Posted by mamasarah on September 29, 2004, at 11:51:29
In reply to Legality of medicating children in a split family, posted by Celtic Angel on February 3, 2004, at 1:56:01
OMG. When I read your post it was like reading my own story. Only my step-son is only 6 and his psycho b**** mom had him put on atypical antipsychotics. DO NOT let her do this. Contact the doctor yourself (well, he'll have to do it) and let him/her know what is going on. Believe me the doctor will not want to be in the middle of this. Tell the doctor that you have 50% custody and in California the doctor cannot prescribe medication without the consent of both parents. I'm not sure how well your husband gets along with the mother, but we ended up having to go back to court. In fact, this is actually still going on right now. That's actually how I found your post, by doing a google search. Anyway, tell this doctor that you want to be informed of every single thing that is going on in your (his) son's medical care. Tell him that you want to be informed of any and all appointments made and do your best to be present at all of the appointments, you have a right to be there. I know how much it sucks, but you may have to go back to court. What county is the case in? How far away do you live from the mother? Write me back and let me know what is going on. Let me know if you have any more questions. I am going through the same thing and I am willing to help you out as best as I can. We got my son off the anti psycotics, but now she is doctor shopping and taking him to different doctors and lying to them to get him put on more meds. He is now on Prozac and we are working with the doctor to get him weaned off. We now have a court order that says if she does it one more time she loses custody to us. Trust me, you don't have to put up with this. Don't let her dope up your son just because she can't deal with him. Put up a fight. He's worth it.
Sarah
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