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<blockquote data-quote="Hexemaus" data-source="post: 21095" data-attributes="member: 72"><p>Well, the meeting went well yesterday. I'm comfortable with the route the psychiatrists are taking at this point.</p><p></p><p>We have finally, after years of no one listening to me, taken the ADHD diagnosis off the table. New psychiatrist says that should have been a no-brainer as the only symptom difficult child 2 has of ADHD is impulsivity. Not enough, on it's own, for an ADHD diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>We have confirmed the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified diagnosis at this point. psychiatrist has seen enough traits and characteristics to add his agreement for that one.</p><p></p><p>He's not sure on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) or the DBD (Disruptive Behavior Disorder), so those will stay for now.</p><p></p><p>However, we're back to trying to rule out a mood disorder as well again, so we're adding Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified to the alphabet soup.</p><p></p><p>They are dropping his dose of Adderall down to 10mg - just to help with the impulse control problems. We are dropping Lexapro and going with Prosac. (difficult child 2 has had allergic reactions to Zoloft and a few other medications, so we're going with an older, established, more studied medication for his anxiety and frustration tolerance.) We're also adding 5mg Abilify to help with his aggression and mood difficulties. </p><p></p><p>We'll see where those medications take us over the weekend. So far, he's being a great kid, but they're also seeing some of his low frustration tolerance in the way he responds to the other kids. Nothing like what we see at home, but enough indications for them to see that he struggles with anything that doesn't fit into "his" plan of how the world should be and what should happen next.</p><p></p><p>I meet with the treatment team again on Monday. We'll see where we go from there. I do know that I'm firing the old psychiatrist. Every member of the new team agrees that the nurse at old psychiatrist's office should have paged him immediately when I told her difficult child was threatening to kill me and trying to choke me. (Well duh-huh! How much further into crisis does he have to go before psychiatrist's office is willing to page the man!?!) Instead, she said her hands were tied and the psychiatrist would get the message in the morning. Gee, thanks. What a moron!!!!</p><p></p><p>difficult child's team and I are working on finding a psychiatrist who specializes in spectrum kids. I may have to drive to Atlanta or Columbia once a month, as I doubt we're going to find one around here. At least not one who can handle difficult child 2's multiple issues. He is, by all accounts, somewhat unique compared to most of the kids the psychiatrists around here are used to dealing with. If I have to make the drive once a month to find the right person, well then, we'll just have to make a day trip of it or something. Whatever it takes.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully, I covered all the bases. I have so much going on at the moment between difficult child, school, work, moving, etc. I'm feeling somewhat fragmented these days. </p><p></p><p>I hope you all know how much it means to me to have this board and all of you. Life with my difficult children would be so much harder without the love and support of the folks here. You guys are my lifeline, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hexemaus, post: 21095, member: 72"] Well, the meeting went well yesterday. I'm comfortable with the route the psychiatrists are taking at this point. We have finally, after years of no one listening to me, taken the ADHD diagnosis off the table. New psychiatrist says that should have been a no-brainer as the only symptom difficult child 2 has of ADHD is impulsivity. Not enough, on it's own, for an ADHD diagnosis. We have confirmed the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified diagnosis at this point. psychiatrist has seen enough traits and characteristics to add his agreement for that one. He's not sure on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) or the DBD (Disruptive Behavior Disorder), so those will stay for now. However, we're back to trying to rule out a mood disorder as well again, so we're adding Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified to the alphabet soup. They are dropping his dose of Adderall down to 10mg - just to help with the impulse control problems. We are dropping Lexapro and going with Prosac. (difficult child 2 has had allergic reactions to Zoloft and a few other medications, so we're going with an older, established, more studied medication for his anxiety and frustration tolerance.) We're also adding 5mg Abilify to help with his aggression and mood difficulties. We'll see where those medications take us over the weekend. So far, he's being a great kid, but they're also seeing some of his low frustration tolerance in the way he responds to the other kids. Nothing like what we see at home, but enough indications for them to see that he struggles with anything that doesn't fit into "his" plan of how the world should be and what should happen next. I meet with the treatment team again on Monday. We'll see where we go from there. I do know that I'm firing the old psychiatrist. Every member of the new team agrees that the nurse at old psychiatrist's office should have paged him immediately when I told her difficult child was threatening to kill me and trying to choke me. (Well duh-huh! How much further into crisis does he have to go before psychiatrist's office is willing to page the man!?!) Instead, she said her hands were tied and the psychiatrist would get the message in the morning. Gee, thanks. What a moron!!!! difficult child's team and I are working on finding a psychiatrist who specializes in spectrum kids. I may have to drive to Atlanta or Columbia once a month, as I doubt we're going to find one around here. At least not one who can handle difficult child 2's multiple issues. He is, by all accounts, somewhat unique compared to most of the kids the psychiatrists around here are used to dealing with. If I have to make the drive once a month to find the right person, well then, we'll just have to make a day trip of it or something. Whatever it takes. Hopefully, I covered all the bases. I have so much going on at the moment between difficult child, school, work, moving, etc. I'm feeling somewhat fragmented these days. I hope you all know how much it means to me to have this board and all of you. Life with my difficult children would be so much harder without the love and support of the folks here. You guys are my lifeline, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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