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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 258237" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My own experience with experts is that they always saw their speciality diagnosis. in my son. I prefer Neuropsychs because they are looking for everything and do a good job of testing. Even for myself, with my own mood disorder, I prefered seeing doctors who did not have a bias toward one disorder. I was afraid they'd see that disorder in every patient since the symptoms tend to overlap. </p><p>I don't really see diagnosing disorders as a true art. I see it more as a hit or miss. We took our son (after years of frustration) to a neuropsychologist who had been at Mayo Clinic for ten years and knew Mayo well. He told us, "There is no blood test. Diagnosing is every professional's best guess. MAYO MAKES MISTAKES ALL THE TIME." That was scary to hear, but he was being honest. Even the best can be wrong. I decided that if something made sense to me and hub, as the parents, and if the treatment for the said disorder was helpful, then we'd go with it. Our son's bipolar diagnosis. did NOTHING to help him. The medications did NOTHING but dope him up and make him obese. The treatment was useless. The help for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was spot on and changed him for the better--a year later, after his interventions and off medications, we saw a brand new kid--albeit a socially awkward one. So we went with that. And it seems to be the right path.</p><p>It is very much NOT an exact science, and even the best doctor in the world can make a bad mistake because there is no blood test for these disorders...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 258237, member: 1550"] My own experience with experts is that they always saw their speciality diagnosis. in my son. I prefer Neuropsychs because they are looking for everything and do a good job of testing. Even for myself, with my own mood disorder, I prefered seeing doctors who did not have a bias toward one disorder. I was afraid they'd see that disorder in every patient since the symptoms tend to overlap. I don't really see diagnosing disorders as a true art. I see it more as a hit or miss. We took our son (after years of frustration) to a neuropsychologist who had been at Mayo Clinic for ten years and knew Mayo well. He told us, "There is no blood test. Diagnosing is every professional's best guess. MAYO MAKES MISTAKES ALL THE TIME." That was scary to hear, but he was being honest. Even the best can be wrong. I decided that if something made sense to me and hub, as the parents, and if the treatment for the said disorder was helpful, then we'd go with it. Our son's bipolar diagnosis. did NOTHING to help him. The medications did NOTHING but dope him up and make him obese. The treatment was useless. The help for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was spot on and changed him for the better--a year later, after his interventions and off medications, we saw a brand new kid--albeit a socially awkward one. So we went with that. And it seems to be the right path. It is very much NOT an exact science, and even the best doctor in the world can make a bad mistake because there is no blood test for these disorders... [/QUOTE]
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