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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 405874" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Make sure that the people who did the EKG know how to do them on children. the leads MUST be placed differently. We had a HORRIBLE scare where our hospital told us that Jess had something called long QT syndrome that means that her heart could just stop on its' own for no apparent reason. The doctor told us that we needed to find a home defibrillator and keep her from even walking around until we saw a pediatric cardiologist!!! Then the only pediatrician cardio in teh state wanted us to wait 3 MONTHS for an appointment!! The pediatrician told us to wait on the defibrillator and wheelchair and just keep her fairly calm. They got us into the PA at the pediatrician cardio 3 days later. Turns out the hospital did the EKG wrong and there was NOTHING wrong with her heart but orthostatic hypotension (blood pressure drops on standing or sitting up) which almost every woman in my family has.</p><p> </p><p>Don't panic and keep to a sensible diet and limits until you see the doctor. For some reason many psychiatrists ignore the tests that should be done. Did you know that until maybe 1990 all patients were given EKGs before add treatment was started because seizure disorders can look like adhd (happened with Jessie) and stimulants can lower the seizure threshold? NOw medications like risperdal come with recommendations for all sorts of tests and many docs want to ignore this. At least psychiatrists here do.</p><p> </p><p>Strattera can work very very well for adhd, so maybe other medications for anxiety/depression can also. I know with Wiz the adhd benefits are crucial but so are the antidepressant/antianxiety benefits of strattera. He only really was able to turn things around when he got on THREE different medications that all can help depression/anxiety. So maybe anxiety emds are worth trying, at least for a short trial. </p><p> </p><p>I hope this isn't a sign of anything serious. WHile the worry and fear isn't fun it is better than having something be wrong with him - so I hope they just did the EKG wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 405874, member: 1233"] Make sure that the people who did the EKG know how to do them on children. the leads MUST be placed differently. We had a HORRIBLE scare where our hospital told us that Jess had something called long QT syndrome that means that her heart could just stop on its' own for no apparent reason. The doctor told us that we needed to find a home defibrillator and keep her from even walking around until we saw a pediatric cardiologist!!! Then the only pediatrician cardio in teh state wanted us to wait 3 MONTHS for an appointment!! The pediatrician told us to wait on the defibrillator and wheelchair and just keep her fairly calm. They got us into the PA at the pediatrician cardio 3 days later. Turns out the hospital did the EKG wrong and there was NOTHING wrong with her heart but orthostatic hypotension (blood pressure drops on standing or sitting up) which almost every woman in my family has. Don't panic and keep to a sensible diet and limits until you see the doctor. For some reason many psychiatrists ignore the tests that should be done. Did you know that until maybe 1990 all patients were given EKGs before add treatment was started because seizure disorders can look like adhd (happened with Jessie) and stimulants can lower the seizure threshold? NOw medications like risperdal come with recommendations for all sorts of tests and many docs want to ignore this. At least psychiatrists here do. Strattera can work very very well for adhd, so maybe other medications for anxiety/depression can also. I know with Wiz the adhd benefits are crucial but so are the antidepressant/antianxiety benefits of strattera. He only really was able to turn things around when he got on THREE different medications that all can help depression/anxiety. So maybe anxiety emds are worth trying, at least for a short trial. I hope this isn't a sign of anything serious. WHile the worry and fear isn't fun it is better than having something be wrong with him - so I hope they just did the EKG wrong. [/QUOTE]
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