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<blockquote data-quote="fuddleduddledee" data-source="post: 143617" data-attributes="member: 4966"><p>I too am in Ontario, Canada. I am not a frequent flyer here but I have a 16 y/o son who has been difficult for a very long time. He was diagnosed bipolar, anxiety disorder and ADHD at the age of 8, just last year we added the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome. It's been a long road but I'm seeing progress. Not sure where you are in the province but some places truly have access to better services than others. </p><p></p><p>Firstly, a referral by either your pediatrician or your family doctor for a multi-disciplanary assessment might be helpful in getting a thorough assessment by a variety of disciplines, i.e. a phsychiatrist, a phsychologist, an occupational therapist, etc. This assessement is usually done at the local hospital. At the same time you ask about a multi-disciplinary asseessment, request a referral to a child psychiatrist. You need someone who specializes in psychiatric medications and a pediatrician is just not specialized in these medications. Next ask the school board about section 19 programs available. Section 19 programs are day treatment programs run at a local school but with the exception of the teachers staffed through the Minister of Children's Services. The ratio of these programs is 2 students to one staff member. Sadly, Section 19 programs end at the end of Grade 8. </p><p></p><p>Many people here will recommend the book The Explosive Child and trust me it's worth every cent you pay for it. It gave me back some sanity as I muddled through the dark years. It allowed me to relax as a parent and not sweat the little stuff anymore, actually I didn't even sweat some of the stuff that might have been considered by some parents to be big stuff. My priority was to make it through the day in one piece, not whether my child said please, thank you and may I. Learn to pick your battles is probably the best piece of advice I ever received. </p><p></p><p>I think the medications your son is on may be not right but I'm no doctor. I can tell you that my son cannot ever ever ever take a stimulant drug, it just makes him aggressive as can be. Getting the medications right took about 5 years for my son and we still have to tweak them from time to time. We just were able to reduce the amount of seroquel he was taking from 600mg a day to 500mg a day. For my son, 150 mg of seroquel would be like giving him koolaid powder, it's fairly small dose. When he started taking seroquel we just kept adding 25 mg every week till we started to see some kind of improvement. My son's psychiatrist in the very beginning saw him every single week, yes, every single week, then every two weeks, then every month, depending on how things were going. Right now we can hold off for as much as two months depending on circumstances. </p><p></p><p>It's a long road, with many ups and downs, but it does at get easier. Currently my son attends an Asperger's Program at a regular high school</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fuddleduddledee, post: 143617, member: 4966"] I too am in Ontario, Canada. I am not a frequent flyer here but I have a 16 y/o son who has been difficult for a very long time. He was diagnosed bipolar, anxiety disorder and ADHD at the age of 8, just last year we added the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome. It's been a long road but I'm seeing progress. Not sure where you are in the province but some places truly have access to better services than others. Firstly, a referral by either your pediatrician or your family doctor for a multi-disciplanary assessment might be helpful in getting a thorough assessment by a variety of disciplines, i.e. a phsychiatrist, a phsychologist, an occupational therapist, etc. This assessement is usually done at the local hospital. At the same time you ask about a multi-disciplinary asseessment, request a referral to a child psychiatrist. You need someone who specializes in psychiatric medications and a pediatrician is just not specialized in these medications. Next ask the school board about section 19 programs available. Section 19 programs are day treatment programs run at a local school but with the exception of the teachers staffed through the Minister of Children's Services. The ratio of these programs is 2 students to one staff member. Sadly, Section 19 programs end at the end of Grade 8. Many people here will recommend the book The Explosive Child and trust me it's worth every cent you pay for it. It gave me back some sanity as I muddled through the dark years. It allowed me to relax as a parent and not sweat the little stuff anymore, actually I didn't even sweat some of the stuff that might have been considered by some parents to be big stuff. My priority was to make it through the day in one piece, not whether my child said please, thank you and may I. Learn to pick your battles is probably the best piece of advice I ever received. I think the medications your son is on may be not right but I'm no doctor. I can tell you that my son cannot ever ever ever take a stimulant drug, it just makes him aggressive as can be. Getting the medications right took about 5 years for my son and we still have to tweak them from time to time. We just were able to reduce the amount of seroquel he was taking from 600mg a day to 500mg a day. For my son, 150 mg of seroquel would be like giving him koolaid powder, it's fairly small dose. When he started taking seroquel we just kept adding 25 mg every week till we started to see some kind of improvement. My son's psychiatrist in the very beginning saw him every single week, yes, every single week, then every two weeks, then every month, depending on how things were going. Right now we can hold off for as much as two months depending on circumstances. It's a long road, with many ups and downs, but it does at get easier. Currently my son attends an Asperger's Program at a regular high school [/QUOTE]
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