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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 255644" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>O.K. Plan for now:</p><p> </p><p>Our psychiatrist who can prescribe these types of medications and monitors them is an awesome pediatritian. I have decided to ask him for a referral to a child/adolescent pscychiatrist - a true psychiatrist. Do you realize how hard it is to ask someone so knowlegable to be referred out? I really do like this person and trust his treatment plans. Tomorrow I will ask for a referral to someone with even more input and options. We need to go the next step with this. I am thinking that maybe a true psychiatrist can provide more tests to determine what else may be going on besides anxiety. Keep your fingers crossed that he will honor my request.</p><p> </p><p>Today's therapist visit did not directly help difficult child. He could not focus on what was being said and just wanted out of the room. Very unlike him. His anxiety is causing all sorts of mischieve - he is afraid he is going color blind, he is afraid he is loosing his voice (he thinks that is why I am taking sign language classes!), he can not connect and doesn't feel he is recognizing people. It did indirectly help by having a current therapist report describing the latest in the records so when I call to ask for the referral.</p><p> </p><p>An eye exam is easy so I am agreeing to that (maybe he does need a new prescription? Could happen.). We also have a neurology appointment the day after Easter. She can let us kinow if some of this is the migraine varient.</p><p> </p><p>therapist states when he sees the referral come through (he could not make the referral, had to be MD to MD) he can talk to the psychiatrist and maybe difficult child can get in a little sooner?</p><p> </p><p>difficult child is doing so well when he is with people (except me - I told him he must be allergic to me - I know it is because he feels safe to fall apart). Once at school, he has a great time with the other kids. I really feel good about the class trip on Friday. The teachers work so well with him and the other kids will keep him distracted. He is an expert on all that they will be doing except the State Capital which he has never been to. He will get to take his friends to his favorite parts of the Science Museum, let them know how the Omnitheator works, point out his favorite fish at the UnderWater World, and share input on the Rain Forest Cafe menu. His dad will be in the cities to receive a call if needed. I am sure his aunt will also be available. difficult child says that just hearing my voice helps calm him so if the worst comes about, I can talk him through via the phone.</p><p> </p><p>I am in a much better place than I have been this last two weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 255644, member: 5096"] O.K. Plan for now: Our psychiatrist who can prescribe these types of medications and monitors them is an awesome pediatritian. I have decided to ask him for a referral to a child/adolescent pscychiatrist - a true psychiatrist. Do you realize how hard it is to ask someone so knowlegable to be referred out? I really do like this person and trust his treatment plans. Tomorrow I will ask for a referral to someone with even more input and options. We need to go the next step with this. I am thinking that maybe a true psychiatrist can provide more tests to determine what else may be going on besides anxiety. Keep your fingers crossed that he will honor my request. Today's therapist visit did not directly help difficult child. He could not focus on what was being said and just wanted out of the room. Very unlike him. His anxiety is causing all sorts of mischieve - he is afraid he is going color blind, he is afraid he is loosing his voice (he thinks that is why I am taking sign language classes!), he can not connect and doesn't feel he is recognizing people. It did indirectly help by having a current therapist report describing the latest in the records so when I call to ask for the referral. An eye exam is easy so I am agreeing to that (maybe he does need a new prescription? Could happen.). We also have a neurology appointment the day after Easter. She can let us kinow if some of this is the migraine varient. therapist states when he sees the referral come through (he could not make the referral, had to be MD to MD) he can talk to the psychiatrist and maybe difficult child can get in a little sooner? difficult child is doing so well when he is with people (except me - I told him he must be allergic to me - I know it is because he feels safe to fall apart). Once at school, he has a great time with the other kids. I really feel good about the class trip on Friday. The teachers work so well with him and the other kids will keep him distracted. He is an expert on all that they will be doing except the State Capital which he has never been to. He will get to take his friends to his favorite parts of the Science Museum, let them know how the Omnitheator works, point out his favorite fish at the UnderWater World, and share input on the Rain Forest Cafe menu. His dad will be in the cities to receive a call if needed. I am sure his aunt will also be available. difficult child says that just hearing my voice helps calm him so if the worst comes about, I can talk him through via the phone. I am in a much better place than I have been this last two weeks. [/QUOTE]
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