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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 359688" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>It's not having a diagnosis I was concerned about, Step- I've had them for depression (situational or intermittent not an ongoing constant thing) and anxiety (I am high anxiety and that is constant) and possibly PTSD. If they come up with the same- no problem. Except I have no money to address this to the full degree at the moment and that court ordered pressure will only make those issues worse. Still, I'll try. But if the evaluation'er determines that I'm handling things sufficiently that might suffice without any ordered treatment.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand, if he comes up with something out from left field- like he thinks I psychological abuse my child- and I;'m sitting there saying no I don't yell in his face or cuss him or make him feel unloved and they say well, they think I do- I have no idea what to do about that. I would try to comply if they order something in order to keep custody, which is probably what would be the position from them at that point, but now that a real therapist is going to be giving me a clinical interview first, then decide about any testing, I am a LOT less concerned about a mis-diagnosis. And they aren't doing much therapy for adults at our local mental health dept anymore so it is unlikely I'd end up having to get any there, which had been a concern too. I just don't have much faith in them- I think they let the legal people determine too much about what MH treatment should get- for instance the legal people tell them what diagnosis to treat a person for or over-ride a therapist's evaluation if they don't agree with it and it becomes the tail wagging the dog, in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>Oh- and they will probably require me to sign full release forms from previous tdocs and the only concern there is the loss of confidentiality because then the courts people all end up knowing very personal info and it gets documented in difficult child's file because I am his parent and custodial parent, but then if custody ever changes whoever the new guardian is has access to that info. Or they find it out in the custody hearings even if they don't get custody and difficult child remains with me. So again, that just adds to me big desire to have this come out accurate. Even if they find something else that I'm not aware of but that I think could be accuarte, I'm fine with that so I could address it appropriately. It was just a bizarre wierd diagnosis I was afraid of because I know how they work over there and the GAL had been convinced that I MUST have something- like being delusional or hallucinate or see my kid irrrationally.If the evaluation'er is objective and not going into this with preconceived ideas, I think it will be ok. If he has preconceived ideas and I can go to a private provider, at least there is more hope now that a therapist would ultimately see that I'm really not that way and let them know that he/she is not seeing that in me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 359688, member: 3699"] It's not having a diagnosis I was concerned about, Step- I've had them for depression (situational or intermittent not an ongoing constant thing) and anxiety (I am high anxiety and that is constant) and possibly PTSD. If they come up with the same- no problem. Except I have no money to address this to the full degree at the moment and that court ordered pressure will only make those issues worse. Still, I'll try. But if the evaluation'er determines that I'm handling things sufficiently that might suffice without any ordered treatment. on the other hand, if he comes up with something out from left field- like he thinks I psychological abuse my child- and I;'m sitting there saying no I don't yell in his face or cuss him or make him feel unloved and they say well, they think I do- I have no idea what to do about that. I would try to comply if they order something in order to keep custody, which is probably what would be the position from them at that point, but now that a real therapist is going to be giving me a clinical interview first, then decide about any testing, I am a LOT less concerned about a mis-diagnosis. And they aren't doing much therapy for adults at our local mental health dept anymore so it is unlikely I'd end up having to get any there, which had been a concern too. I just don't have much faith in them- I think they let the legal people determine too much about what MH treatment should get- for instance the legal people tell them what diagnosis to treat a person for or over-ride a therapist's evaluation if they don't agree with it and it becomes the tail wagging the dog, in my humble opinion. Oh- and they will probably require me to sign full release forms from previous tdocs and the only concern there is the loss of confidentiality because then the courts people all end up knowing very personal info and it gets documented in difficult child's file because I am his parent and custodial parent, but then if custody ever changes whoever the new guardian is has access to that info. Or they find it out in the custody hearings even if they don't get custody and difficult child remains with me. So again, that just adds to me big desire to have this come out accurate. Even if they find something else that I'm not aware of but that I think could be accuarte, I'm fine with that so I could address it appropriately. It was just a bizarre wierd diagnosis I was afraid of because I know how they work over there and the GAL had been convinced that I MUST have something- like being delusional or hallucinate or see my kid irrrationally.If the evaluation'er is objective and not going into this with preconceived ideas, I think it will be ok. If he has preconceived ideas and I can go to a private provider, at least there is more hope now that a therapist would ultimately see that I'm really not that way and let them know that he/she is not seeing that in me. [/QUOTE]
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