Angry at Time Wasted | ADHD Information

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newmom39366.2681018518I was told by a Psych in the group that DD sees that I know more about ADHD, and the meds than alot of the Dr's he works with.......made me feel good for doing my research but also sorry for their patients.

Hi,

I just want to vent for a moment about how angry I am at the time and money I wasted last year on taking my dd to a psychologist and psychiatrist who, now that I am reading and learning more about ADHD, did a less than throrough job with my dd diagnosis.

I just started reading "Parenting Children w/ ADHD, 10 things that medicine cannot Teach" and of course I've been reading a lot on here as well.

Why did no one tell me to get blood work done to rule out any other deficiencies? Why did no one tell me that these different medicines do different things? I didn't even know what the actual medical condition was until I read it last night. The psychiatrist just handed me a bunch of medication pamplets and basically told me to pick one...I expressed that I was uncomfortable with that and it didn't seem to matter.

I'm angry at myself as well for not researching this more before the diagnosis. But when I initially started w/ the psychologist we thought it may be more of a sleeping disorder. I feel like writing them both a long letter telling them that if they didn't know these things, they should have referred me to a specialist who did!

As it is right now, luckily, dd responds fairly well to Focalin that we have her on, although the time release does not seem to be working as long as it should. I have now contacted her doctor to ask for full blood work to be done to make sure she doesn't have any of these deficiencies. Right now, it is very frusterating because I have to do all the research and then I feel like I have to convince the doctors of what they should already know! Does anyone else feel like this? I've never had much faith in doctors anyways, this just shows me it's justified!

Morgan

Please don't feel bad.It is not your fault. I have talked to a bunch of parents that are going through the
same thing. I told my son's doctor that his teacher THOUGHT he had ADD and he
just go off explaining the different types of meds. It is an outrage.
Parents are getting HOO DOOed. It is like, no matter what the problem is
there is a med to fix it.  These doctors aparantly are making alot of money.
Honestly. In my opinion, a NeuroPsych is the way to go, the only way.

Edbson,

It's sad but true...I'm learning and trying to learn fast. I made the comment to my co-worker today that I'm doing research to help my dd because obviously no one else is going to..

Redhairlady, you're right parents are getting HOO Dooed...you start getting the notes from teachers and you run to your pediatrician who has no idea what to do...I guess I thought since I was paying all that money for the psychologist and psychiatrist I was doing the right thing, I was so naive! Now I'm starting from square 1 and this time I'm going to get it right. I just wish I had done this from the beginning instead of trusting my child's welfare to MD's.