Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
Don’t approach expecting it to be removed but to better understand what the clinicians is observing and how you can help support your child.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
OP Here: It is so strange, though, that there would be no conversation about it! Should I continue with this provider or switch to someone else? I'm uncomfortable that it was added without any explanation or conversation. I really liked them initially as well! Is this something that will now follow my child to another psychiatrist?
If you aren’t comfortable with the provider definitely change. When your kid needs psychiatric care, it’s always hard and not trusting your provider would make it unmanageable for me.
As to the diagnosis following, if a new provider asks for records then yes. As to not discussing with you, I’ve had it both ways - full discussions and discovering new things from reading records, getting a new prescription that wouldn’t be indicated for the diagnoses I new of, discussions with my kid, etc. there is no singular way it’s done.
One last thing from my experience. Each time we got a new psychiatrist there was some difference in the way the doctor viewed things. And over time, diagnoses evolve given that the same symptoms can be part of many diagnoses. Some of the diagnoses we’ve gotten were hard to hear and weren’t always apparent to us at the time. And sometimes one would give one diagnosis and the follow up one wouldn’t agree - such as inpatient versus outpatient long term provider.
OP Here. Thanks. Both our psychologist and new psychiatrist are with the Chesapeake Center and now have different diagnoses. Is this normal? I changed to a psychiatrist with the same practice for ease, but I might make a different decision depending on the new doctor's response. I would assume there would be some questions asked of my son prior to diagnosing something like this. Maybe a survey? He has had some behavioral issues at school lately but is generally well-liked. The behaviors just started in December when the social scene became more difficult for him to navigate. He's also 14, so I wonder how much of the irritability is a normal teen attitude, as he is helpful at home. On our call, we talked about social anxiety and RSD; DMDD wasn't mentioned.
We're getting our neuropsych testing updated, and I was going to use the Chesapeake Center again, but now I'm nervous.
Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
OP Here: It is so strange, though, that there would be no conversation about it! Should I continue with this provider or switch to someone else? I'm uncomfortable that it was added without any explanation or conversation. I really liked them initially as well! Is this something that will now follow my child to another psychiatrist?
If you aren’t comfortable with the provider definitely change. When your kid needs psychiatric care, it’s always hard and not trusting your provider would make it unmanageable for me.
As to the diagnosis following, if a new provider asks for records then yes. As to not discussing with you, I’ve had it both ways - full discussions and discovering new things from reading records, getting a new prescription that wouldn’t be indicated for the diagnoses I new of, discussions with my kid, etc. there is no singular way it’s done.
One last thing from my experience. Each time we got a new psychiatrist there was some difference in the way the doctor viewed things. And over time, diagnoses evolve given that the same symptoms can be part of many diagnoses. Some of the diagnoses we’ve gotten were hard to hear and weren’t always apparent to us at the time. And sometimes one would give one diagnosis and the follow up one wouldn’t agree - such as inpatient versus outpatient long term provider.
OP Here. Thanks. Both our psychologist and new psychiatrist are with the Chesapeake Center and now have different diagnoses. Is this normal? I changed to a psychiatrist with the same practice for ease, but I might make a different decision depending on the new doctor's response. I would assume there would be some questions asked of my son prior to diagnosing something like this. Maybe a survey? He has had some behavioral issues at school lately but is generally well-liked. The behaviors just started in December when the social scene became more difficult for him to navigate. He's also 14, so I wonder how much of the irritability is a normal teen attitude, as he is helpful at home. On our call, we talked about social anxiety and RSD; DMDD wasn't mentioned.
We're getting our neuropsych testing updated, and I was going to use the Chesapeake Center again, but now I'm nervous.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
OP Here: It is so strange, though, that there would be no conversation about it! Should I continue with this provider or switch to someone else? I'm uncomfortable that it was added without any explanation or conversation. I really liked them initially as well! Is this something that will now follow my child to another psychiatrist?
If you aren’t comfortable with the provider definitely change. When your kid needs psychiatric care, it’s always hard and not trusting your provider would make it unmanageable for me.
As to the diagnosis following, if a new provider asks for records then yes. As to not discussing with you, I’ve had it both ways - full discussions and discovering new things from reading records, getting a new prescription that wouldn’t be indicated for the diagnoses I new of, discussions with my kid, etc. there is no singular way it’s done.
One last thing from my experience. Each time we got a new psychiatrist there was some difference in the way the doctor viewed things. And over time, diagnoses evolve given that the same symptoms can be part of many diagnoses. Some of the diagnoses we’ve gotten were hard to hear and weren’t always apparent to us at the time. And sometimes one would give one diagnosis and the follow up one wouldn’t agree - such as inpatient versus outpatient long term provider.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
OP Here: It is so strange, though, that there would be no conversation about it! Should I continue with this provider or switch to someone else? I'm uncomfortable that it was added without any explanation or conversation. I really liked them initially as well! Is this something that will now follow my child to another psychiatrist?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
OP Here: It is so strange, though, that there would be no conversation about it! Should I continue with this provider or switch to someone else? I'm uncomfortable that it was added without any explanation or conversation. I really liked them initially as well! Is this something that will now follow my child to another psychiatrist?
Dude take a breath and send a note to the doctor. Perfectly normal to ask. No need to spiral.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.
OP Here: It is so strange, though, that there would be no conversation about it! Should I continue with this provider or switch to someone else? I'm uncomfortable that it was added without any explanation or conversation. I really liked them initially as well! Is this something that will now follow my child to another psychiatrist?
Anonymous wrote:Definitely talk with the provider. But if the provider believes the diagnosis is correct, don’t expect that it will be removed.