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<blockquote data-quote="shutterbunny" data-source="post: 34097" data-attributes="member: 3568"><p>Dara,</p><p></p><p>We started looking when difficult child was 6 months...you're right, a lot of psychiatric won't see children younger than 5, and because of that we started with a neurologist. I'm not sure if you've gone that route, but if not, it's worth a try...our neuro started with eeg's to see if there was any brain-wave abnormality and if so what region of the brain it came from (ie, areas that control impulse and rage) and other tests to rule out environmental issues, etc...our pediatrician was involved only as far as giving us referrals where needed to neurologists, psychologists (maybe for when difficult child is older, but not overly helpful when he was a year old)sleep specialists, etc. We stayed under the neurologist's care for years because of some findings on his eeg and then when we were ready to stop seeing the neurologist (he was helpful but not getting us where we needed to be) difficult child had a huge grand mal seizure...needless to say, the neurologist is staying on board for the foreseeable future, but after all was said and done, he was at a loss to recommend anything else to help with what he clearly saw was a problem that had a definite neurological base and thus asked us to see a neuro-psychiatric. I know they are definitely hard to find, but many neurologists know of two or three that they have worked with, and having a neurologist on the case may help (if you haven't been down that road). Just a thought.</p><p></p><p>You're in my thoughts and prayers, really, I know how hard it is to feel like you're on an island with no professional help...it's enough to make you question just about everything. Hang in there and I hope you get some answers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutterbunny, post: 34097, member: 3568"] Dara, We started looking when difficult child was 6 months...you're right, a lot of psychiatric won't see children younger than 5, and because of that we started with a neurologist. I'm not sure if you've gone that route, but if not, it's worth a try...our neuro started with eeg's to see if there was any brain-wave abnormality and if so what region of the brain it came from (ie, areas that control impulse and rage) and other tests to rule out environmental issues, etc...our pediatrician was involved only as far as giving us referrals where needed to neurologists, psychologists (maybe for when difficult child is older, but not overly helpful when he was a year old)sleep specialists, etc. We stayed under the neurologist's care for years because of some findings on his eeg and then when we were ready to stop seeing the neurologist (he was helpful but not getting us where we needed to be) difficult child had a huge grand mal seizure...needless to say, the neurologist is staying on board for the foreseeable future, but after all was said and done, he was at a loss to recommend anything else to help with what he clearly saw was a problem that had a definite neurological base and thus asked us to see a neuro-psychiatric. I know they are definitely hard to find, but many neurologists know of two or three that they have worked with, and having a neurologist on the case may help (if you haven't been down that road). Just a thought. You're in my thoughts and prayers, really, I know how hard it is to feel like you're on an island with no professional help...it's enough to make you question just about everything. Hang in there and I hope you get some answers. [/QUOTE]
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