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New diagnosis for 14yr old...ugh
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617747" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>For such a serious diagnosis, I'd definitely take my kid to a psychiatrist for another opinion. I'd want a second, fresh person with qualifications to look at my child and a psychiatrist is more familiar with schizophrenia than a CBT therapist or even a neuropsychologist. An Occupational Therapist (OT) would not be qualified to diagnose schizophrenia at all...he is not in the mental health field.</p><p></p><p>If you get another "affirmative" on the schizophrenia then I'd take t he family to counseling to hear from a professional how to best deal with it. As long as your child is not violent, he should be treated respectfully. If he gets violent, and he is violent due to his illness, also I do not believe he should be treated with disrespect. He should not be ridiculed, abused or ridiculed for having a serious brain disorder. Does he hallucinate? Does he have weird thoughts, like the radio or television are beaming messages to him? Did they tell you why they feel he has this disorder?</p><p></p><p>I'm big on second opinions. You want to make sure that this particular diagnosis, which will require serious medication for a lifetime, is correct. You don't want it to just be a person's best guess.</p><p></p><p>I am very honest with my kids. Your child is already fourteen. If he does have a thought disorder which is as distorting as schizophrenia, I wouldn't keep it from him and would definitely tell the school. And he wouldn't be USING it as an excuse. It <em><strong>is </strong></em>an excuse, a REAL excuse that makes sense. Schizophrenia interferes with every faction of one's life, until the person is stable. It would be a valid excuse for his acting bizarre, possibly being unable to do school work that he could once have done (it can cause cognitive problems) and makes people think things that are not true so that they may blurt out nonsense.</p><p></p><p>But make sure he really has it. Hugs and I'm sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617747, member: 1550"] For such a serious diagnosis, I'd definitely take my kid to a psychiatrist for another opinion. I'd want a second, fresh person with qualifications to look at my child and a psychiatrist is more familiar with schizophrenia than a CBT therapist or even a neuropsychologist. An Occupational Therapist (OT) would not be qualified to diagnose schizophrenia at all...he is not in the mental health field. If you get another "affirmative" on the schizophrenia then I'd take t he family to counseling to hear from a professional how to best deal with it. As long as your child is not violent, he should be treated respectfully. If he gets violent, and he is violent due to his illness, also I do not believe he should be treated with disrespect. He should not be ridiculed, abused or ridiculed for having a serious brain disorder. Does he hallucinate? Does he have weird thoughts, like the radio or television are beaming messages to him? Did they tell you why they feel he has this disorder? I'm big on second opinions. You want to make sure that this particular diagnosis, which will require serious medication for a lifetime, is correct. You don't want it to just be a person's best guess. I am very honest with my kids. Your child is already fourteen. If he does have a thought disorder which is as distorting as schizophrenia, I wouldn't keep it from him and would definitely tell the school. And he wouldn't be USING it as an excuse. It [I][B]is [/B][/I]an excuse, a REAL excuse that makes sense. Schizophrenia interferes with every faction of one's life, until the person is stable. It would be a valid excuse for his acting bizarre, possibly being unable to do school work that he could once have done (it can cause cognitive problems) and makes people think things that are not true so that they may blurt out nonsense. But make sure he really has it. Hugs and I'm sorry. [/QUOTE]
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