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They want to medicate without knowing what he has!
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<blockquote data-quote="I'm going crazy!!!" data-source="post: 101238" data-attributes="member: 4280"><p>Hey I am so sorry your family is going through all of this. Noone can truly tell you what to do Sammy is your child and it's up to you and husband to decide ultimately what's best. I can tell you the best thing I ever did for my difficult child is medication. I will never regret it even with all the issues he's had on them. The most important advice I can give you is 1) research everything 2)document document document 3) tell the docs everything no matter how small if they seem agitated because you are calling they can just get over it they make way too much money and this is your son's life we're talking about 4) trust your instincts and don't back down even if you're not sure keep pushing until ya'll come to a compromise that makes you both happy 5) if you really want him to see this doctor before giving him medications then tell him you want an appointment and what's the first available one he has</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has been on clonodine twice the first time was by his pediatrician and he was scared to give too much so we didn't see any results this time his psychiatrist prescribed it with Adderall because he was still impulsive and VERY angry and defiant after taking Adderall for 2 months so we started with a half of the .1 mg at night and then increased it to in the morning and now we are going to increase it to mid-day as well. </p><p>My son's pediatrician did actually check his heart I believe they did an EKG just to make sure he didn't have any issues there and I check difficult child blood pressure about once a week or so the pediatrician can tell you what is too low and also his pulse can tell you by being too high that his blood pressure is too low. We have one of those you put on their arm and just press a button and it tells you his blood pressure and pulse. I would check it before giving him any medications to get a base rate. Also, he needs to sit still for about 5 minutes or atleast no running around. </p><p>My son's pediatrician also drew blood before putting him on any medications because they said some of his symptoms could be explained if they found any abnormalities. I would definitely ask his pediatrician to do all of this before giving him any medications. </p><p></p><p>I hope this was helpful and please feel free to PM me anytime</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm going crazy!!!, post: 101238, member: 4280"] Hey I am so sorry your family is going through all of this. Noone can truly tell you what to do Sammy is your child and it's up to you and husband to decide ultimately what's best. I can tell you the best thing I ever did for my difficult child is medication. I will never regret it even with all the issues he's had on them. The most important advice I can give you is 1) research everything 2)document document document 3) tell the docs everything no matter how small if they seem agitated because you are calling they can just get over it they make way too much money and this is your son's life we're talking about 4) trust your instincts and don't back down even if you're not sure keep pushing until ya'll come to a compromise that makes you both happy 5) if you really want him to see this doctor before giving him medications then tell him you want an appointment and what's the first available one he has My difficult child has been on clonodine twice the first time was by his pediatrician and he was scared to give too much so we didn't see any results this time his psychiatrist prescribed it with Adderall because he was still impulsive and VERY angry and defiant after taking Adderall for 2 months so we started with a half of the .1 mg at night and then increased it to in the morning and now we are going to increase it to mid-day as well. My son's pediatrician did actually check his heart I believe they did an EKG just to make sure he didn't have any issues there and I check difficult child blood pressure about once a week or so the pediatrician can tell you what is too low and also his pulse can tell you by being too high that his blood pressure is too low. We have one of those you put on their arm and just press a button and it tells you his blood pressure and pulse. I would check it before giving him any medications to get a base rate. Also, he needs to sit still for about 5 minutes or atleast no running around. My son's pediatrician also drew blood before putting him on any medications because they said some of his symptoms could be explained if they found any abnormalities. I would definitely ask his pediatrician to do all of this before giving him any medications. I hope this was helpful and please feel free to PM me anytime [/QUOTE]
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