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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 504391" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>I would be more suspicious of answers in a short dr visit than a long neuropsychologist evaluation. The questions involved in neuropsychologist testing are not one off questions. the same target concept is asked in several different formats (example: I like to tease animals, then... teasing animals is fun.... then..... sometimes it is fun to play in a teasing way with animals...not exact words but you get the idea... and often way more subtle than that... I feel hopeless.... there is always hope...... etc. then different tests are compared to each other so they support or contradict the findings of each test...</p><p></p><p>Kids will answer a doctor in an office with "fine" "no" "yes" I'm ok.. no I am always happy etc... they want out of there. (and with NO SHOTS/bloodwork)</p><p></p><p>Just MHO...</p><p></p><p>What does your mommy gut say???</p><p></p><p>RE: medications</p><p>True, the ONLY people that can give medications are MD's.... NOW, sometimes a physicians assistant or a nurse practitioner will be in charge and write scripts or arrange for the medications, but all is supervised by an MD. (Psychiatrist, Pediatrician, Neurologist, Developmental Pediatrician, etc...)</p><p></p><p>Psychologists, Neuropsychologists, Social Workers, mental health professionals who are not MD's all can say "maybe a medication trial would be called for " but can't legally give you medication.</p><p></p><p>In any event, you seem well connected now... </p><p></p><p>Is school still going OK? How do you feel overall about all of this... One thing we all start learning to do more and more as we go through this is to trust our gut about these things. It is usually right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 504391, member: 12886"] I would be more suspicious of answers in a short dr visit than a long neuropsychologist evaluation. The questions involved in neuropsychologist testing are not one off questions. the same target concept is asked in several different formats (example: I like to tease animals, then... teasing animals is fun.... then..... sometimes it is fun to play in a teasing way with animals...not exact words but you get the idea... and often way more subtle than that... I feel hopeless.... there is always hope...... etc. then different tests are compared to each other so they support or contradict the findings of each test... Kids will answer a doctor in an office with "fine" "no" "yes" I'm ok.. no I am always happy etc... they want out of there. (and with NO SHOTS/bloodwork) Just MHO... What does your mommy gut say??? RE: medications True, the ONLY people that can give medications are MD's.... NOW, sometimes a physicians assistant or a nurse practitioner will be in charge and write scripts or arrange for the medications, but all is supervised by an MD. (Psychiatrist, Pediatrician, Neurologist, Developmental Pediatrician, etc...) Psychologists, Neuropsychologists, Social Workers, mental health professionals who are not MD's all can say "maybe a medication trial would be called for " but can't legally give you medication. In any event, you seem well connected now... Is school still going OK? How do you feel overall about all of this... One thing we all start learning to do more and more as we go through this is to trust our gut about these things. It is usually right. [/QUOTE]
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