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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 524406" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Welcome!</p><p></p><p>What is the pediatrician pushing to medicate for? What does the pediatrician think it is? I would definitely seek the advice of a psychiatrist and not follow pediatrician's advice on this one.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like you do need a comprehensive evaluation for him. "Anger issues" is just as helpful a diagnosis as ODD. I'm guessing the therapist didn't do any formal evaluations. neuropsychologist is the best for this, but you can also find some regular psychologists who are just as good. The important thing is to make sure they are using standardized evaluations some include observation, but none are observation only.</p><p></p><p>It also sounds as if C is what we call *scary smart* That alone can have it's issues. Smart kids have a technical understanding of the world, but don't have the experience to deal with it all. Generally they don't realize they don't have such experience. That's how you get kids just leaving home and wandering around. they know they won't get lost and think it's all OK. He didn't think through to any other possible dangers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 524406, member: 11965"] Welcome! What is the pediatrician pushing to medicate for? What does the pediatrician think it is? I would definitely seek the advice of a psychiatrist and not follow pediatrician's advice on this one. Sounds like you do need a comprehensive evaluation for him. "Anger issues" is just as helpful a diagnosis as ODD. I'm guessing the therapist didn't do any formal evaluations. neuropsychologist is the best for this, but you can also find some regular psychologists who are just as good. The important thing is to make sure they are using standardized evaluations some include observation, but none are observation only. It also sounds as if C is what we call *scary smart* That alone can have it's issues. Smart kids have a technical understanding of the world, but don't have the experience to deal with it all. Generally they don't realize they don't have such experience. That's how you get kids just leaving home and wandering around. they know they won't get lost and think it's all OK. He didn't think through to any other possible dangers. [/QUOTE]
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