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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 242839" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>*sigh* dunno, Terry. I think this is one of my biggest issues with docs in general. And, honestly - D is so loaded up with everything, and this is why I have said, time and time again, you have to take every diagnosis at face value. </p><p> </p><p>I don't believe D has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He does not have the repetitiveness that comes with it. His issue is the inability to "let it go" or to not worry about what the other person is doing ALL the time. It's a mental thing, but not with certain things LOL! I know, that makes no sense - I can't even really explain it. And really, the professionals can't either, that's what stinks. </p><p> </p><p>I had a long talk with the psychologist (psychologists really aren't my fave, but this guy is pretty cool - take that for what it's worth) that handles D's BHRS services regarding these obsessive thoughts. Initially, he didn't think it matched the Asperger criteria (the thoughts themselves, not the other issues) - however, our in home therapist, that spends 4 hrs every Saturday with D says it is very Aspie thinking, and his thoughts fit that. Then you ask therapist at partial - she says it's also typical of the Bipolar. Sooooooo.....I don't know?</p><p> </p><p>Dissociation - this has been brought up in the past. Confirmed? No. Again, in home therapist says he fits the criteria, displays it, it could be. Current half absent psychiatrist, not confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Steely, the problem with the BiPolar (BP) stuff is that nobody seems to want to say Bipolar at the moment. Although that doesn't really matter to me, and the "professionals" opinions are what they are, my son is very complex, and that is where the problems come up. Because, even if he *IS* Bipolar, he is also Autistic. There's no dispute with that either. So, now I'm faced with this: do I take him to the Autism specialists or do I hospitalize him and take him to the Bipolar specialists? Also, BiPolar (BP) medications - don't work. Yes, he's been on all the mood stabilizers. Either he has massive side effects (Lithium induced hypothyroidism, the Synthroid induced mania, couldn't help the thyroid, d/c Lithium - Depakote, side effects included anger, aggression, etc - Tegretol - dizzieness and nausea - I could keep going on but you get the point) or they just did not work. His medication list is so long that most professionals don't even believe me when I say he's been on that much, and what do you do when you've exhausted them all?</p><p> </p><p>psychiatric hospital isn't really appropriate for D's care. Their typical stays are 7-10 days, and he honeymooned for nearly 6 months at Residential Treatment Facility (RTF). The thing is, once his "whatever you want to call it" rage is over - he's "normal". LOL! He had a huge rage this year, beginning of school, which led him to be drug out by the police and taken to the E.R. We spent 10 HOURS in the E.R. and the nurse came in and said I had such a pleasant, polite child and thanked D for being cooperative. She took me to the side and asked me why he was there, and when I told her, she looked at me like she didn't believe me (she had come in a couple of hours after his admission, so she missed the fun I guess).</p><p> </p><p>He is OK today, but still very, very high strung. I do believe the Buspar isn't doing anything at all. psychiatrist doesn't seem to have a clue, and now I have to find another, with really nowhere to go. This psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) sounds like our only glimmer of hope right now, and the thought of Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), again - this time 2 hrs away - bothers me. If it's what he needs, it's what he needs, but *sigh* - not again.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for all the thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 242839, member: 2737"] *sigh* dunno, Terry. I think this is one of my biggest issues with docs in general. And, honestly - D is so loaded up with everything, and this is why I have said, time and time again, you have to take every diagnosis at face value. I don't believe D has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He does not have the repetitiveness that comes with it. His issue is the inability to "let it go" or to not worry about what the other person is doing ALL the time. It's a mental thing, but not with certain things LOL! I know, that makes no sense - I can't even really explain it. And really, the professionals can't either, that's what stinks. I had a long talk with the psychologist (psychologists really aren't my fave, but this guy is pretty cool - take that for what it's worth) that handles D's BHRS services regarding these obsessive thoughts. Initially, he didn't think it matched the Asperger criteria (the thoughts themselves, not the other issues) - however, our in home therapist, that spends 4 hrs every Saturday with D says it is very Aspie thinking, and his thoughts fit that. Then you ask therapist at partial - she says it's also typical of the Bipolar. Sooooooo.....I don't know? Dissociation - this has been brought up in the past. Confirmed? No. Again, in home therapist says he fits the criteria, displays it, it could be. Current half absent psychiatrist, not confirmed. Steely, the problem with the BiPolar (BP) stuff is that nobody seems to want to say Bipolar at the moment. Although that doesn't really matter to me, and the "professionals" opinions are what they are, my son is very complex, and that is where the problems come up. Because, even if he *IS* Bipolar, he is also Autistic. There's no dispute with that either. So, now I'm faced with this: do I take him to the Autism specialists or do I hospitalize him and take him to the Bipolar specialists? Also, BiPolar (BP) medications - don't work. Yes, he's been on all the mood stabilizers. Either he has massive side effects (Lithium induced hypothyroidism, the Synthroid induced mania, couldn't help the thyroid, d/c Lithium - Depakote, side effects included anger, aggression, etc - Tegretol - dizzieness and nausea - I could keep going on but you get the point) or they just did not work. His medication list is so long that most professionals don't even believe me when I say he's been on that much, and what do you do when you've exhausted them all? psychiatric hospital isn't really appropriate for D's care. Their typical stays are 7-10 days, and he honeymooned for nearly 6 months at Residential Treatment Facility (RTF). The thing is, once his "whatever you want to call it" rage is over - he's "normal". LOL! He had a huge rage this year, beginning of school, which led him to be drug out by the police and taken to the E.R. We spent 10 HOURS in the E.R. and the nurse came in and said I had such a pleasant, polite child and thanked D for being cooperative. She took me to the side and asked me why he was there, and when I told her, she looked at me like she didn't believe me (she had come in a couple of hours after his admission, so she missed the fun I guess). He is OK today, but still very, very high strung. I do believe the Buspar isn't doing anything at all. psychiatrist doesn't seem to have a clue, and now I have to find another, with really nowhere to go. This psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) sounds like our only glimmer of hope right now, and the thought of Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), again - this time 2 hrs away - bothers me. If it's what he needs, it's what he needs, but *sigh* - not again. Thanks for all the thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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