I just received a call from a therapist that difficult child saw a few times in September...she wanted to know whether she should close difficult child's file or whether we were coming back for more therapy.
I told her quite honestly that I really don't even know WHAT to do anymore since difficult child is so uncooperative with every therapist we have tried...and this particular doctor is more than an hour's drive from our home.
The therapist wanted a "yes" or "no" answer....I didn't know so I asked a question instead. I said "Is there a service available through your clinic that would be beneficial to us? Perhaps something that I don't even know to ask for?"
The doctor paused.....and revealed that yes, they do have something.
doctor is making a call to get difficult child evaluated by a team from the university....Apparantly, she agrees with me that what's going on with difficult child is more than just depression...therapist suspects Borderline (BPD)....and she thinks difficult child would benefit from a more in-depth psychiatric evaluation to confirm or rule out Borderline (BPD) and /or other conditions.
I feel so HOPEFUL....for the first time in quite a while....as though there will be some way out of this Twilight Zone.
I also feel relieved and...strangely....happy. Which is weird when you consider that my happy feeling is in response to the news that a doctor thinks my child has a psychiatric disorder...
but it is a relief to hear that I am no longer being accused of bad parenting.
Today is a good day (so far....)
--DaisyFace
I told her quite honestly that I really don't even know WHAT to do anymore since difficult child is so uncooperative with every therapist we have tried...and this particular doctor is more than an hour's drive from our home.
The therapist wanted a "yes" or "no" answer....I didn't know so I asked a question instead. I said "Is there a service available through your clinic that would be beneficial to us? Perhaps something that I don't even know to ask for?"
The doctor paused.....and revealed that yes, they do have something.
doctor is making a call to get difficult child evaluated by a team from the university....Apparantly, she agrees with me that what's going on with difficult child is more than just depression...therapist suspects Borderline (BPD)....and she thinks difficult child would benefit from a more in-depth psychiatric evaluation to confirm or rule out Borderline (BPD) and /or other conditions.
I feel so HOPEFUL....for the first time in quite a while....as though there will be some way out of this Twilight Zone.
I also feel relieved and...strangely....happy. Which is weird when you consider that my happy feeling is in response to the news that a doctor thinks my child has a psychiatric disorder...
but it is a relief to hear that I am no longer being accused of bad parenting.
Today is a good day (so far....)
--DaisyFace