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NYT Article--Debate over Children and Psychiatric
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 18591" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>medications are simply mandatory for some people. I am one, and I'm myself so I know this. I am not happy with the doctor's "condemned to mental illness" quote because if you have a psychiatric illness, you just do. It's like diabetes, you live with it, and you deal with it. I do agree that there is a lot more misdx. of psychiatric and neurological disorders because there are no definitive tests. When I think of the garbage my poor son went through, I really get angry, so I try NOT to think about it. It's scary how they were so wrong about him. If they were so wrong about him, they are so wrong about some other kids too. I personally DO NOT trust the psychiatric community in a blind way. I've been a part of it for too long, and know there are some terrible psychiatrists out there who shouldn't be diagnosing and medicating and, worse, are depending more and more on non-MD psycologists and even social workers to do the diagnosing for them. I have had probably ten differing opinions on my own diagnosis. I already told you all about my son. Psychiatric diagnosis. are very subjective and in the eye of the evaluator, which is why it tees me off that they often spend so little time doing all they can to at least make sure they are heading in the right direction. They should do intensive testing, such as Neuropychs do. That won't solve the problem, because there are no blood tests, but it will at least force every professional to do a thorough workup one ach child before snapping his or her fingres and saying, "Yes! ADHD! Ritalin!" It's not the parents who want a quick fix, in my opinion, it's the professionals who see a child once or twice, don't test at all, and decide, "I know for a fact that your child has this." They don't know for a fact. They're guessing. My son's neuropsychologist, who worked at Mayo for ten years, said, "We misdiagnose all the time, even at Mayo." He was being honest. I believe him. As parents it is up to us to see if a professional is helping our child and if the medications are making our children better or not. If they aren't helping, what's the point to them? I'm no saint. I was the one who tried my son on thirteen medications. I learned a bitter lesson. TRUST MY OWN GUT. Me and hub thought "autism" as soon as this child entered our home at two. Umpteen professionals were wrong and, in the end, we were right. We should have not trusted so blindly. My kid wouldn't be so overweight now and, if you know any Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, you know how hard it is to get them to eat healthy as they have food issues. I hope he loses all that excess weight one day or grows into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 18591, member: 1550"] medications are simply mandatory for some people. I am one, and I'm myself so I know this. I am not happy with the doctor's "condemned to mental illness" quote because if you have a psychiatric illness, you just do. It's like diabetes, you live with it, and you deal with it. I do agree that there is a lot more misdx. of psychiatric and neurological disorders because there are no definitive tests. When I think of the garbage my poor son went through, I really get angry, so I try NOT to think about it. It's scary how they were so wrong about him. If they were so wrong about him, they are so wrong about some other kids too. I personally DO NOT trust the psychiatric community in a blind way. I've been a part of it for too long, and know there are some terrible psychiatrists out there who shouldn't be diagnosing and medicating and, worse, are depending more and more on non-MD psycologists and even social workers to do the diagnosing for them. I have had probably ten differing opinions on my own diagnosis. I already told you all about my son. Psychiatric diagnosis. are very subjective and in the eye of the evaluator, which is why it tees me off that they often spend so little time doing all they can to at least make sure they are heading in the right direction. They should do intensive testing, such as Neuropychs do. That won't solve the problem, because there are no blood tests, but it will at least force every professional to do a thorough workup one ach child before snapping his or her fingres and saying, "Yes! ADHD! Ritalin!" It's not the parents who want a quick fix, in my opinion, it's the professionals who see a child once or twice, don't test at all, and decide, "I know for a fact that your child has this." They don't know for a fact. They're guessing. My son's neuropsychologist, who worked at Mayo for ten years, said, "We misdiagnose all the time, even at Mayo." He was being honest. I believe him. As parents it is up to us to see if a professional is helping our child and if the medications are making our children better or not. If they aren't helping, what's the point to them? I'm no saint. I was the one who tried my son on thirteen medications. I learned a bitter lesson. TRUST MY OWN GUT. Me and hub thought "autism" as soon as this child entered our home at two. Umpteen professionals were wrong and, in the end, we were right. We should have not trusted so blindly. My kid wouldn't be so overweight now and, if you know any Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, you know how hard it is to get them to eat healthy as they have food issues. I hope he loses all that excess weight one day or grows into it. [/QUOTE]
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