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<blockquote data-quote="Woofens" data-source="post: 200599" data-attributes="member: 4425"><p>Thanks to all for the welcomes. Just knowing that there are other parents out there that deal with this helps so much. I'm gonna try to answer everyone here, hope I don't miss anything.</p><p></p><p>I had hoped (until the episode in the doctors office) that this was just a passing thing, but I'm realizing that we should have addressed this much sooner. Hindsight.. oh well.. can't change the past. </p><p></p><p>I hope to start the journal and parent report ASAP. We do have a couple videos of him raging, no picture, but sound. I took it with us to the therapist last week, and he said he "might watch them next time". We don't go back to him for 2 weeks. I will call Monday morning and ask to be put on the cancellation list, and beg to be seen sooner. </p><p></p><p>As for the psychiatric hospital evaluation, I don't even have any idea where to take him. I know that a couple of our local hospital have psychiatric units... but I'm not even sure where the closest psychiatric hospital is. We do have a local behavioral center that has Residential Treatment Center (RTC), but I don't have alot of faith in them, as I took difficult child 17 there when he tried to set my house on fire and they told me he "wasn't bad enough to need treatment there". </p><p></p><p>MidwestMom, I am sure that easy child 1 has been diagnosed correctly. We fought for years to get diagnosis's on her, and she is so much better now than she was before. She is turning in to a typical pre-teen, and we never thought she would, so yes, I'm sure her diagnosis's are good.</p><p></p><p>easy child 2 her biggest problem is the ADHD. Her medications aren't working, and we are fighting the insurance company to try Focalin, but they have refused us. The want us to try Adderol or Straterra (both of which we have tried with limited success). The Concerta helped for almost 2 years, but seems to have lost its effectiveness. She does well on the medications for a while then they seem to lose their effectiveness. The Concerta has worked the longest with her.</p><p></p><p>To get the complete evaluation, do I call his pediatrician and ask for a referral? I am so completely lost right now.</p><p></p><p>I'm gonna try to answer your questions.. so here goes. </p><p></p><p>Not yet... I need to know how to go about getting one done.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Everything was pretty much normal except he was late to potty train, and we still have issues with him refusing to have a bowel movement, and he still ***** his thumb. He is very sensitive to loud noises (we took him to see WWE Smackdown a couple months ago, it was a disaster). He has no problem with eye contact, and is a little shy around strangers but warms up quickly.</p><p></p><p>I did not know that about alcoholism... but I'm confused about the reference to bipolar? There is no bipolar disorder in our families that I know of. </p><p></p><p>The worst (best??) part of it is, he is sitting in the living room with us now, like nothing happened this AM, watching SpongeBob. His moods swing so drastically and quickly. I never know what is going to set him off or why.</p><p></p><p>I want to thank you for your support, and your suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Jan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Woofens, post: 200599, member: 4425"] Thanks to all for the welcomes. Just knowing that there are other parents out there that deal with this helps so much. I'm gonna try to answer everyone here, hope I don't miss anything. I had hoped (until the episode in the doctors office) that this was just a passing thing, but I'm realizing that we should have addressed this much sooner. Hindsight.. oh well.. can't change the past. I hope to start the journal and parent report ASAP. We do have a couple videos of him raging, no picture, but sound. I took it with us to the therapist last week, and he said he "might watch them next time". We don't go back to him for 2 weeks. I will call Monday morning and ask to be put on the cancellation list, and beg to be seen sooner. As for the psychiatric hospital evaluation, I don't even have any idea where to take him. I know that a couple of our local hospital have psychiatric units... but I'm not even sure where the closest psychiatric hospital is. We do have a local behavioral center that has Residential Treatment Center (RTC), but I don't have alot of faith in them, as I took difficult child 17 there when he tried to set my house on fire and they told me he "wasn't bad enough to need treatment there". MidwestMom, I am sure that easy child 1 has been diagnosed correctly. We fought for years to get diagnosis's on her, and she is so much better now than she was before. She is turning in to a typical pre-teen, and we never thought she would, so yes, I'm sure her diagnosis's are good. easy child 2 her biggest problem is the ADHD. Her medications aren't working, and we are fighting the insurance company to try Focalin, but they have refused us. The want us to try Adderol or Straterra (both of which we have tried with limited success). The Concerta helped for almost 2 years, but seems to have lost its effectiveness. She does well on the medications for a while then they seem to lose their effectiveness. The Concerta has worked the longest with her. To get the complete evaluation, do I call his pediatrician and ask for a referral? I am so completely lost right now. I'm gonna try to answer your questions.. so here goes. Not yet... I need to know how to go about getting one done. Everything was pretty much normal except he was late to potty train, and we still have issues with him refusing to have a bowel movement, and he still ***** his thumb. He is very sensitive to loud noises (we took him to see WWE Smackdown a couple months ago, it was a disaster). He has no problem with eye contact, and is a little shy around strangers but warms up quickly. I did not know that about alcoholism... but I'm confused about the reference to bipolar? There is no bipolar disorder in our families that I know of. The worst (best??) part of it is, he is sitting in the living room with us now, like nothing happened this AM, watching SpongeBob. His moods swing so drastically and quickly. I never know what is going to set him off or why. I want to thank you for your support, and your suggestions. Jan [/QUOTE]
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