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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 19012" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Rachel, I am glad you finally got someone to listen to your concerns and to finally refer your son out for testing. I just wanted to address your insurance issues. As far as the EA goes there is a heirachy that you must go through before you get them to send you to a psychiatrist or neurologist. I hated this as by the time I went there we had already done everything we could have as far as parenting classes and behavior modifications for my difficult child 1. We first had to see a SW. She immediately stated that the past didn't factor in and she would only deal with the present issues. She focused on parenting and negotiating with my difficult child 1 who was a master manipulator. At that point I refused to go anymore as I knew it was awaste of my time and money paying for sitters for the other kids. husband went and it took months before we were refered to a Psycologist. I again said that my daughter needed a Psyciatrist but no that was not the protochol. Another several months went by and they couldn't work with her so they stopped seeing her and tried to do marriage counciling on us. Meanwhile my daugher was out of control and raging almost constantly. Finially I said "the heck with this" and paid for a psyciatric evaluation out of pocket and without a refferal. She was diagnosis'd Bipolar 2 and put on medications. She did well for a while but she was soon old enough to decide if she was going to take them or not and she decided not to. I honestly believe that if the pros had listened to me and gotten her to a psyciatrist when i initially asked at age 12 she would have been more medication compliant and would have avoided much trauma to herself and our family. My advice is get the evaluation regardless of insurance coverage if you can afford to. Our insurance kicked in after the diagnosis was made and the medications and visits were covered. </p><p> I find it so very frustrating that here is is 30 years later when so much more has been learned about childhoold mental health issues and many of the professionals are still blaming parenting first. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 19012, member: 2315"] Rachel, I am glad you finally got someone to listen to your concerns and to finally refer your son out for testing. I just wanted to address your insurance issues. As far as the EA goes there is a heirachy that you must go through before you get them to send you to a psychiatrist or neurologist. I hated this as by the time I went there we had already done everything we could have as far as parenting classes and behavior modifications for my difficult child 1. We first had to see a SW. She immediately stated that the past didn't factor in and she would only deal with the present issues. She focused on parenting and negotiating with my difficult child 1 who was a master manipulator. At that point I refused to go anymore as I knew it was awaste of my time and money paying for sitters for the other kids. husband went and it took months before we were refered to a Psycologist. I again said that my daughter needed a Psyciatrist but no that was not the protochol. Another several months went by and they couldn't work with her so they stopped seeing her and tried to do marriage counciling on us. Meanwhile my daugher was out of control and raging almost constantly. Finially I said "the heck with this" and paid for a psyciatric evaluation out of pocket and without a refferal. She was diagnosis'd Bipolar 2 and put on medications. She did well for a while but she was soon old enough to decide if she was going to take them or not and she decided not to. I honestly believe that if the pros had listened to me and gotten her to a psyciatrist when i initially asked at age 12 she would have been more medication compliant and would have avoided much trauma to herself and our family. My advice is get the evaluation regardless of insurance coverage if you can afford to. Our insurance kicked in after the diagnosis was made and the medications and visits were covered. I find it so very frustrating that here is is 30 years later when so much more has been learned about childhoold mental health issues and many of the professionals are still blaming parenting first. -RM [/QUOTE]
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