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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 372888" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>i appreciate all of the input. </p><p> </p><p>i guess i'll try to start interviewing psychiatrists and see if i can come up with someone new.</p><p> </p><p>like most people here, i have ins. company limitations. i ALREADY am stuck with an out of network t-doctor that i'm paying out of pocket, and flat out, i can't afford any more. i have to stay within my ins. network. i have decent ins...really can't complain, BUT as many of you know, its the trend in the mental health field to not accept ins at all, which was another reason she ended up at a hospital linked clinic. many of the private practitioners simply would cost a small fortune, and thats a major problem.</p><p> </p><p>and while i find allens posts interesting (no disrespect meant by this, i read all of them, and your blog), i dont find them to be of practical value. it all <em>sounds</em> great, and maybe i'm just not a touchy-feely kind of girl, but i have no idea how to implement your suggestions.. i'm NOT a therapist. i'm a mom. i would have zero idea where to find an <em>appropriate</em> mentor and how to pay for it. when i tried to go down that road once before, i was offered a male high school teacher who didnt come cheap...wth is an 11 year old girls supposed to do with a male h.s. teacher??</p><p>he was it--take it or leave it. needless to say, i left it.</p><p> </p><p>nor do i have any more desire to make this household revolve around difficult child 2 any more than it already does...maybe she does need "different parenting", but then, maybe she needs a "different mom" because i honestly feel that by ignoring my gut on too many occasions at the suggestion of a psychiatrist/therapist/school personnel, et al has gotten us where we are today. </p><p> </p><p>like hearts and roses said, i shoulda coulda woulda done things differently. but i didnt. </p><p> </p><p>and like terry's son...my difficult child 2 can talk the talk with the best of them. i have yet to see her put very much of it into action. </p><p> </p><p>maybe i dont know what i'm asking...i think it comes off like i'm only focused on medications, and thats not necessarily true...but i have no real way of knowing if she needs them, needs a different one, needs specific therapy, or needs a swift smack. i DO know that a 15 min. appointment with a fellow (or the psychiatrist who literally doesnt even look her in the eye) is not ever going to answer any of those questions. and i'm not even as antsy as midwest....i do NOT expect her to be suddenly cured, but i do think in 6 months i should see some quantifiable change....but 6 months *IS* too long to still be spinning our wheels.</p><p> </p><p>if i had my way, i'd stop the abilify, find a new dr and not turn over a single record to see if they could come up with their own conclusion as a second opinion. unfortunately, thats not too practical either.</p><p> </p><p>so i guess i'll be on the phone on monday....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 372888, member: 8831"] i appreciate all of the input. i guess i'll try to start interviewing psychiatrists and see if i can come up with someone new. like most people here, i have ins. company limitations. i ALREADY am stuck with an out of network t-doctor that i'm paying out of pocket, and flat out, i can't afford any more. i have to stay within my ins. network. i have decent ins...really can't complain, BUT as many of you know, its the trend in the mental health field to not accept ins at all, which was another reason she ended up at a hospital linked clinic. many of the private practitioners simply would cost a small fortune, and thats a major problem. and while i find allens posts interesting (no disrespect meant by this, i read all of them, and your blog), i dont find them to be of practical value. it all [I]sounds[/I] great, and maybe i'm just not a touchy-feely kind of girl, but i have no idea how to implement your suggestions.. i'm NOT a therapist. i'm a mom. i would have zero idea where to find an [I]appropriate[/I] mentor and how to pay for it. when i tried to go down that road once before, i was offered a male high school teacher who didnt come cheap...wth is an 11 year old girls supposed to do with a male h.s. teacher?? he was it--take it or leave it. needless to say, i left it. nor do i have any more desire to make this household revolve around difficult child 2 any more than it already does...maybe she does need "different parenting", but then, maybe she needs a "different mom" because i honestly feel that by ignoring my gut on too many occasions at the suggestion of a psychiatrist/therapist/school personnel, et al has gotten us where we are today. like hearts and roses said, i shoulda coulda woulda done things differently. but i didnt. and like terry's son...my difficult child 2 can talk the talk with the best of them. i have yet to see her put very much of it into action. maybe i dont know what i'm asking...i think it comes off like i'm only focused on medications, and thats not necessarily true...but i have no real way of knowing if she needs them, needs a different one, needs specific therapy, or needs a swift smack. i DO know that a 15 min. appointment with a fellow (or the psychiatrist who literally doesnt even look her in the eye) is not ever going to answer any of those questions. and i'm not even as antsy as midwest....i do NOT expect her to be suddenly cured, but i do think in 6 months i should see some quantifiable change....but 6 months *IS* too long to still be spinning our wheels. if i had my way, i'd stop the abilify, find a new dr and not turn over a single record to see if they could come up with their own conclusion as a second opinion. unfortunately, thats not too practical either. so i guess i'll be on the phone on monday.... [/QUOTE]
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