Posted by floatingbridge on July 20, 2011, at 11:51:22
In reply to Re: Atypical depression - medication no longer helping » policebox, posted by floatingbridge on July 19, 2011, at 18:42:06
PB,
I completely support you and recognize your frustration. Maybe my post wasn't clear enough. I agree your situation is frustrating and that people are denied real viable treatments because of pre- and misconceived ideas based on abuse statistics. HP gave some good advice about being frank with the appropriate people at school. I wish you the best going forward, even if you find yourself forced to wait until September to have your issues formally recognized.
> I agree with this post about being denied treatment. Two months to September and the ADD/ADHD assessment. I wish you the best. Stimulants can be very safe, sustainable treatments.
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> Today I saw a new shrink. Well, his prescriptions fit this flow chart perfectly. What an amazing relief. Reading it last night gave me some clarity. I didn't need to mention it, but I could follow his assessment logic.
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> If the chart could be linked to this site somehow....
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> > That flow chart is very interesting. After following it for my treatment history, it reinforced the fact that a trial of stimulants to treat my ADHD-PI symptoms are warranted.
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> > But again, no matter my symptoms or literature (and flow charts such as this) all indicate I might respond well to a course of stimulants, my doctors won't even try. What's worse is that, their refusal to try has nothing to do with me. I'm being penalized for behaviors or other people (abusing medications). It seems like it should be against the law to profile a patient and refuse them perfectly legal medical services, just because other people have abused them in the past.
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