor said he could see why I thought it might be, and that he would take that into consideration but in the report SNEERED at the thought because clearly this was a case of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and severe ADHD. Still think parents usually know their kids better than the docs. [/QUOTE]
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