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[quote=tabira][quote=Anonymous] I get your frustration with locating providers and finding a good fit. I also understand what it’s like to have a suicidal child - coming up to the sixth anniversary of the first attempt and there is no end in sight. The pain and the fear are intense. And the pain in the a** that it is to find providers is real. But your focus on having 5 years of experience seems misplaced. Fit, accessibility, success with your kid are what matters and that can happen with someone in their first year or their 45th year. [/quote] I kind of see your point. I am in fact more worried about the quality and fit of the future therapist, more than that of future psychiatrist. However, we would only know for sure a psych MD or NP is a good fit, after using them for a while. Before starting with somebody, there is rudimentary vetting we want to do. It can not be the very next random provider we can get. In that vetting, experience is of course big on the list. I might make more sense to you, if you knew the full story. After years of struggle, our kid is not stable and could be having SI any time. We really don't want to take any chances and want somebody with reasonable experience to help on the medication front. We feel like we may not have a third chance to keep her safe, so everything counts. If she was just now starting to have some issues, I would be less worried, but the sense I and my wife have is that we may be running out of time to keep her safe, as we navigate and stumble around this crazy world of mental health.[/quote]
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