Rannveig
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Took Odin to see the new GP today. I can see why the original doctor said she'd be a better bet for us -- it was like night and day! What a relief. She said she doesn't see Odin's symptoms as manipulation at all. She said repeatedly that she's "just" a family practitioner and thus can't diagnose, but I thought she spoke very kindly and sensibly with Odin. And she seemed to "get" him. I mean, she's not sure how to characterize what's wrong with him, but she could see what's right with him, which somehow seems important. I wish his teachers could appreciate his gifts the way this doctor did within just a few minutes of speaking with him. She offered to see him any time he needs extra support between now and when we can have him seen by a psychiatrist.
Obviously there was no diagnosis today. She determined he's not a threat to himself or others right now but noted his tearfulness. In a way he seems to have a case of existential angst, the problem being that he's too young to have acquired coping mechanisms and perspective to deal with the realization that the world is full of fear, or at least uncertainty, and pain. When I was out of the room he apparently told her he wished he could go back to a time when he wasn't conscious of all the things that can go wrong in life.
Odin affirmed afterwards that he liked her, and he seemed cheered by the experience. And I was proud of myself for not turning tail on the whole endeavor of getting help after Friday's fiasco. I had felt maybe I couldn't face this, and I was ready to hand the problem to husband (whose efforts never would have satisfied me, doubtless) or else tell Odin just to suck it up. But with this board's moral support I pushed on, and I feel we made some progress. A weight has lifted, at least momentarily.
What I really want for Odin is a neuropsychologist evaluation, but I still don't have a referral for that. Hopefully the psychiatrist will agree with me because I do believe there's something cognitive going on as well as any mood issue. This is definitely a "journey."
-Ranny
Obviously there was no diagnosis today. She determined he's not a threat to himself or others right now but noted his tearfulness. In a way he seems to have a case of existential angst, the problem being that he's too young to have acquired coping mechanisms and perspective to deal with the realization that the world is full of fear, or at least uncertainty, and pain. When I was out of the room he apparently told her he wished he could go back to a time when he wasn't conscious of all the things that can go wrong in life.
Odin affirmed afterwards that he liked her, and he seemed cheered by the experience. And I was proud of myself for not turning tail on the whole endeavor of getting help after Friday's fiasco. I had felt maybe I couldn't face this, and I was ready to hand the problem to husband (whose efforts never would have satisfied me, doubtless) or else tell Odin just to suck it up. But with this board's moral support I pushed on, and I feel we made some progress. A weight has lifted, at least momentarily.
What I really want for Odin is a neuropsychologist evaluation, but I still don't have a referral for that. Hopefully the psychiatrist will agree with me because I do believe there's something cognitive going on as well as any mood issue. This is definitely a "journey."
-Ranny