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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 743384" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi all,</p><p>it is nice to see familiar signatures and personalities!</p><p>Yes, the scenarios you all suggested are happening.</p><p>Yes, one of the places he went to saw him for free. That was the Community Services Board.</p><p>The hospital bill is going to be outrageous. I see a big bill in my future. And slave labor on my son's part, weeding and cleaning out my office. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh:" title="laugh :laugh:" data-shortname=":laugh:" /></p><p>He found an online doctor with 34 years of experience. My daughter is working on her PsyD dissertation and she and I looked at the doctor's credentials and it turns out he is in our state--Virginia!--so he can prescribe medications here, too.</p><p>So Son did a live video chat this morning. He really likes the guy. The dr. said it does sound like Son is in the early stages of bipolar (Son and daughter suggested cyclothymia but dr. just cut to the chase and said possible bipolar). Also, son used his phone to check his Blood pressure during two of his anxiety attacks. He was all over the charts--72 bpm to 120 to 148 then back to 90 within 3 minutes. I can hardly imagine what that feels like. (I tried out the app and I was a consistent 72 bpm. (I didn't even know you could find things like that online. Very cool.)</p><p>Dr.prescribed 600 mg of lithium and also Inderal. My grandmother used take that and I told my son it was for your heart. He said yes, the doctor was concerned about the heart rate spikes.</p><p>So, Son has an appointment with his pediatrician on the 14th, who can refer him to a family doctor. And he has an appointment with another psychiatrist on Wed. and I will go to that appointment. They should have all of his old paperwork by then.</p><p>The idea is to find a long-term family doctor and long-term psychiatrist to do medication management.</p><p>by the way, I mentioned that I wasn't sure about doctor-hopping, and my daughter got all over my case about how this was a commodity and you should be able to find the doctor who is the right fit for you. I had to chuckle--I mean, she's right, but I thought that being a psychologist, she'd be more into loyalty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 743384, member: 3419"] Hi all, it is nice to see familiar signatures and personalities! Yes, the scenarios you all suggested are happening. Yes, one of the places he went to saw him for free. That was the Community Services Board. The hospital bill is going to be outrageous. I see a big bill in my future. And slave labor on my son's part, weeding and cleaning out my office. o_O:laugh: He found an online doctor with 34 years of experience. My daughter is working on her PsyD dissertation and she and I looked at the doctor's credentials and it turns out he is in our state--Virginia!--so he can prescribe medications here, too. So Son did a live video chat this morning. He really likes the guy. The dr. said it does sound like Son is in the early stages of bipolar (Son and daughter suggested cyclothymia but dr. just cut to the chase and said possible bipolar). Also, son used his phone to check his Blood pressure during two of his anxiety attacks. He was all over the charts--72 bpm to 120 to 148 then back to 90 within 3 minutes. I can hardly imagine what that feels like. (I tried out the app and I was a consistent 72 bpm. (I didn't even know you could find things like that online. Very cool.) Dr.prescribed 600 mg of lithium and also Inderal. My grandmother used take that and I told my son it was for your heart. He said yes, the doctor was concerned about the heart rate spikes. So, Son has an appointment with his pediatrician on the 14th, who can refer him to a family doctor. And he has an appointment with another psychiatrist on Wed. and I will go to that appointment. They should have all of his old paperwork by then. The idea is to find a long-term family doctor and long-term psychiatrist to do medication management. by the way, I mentioned that I wasn't sure about doctor-hopping, and my daughter got all over my case about how this was a commodity and you should be able to find the doctor who is the right fit for you. I had to chuckle--I mean, she's right, but I thought that being a psychologist, she'd be more into loyalty. [/QUOTE]
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