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psychiatrist appointment FOR the difficult child's WITHOUT the difficult child's.
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 341324" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Some parents I've "talked" with online actually saw a worsening of symptoms before things improved. Are you a CABF member? If so, you might want to post over on the CABF message board to hear some first-hand accounts.</p><p> </p><p>I know you said difficult child 2 is a fast metabolizer, but your son is on the highest dose of Seroquel of any kid I know (not personally, over the internet). In your shoes, I would be concerned about it, both in terms of side effects and in terms of cognitive effects (not permanent). Depakote can also cause cognitive dulling. Rather than adding medication on top of medication, you might want to be looking at improving his overall mood-stabilizing cocktail. I know you like your psychiatrist, but sometimes it takes either pushing the psychiatrist to look at new ideas or having a fresh set of eyes take a new look. We've had to do this more times than I care to count along our very long psychiatric journey with our kids. </p><p> </p><p>I could be all wet, but this is just how I see it from where I sit at my laptop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 341324, member: 2423"] Some parents I've "talked" with online actually saw a worsening of symptoms before things improved. Are you a CABF member? If so, you might want to post over on the CABF message board to hear some first-hand accounts. I know you said difficult child 2 is a fast metabolizer, but your son is on the highest dose of Seroquel of any kid I know (not personally, over the internet). In your shoes, I would be concerned about it, both in terms of side effects and in terms of cognitive effects (not permanent). Depakote can also cause cognitive dulling. Rather than adding medication on top of medication, you might want to be looking at improving his overall mood-stabilizing cocktail. I know you like your psychiatrist, but sometimes it takes either pushing the psychiatrist to look at new ideas or having a fresh set of eyes take a new look. We've had to do this more times than I care to count along our very long psychiatric journey with our kids. I could be all wet, but this is just how I see it from where I sit at my laptop. [/QUOTE]
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