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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 30415" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm a bit hazy on who it was, but a post I read yesterday said something about one of our CD children found to be overdosed on lithium - the doctor was increasing the lithium and weaning off something else and the kid had a major meltdown, was taken to hospital and blood tested, with lithium at potentially lethal levels. And this was one of us - a parent who posts here regularly, is informed and loving, trying to do the right thing by her child and in no way would any of us judge her or consider her to be an unfit mother.</p><p>But the overdose still happened. It happened because the doctor involved thought he was doing the right thing. The mother had faith in the doctor and was following instructions.</p><p></p><p>None of the following posts on that thread were critical of the mother for failing to realise her child was accumulating a lethal dose of lithium. How could we? It could so easily have been us.</p><p></p><p>Doctors have a lot of power to put things in our files that cause difficulties and misunderstandings down the line. Whenever I have realised that there is something in my file with which I disagree, I write that doctor a certified letter stating my case, and keep a copy. When I see a new doctor who may have been given access to my file with the negative comments, I ask directly about it and also ask if they have been shown my certified letter. If they have not, I give them a copy. I admit, I've only had to do this twice, and only once have I needed to show a copy of my letter, because the doctor didn't include my response in his file. The other time, it was the new doctor who told me about the negative comment and questioned me so he could make up his own mind - I valued that. The negative comment had come from a locum, not the main practitioner. The locum actually had a problem with the diagnosis, but was blaming me for the diagnosis instead of arguing with the doctor who had made the diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>I strongly recommend you all develop the ability to read doctor's shorthand, upside down.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 30415, member: 1991"] I'm a bit hazy on who it was, but a post I read yesterday said something about one of our CD children found to be overdosed on lithium - the doctor was increasing the lithium and weaning off something else and the kid had a major meltdown, was taken to hospital and blood tested, with lithium at potentially lethal levels. And this was one of us - a parent who posts here regularly, is informed and loving, trying to do the right thing by her child and in no way would any of us judge her or consider her to be an unfit mother. But the overdose still happened. It happened because the doctor involved thought he was doing the right thing. The mother had faith in the doctor and was following instructions. None of the following posts on that thread were critical of the mother for failing to realise her child was accumulating a lethal dose of lithium. How could we? It could so easily have been us. Doctors have a lot of power to put things in our files that cause difficulties and misunderstandings down the line. Whenever I have realised that there is something in my file with which I disagree, I write that doctor a certified letter stating my case, and keep a copy. When I see a new doctor who may have been given access to my file with the negative comments, I ask directly about it and also ask if they have been shown my certified letter. If they have not, I give them a copy. I admit, I've only had to do this twice, and only once have I needed to show a copy of my letter, because the doctor didn't include my response in his file. The other time, it was the new doctor who told me about the negative comment and questioned me so he could make up his own mind - I valued that. The negative comment had come from a locum, not the main practitioner. The locum actually had a problem with the diagnosis, but was blaming me for the diagnosis instead of arguing with the doctor who had made the diagnosis. I strongly recommend you all develop the ability to read doctor's shorthand, upside down. Marg [/QUOTE]
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