I am also new at this site and it brought me to tears knowing I am not at this alone. My son who is five years old has seen more specialists than my whole family tree has. We have seen speech pathologists, occupational therapists, ears nose and throat, pediatrians, pychiatrics, allergy specialists, joint specialists, and the list goes on. We live in a small town so we don't have the means to get local help. For the past two years I have been driving all over Alberta to see a specialist. Usually a couple hour drive (one way), to wait an hour to get in and finish it with a two minute appointment. How frustrating.
I never knew anything was wrong with him as a baby. He walked by 13mnths, talked early, and was potty trained by 3.
Now in the last couple of years he messes his pants, urinates on our floor, destroyed our house, killed a dog, taken knives to attack me, left the house in the middle of the night( until secure locks were installed), screams and hits me, and it goes on and on. ( I have gained over 65lbs in two long years)
I have been feeling so guilty for his behavior to find out that none of this is my fault. He has two other brothers and a sister without any of these behaviors. I never really knew how easy I had life until now. I love my son with my whole heart and never regretted having him. He has taken me to my limits and I finally found someone who is willing to take him on as his patient. My husband and I drove to Jasper on Friday to see a behavior pediatician and we figured it was another wasted trip. To our wonderful surprise he sat with us for over an hour and a half and gave us his phone numbers to reach him day or night with any problems. Our neuorlogists have a 18-24month wait list and he told us he'd be in before his sixth birthday.(4mnths from now)
So if you feel like you are getting no where, KEEP GOING, there is someone out there who will listen to your needs, I promise. It took us over two years, and a lot of travelling, but we finally found the right doctor.
My son has ODD, learning disorders and possibly autism. And I am sure glad I am not alone.
Shellsie
I never knew anything was wrong with him as a baby. He walked by 13mnths, talked early, and was potty trained by 3.
Now in the last couple of years he messes his pants, urinates on our floor, destroyed our house, killed a dog, taken knives to attack me, left the house in the middle of the night( until secure locks were installed), screams and hits me, and it goes on and on. ( I have gained over 65lbs in two long years)
I have been feeling so guilty for his behavior to find out that none of this is my fault. He has two other brothers and a sister without any of these behaviors. I never really knew how easy I had life until now. I love my son with my whole heart and never regretted having him. He has taken me to my limits and I finally found someone who is willing to take him on as his patient. My husband and I drove to Jasper on Friday to see a behavior pediatician and we figured it was another wasted trip. To our wonderful surprise he sat with us for over an hour and a half and gave us his phone numbers to reach him day or night with any problems. Our neuorlogists have a 18-24month wait list and he told us he'd be in before his sixth birthday.(4mnths from now)
So if you feel like you are getting no where, KEEP GOING, there is someone out there who will listen to your needs, I promise. It took us over two years, and a lot of travelling, but we finally found the right doctor.
My son has ODD, learning disorders and possibly autism. And I am sure glad I am not alone.
Shellsie