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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]

I completely understand where you are. I’m also there except mine is now an adult and there is very little place for parents in that equation. But that’s another story.

What I’ve found is benefits on both sides. One of the worst doctors was very experienced and highly recommended by many. But he had opinions from his years of practice and didn’t listen to any of us - not that my kid was talking much back then. And he didn’t take into consideration what did and did t work in the past. The result was awful - and expensive. We spent every penny we had on life saving treatment after that disaster.

OTOH, newer providers can be more in tune with the latest and greatest of treatments and i haven’t experienced that know it all attitude.

In the end it’s all a crapshoot and depends a lot on how available your kid is for help and how much help you can afford to pay for. But it does feel good to us when we think we’re doing something like researching providers. Like we’re not so helpless and we can make a difference.

I’m sorry you’re going through this and I wish your family well. [/quote]

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