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What should I expect for an ADHD Evaluation?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 174555" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Butterfly, we didn't get our initial ADHD diagnosis from our pediatrician. He refused to acknowledge it, saying he had boys of his own.</p><p> </p><p>He retired, and we moved to the next in line (literally, down the hallway). He refused, too, until difficult child needed a shot. That's when the fireworks began, and it was more than ADHD. difficult child screamed, tried to hide under the chair and desk (he was way too big to fit), threw things in the dr's ofc, then flung open the door (hurting the dr's elbow), ran down the hall and hid. A nurse found him quite a while later. (And yes, we had to hold him down for the shot but there was no way I was going home with-o it.)</p><p> </p><p>The dr was aghast and said he hadn't seen anything like that b4. I sure hope he meant he hadn't seen it in my kid, and not that he hadn't seen it in his practice, or I'd wonder if he'd been living in a cave, treating only PCs. </p><p>At any rate, since we were going to counseling anyway, I just got the child psychiatric to fax a note to the pediatrician so we could get our difficult child on Adderal.</p><p>The neuropsychologist appointment came later.</p><p> </p><p>All this is to say, don't get your hopes up too high. You can be armed with-paperwork but some doctors just don't "get it."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 174555, member: 3419"] Butterfly, we didn't get our initial ADHD diagnosis from our pediatrician. He refused to acknowledge it, saying he had boys of his own. He retired, and we moved to the next in line (literally, down the hallway). He refused, too, until difficult child needed a shot. That's when the fireworks began, and it was more than ADHD. difficult child screamed, tried to hide under the chair and desk (he was way too big to fit), threw things in the dr's ofc, then flung open the door (hurting the dr's elbow), ran down the hall and hid. A nurse found him quite a while later. (And yes, we had to hold him down for the shot but there was no way I was going home with-o it.) The dr was aghast and said he hadn't seen anything like that b4. I sure hope he meant he hadn't seen it in my kid, and not that he hadn't seen it in his practice, or I'd wonder if he'd been living in a cave, treating only PCs. At any rate, since we were going to counseling anyway, I just got the child psychiatric to fax a note to the pediatrician so we could get our difficult child on Adderal. The neuropsychologist appointment came later. All this is to say, don't get your hopes up too high. You can be armed with-paperwork but some doctors just don't "get it." [/QUOTE]
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