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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 412721" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>Sorry to hear of your troubles. </p><p></p><p>I am going to suggest that you remove any real names from your signature. You'd be surprised what people can figure out from a name and a brief description and you probably don't want your children's teacher or your next door neighbor recognizing your family from your signature. Most of us use easy child for perfect child or difficult child for gift from god for our kids and then label them 1, 2, 3 etc. And you may also want to just list yourself as being in FL rather than the specific city for the same reason.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, welcome.</p><p></p><p>It certainly sounds like the medications he is/has been on are not helpful.</p><p></p><p>My personal belief is that pediatrician's should not be prescribing mind altering substances to children. That is best done by a doctor who has the training to go with the prescription pad - a child psychiatrist (psychiatrist), neurologist, neuropsychiatrist.</p><p></p><p>So my first suggestion would be to stop the medications (after consulting the pediatrician) and request a referral to a child psychiatrist for an assessment of your child since you are clearly describing a huge negative change in his behavior. If the pediatrician feels he/she can manage this you may need to be kind of firm with them that you are concerned about your child's reaction and want to see a child psychiatrist before doing any further medication trials. If you still get told no then let the doctor know you are going to contact your insurance company for a referral. I know it can feel awkward to do this but, really, you have ample evidence that your child is not having the typical reaction to the medications being prescribed. This is out of the peds area of expertise.</p><p></p><p>It may be that your child doesn't need the dose being given, should be on a different medication, may have something else wrong like a thyroid condition. I don't know not being a doctor.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes,</p><p></p><p>P</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 412721, member: 7948"] Sorry to hear of your troubles. I am going to suggest that you remove any real names from your signature. You'd be surprised what people can figure out from a name and a brief description and you probably don't want your children's teacher or your next door neighbor recognizing your family from your signature. Most of us use easy child for perfect child or difficult child for gift from god for our kids and then label them 1, 2, 3 etc. And you may also want to just list yourself as being in FL rather than the specific city for the same reason. Anyway, welcome. It certainly sounds like the medications he is/has been on are not helpful. My personal belief is that pediatrician's should not be prescribing mind altering substances to children. That is best done by a doctor who has the training to go with the prescription pad - a child psychiatrist (psychiatrist), neurologist, neuropsychiatrist. So my first suggestion would be to stop the medications (after consulting the pediatrician) and request a referral to a child psychiatrist for an assessment of your child since you are clearly describing a huge negative change in his behavior. If the pediatrician feels he/she can manage this you may need to be kind of firm with them that you are concerned about your child's reaction and want to see a child psychiatrist before doing any further medication trials. If you still get told no then let the doctor know you are going to contact your insurance company for a referral. I know it can feel awkward to do this but, really, you have ample evidence that your child is not having the typical reaction to the medications being prescribed. This is out of the peds area of expertise. It may be that your child doesn't need the dose being given, should be on a different medication, may have something else wrong like a thyroid condition. I don't know not being a doctor. Best wishes, P [/QUOTE]
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