Dr Grief | ADHD Information
They finally faxed the referral! All it took was calling for over a week and getting ready to file a complaint! I even had the secretaries rooting for me! I an so happy! Now all I have to do is wait for the other dr's office to give me a call to schedule an appointment. I know it will not be for a couple of weeks, but already I feel a great burden has been lifted. I was driving to school this morning, and I was feeling sooo depressed. Things have been so crazy at home. Yesterday I had to go on a field trip and was not a school with her. We were running late (as usual) and I told he rto go take her meds at the nurse (I have started keeping some there for these type of days!). However, in the short trip from my room to her classroom, she "forgot" to take them. It took us from about 4:30 until almost 9:00 to do 2 simple worksheets on measurement, and all she had to do was measure things on the sheet!Great! It'll only get better from here!
My son's doctor took forever to get back to me, too. It took months to get the first appointment. They're so overworked - it's a shame.
I have been waiting for over a week to hear back from the psychologist my dd saw last Tuesday. On that day, I was told she would fax a referral to a dr who specializes in ADHD over the next day. Here it is a week later, and she still has not faxed it. When I called and set up the app., they said they would check with my insurance and see what my co-pay was. They called me back and said that my co-pay would be . I paid it. Now they're telling me that I haven't met my deductible yet, so I still owe . The secretary said she wasn't sure if that's why the psych hadn't faxed the referral yet, but that when she gave her the message, the psych said she knew the other dr had not gotten the referral yet, but that she was going to work on it now.
Why is it when we, as concerned parents, try to get the help our children so desperately need, we are treated like idiots and loonies? All I want is someone who will listen to me and my concerns and treat my daughter!!!!!!!!!! Am I asking too much?! I am so disgusted right now. I'm doing my best as a single mom to help my child, but no one wants to cooperate.
know what your are going through. It is frustrating, but unfortunately that is
healthcare today. Keep persevering and you should be able to get results. If
not, file a grievance with your health plan.
Hang in there and know that you are not alone. Let us know how things are
going.
Thanks. I am at work (I teach 2nd grade) and it's all I can do to keep focused. I really just want to go somewhere and have a nice, noisy breakdown. I'm depressed and p*****ed off at the same time. I'm normally a very laid-back person, and it takes a lot to get me going. However, I've just been pushed too far by too many people in regards to my daughter's health. Like I said, all I want is for someone to listen and take me seriously. I've been blown off too many times when I've raised issues about her being too attached to objects such as used sucker sticks and pencils. Last year in 3rd grade she went into melt-down mode b/c someone sharpened her pencil. This morning, she was arguing with me about her hair, and she told me, "I have a sharpened nail and I'm not afraid to use it." This was after taking her meds.