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refresh »[-]I am so stressed out - I have a teen recently diagnosed with ADD - failing her second year of h.s. - so I'm pursuing a 504 for her to get extra help -- she's seeing a therapist and a psych - who won't prescribe a medication covered by my crappy insurance so the meds are costing me $130 a month! AND I have a 1st grader who I'm persuing an appt w/a dev. ped. with in June - but the social worker has suggested a Sensory Evaluation at Rusk; I am constantly trying to get referrals and information from our regular ped and follow up with these speciallists... My head is so full trying to follow up with everyone because NOONE calls or writes back - EVER; It's amazing; Thank god I work part time from home or else I could NEVER do this stuff.
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I'm sorry. That would be hard to deal with all at once. Have you shopped around for the cost of meds? Sam's Club has the lowest usually and you don't have to be a member to get prescriptions there. GL
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well that's something at least. Keep checking. Seems like every couple of weeks I hear about a new store with $4 scripts etc. GL to you. Sounds like you are doing a great job
[ Reply | Options ]those are for generics; unfortunately - the generics for the ADD meds is a straight amphetamine - which are not long acting or extended release -- so a teenager would have to walk around with 3 of them in her pocket all day; These are controlled substances -- highly marketable - so the psych won't prescribe them for a kid this age;
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I swear I don't even understand what kind of joy you would get for knocking me down this way ... My kids have never even been on antibiotics and the kid on ADD meds is almost 16 yrs old; The other one isn't on any meds and is seeing a dev. ped. for the first time ... we have no history of seeking medical attention; Sadly I'm under enough stress that this string is really making me upset - when normally I'd just walk away .
[ Reply | Options ]Don't let her upset you. She may not be a mom, sometimes we get 12, 13 year old girls playing around. If she is a mom, she has had a small life and believes things she reads or hears easily and applies them quickly to other people's real life situations. The rest of us believe you and know how hard it is for you. GL
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Think of it this way most kids with ADD end up in a field that is artistic, like cooking, art, fashion etc..... I am ADD and I am a chef
[ Reply | Options ]yes - my daughter is artistic and a photographer -- I just want to see her get through high school with her self confidence ... as she is failing now and in a very high pressure - tough acacdemic school; Now I realize it was probably the wrong HS for her - but she chose it and this city makes it very difficult to transfer out.
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OP, cross posting SN with other boards will always attract flamers - it's very unpleasant. I'd advise against it for your own sanity. FYI, David Salsberg at NYU is the best if you want to have a neuropsych eval for your 1st grader. He may not need it, but ask the social worker and whoever you speak with at Rusk what they think
[ Reply | Options ]Are you a regular poster on the SN board? We have not been posting SN issues to other boards because they tend to attract pretty hurtful responses from non-SN parents who just don't get it...PLEASE, if you have an issue in the future, please only post to SN. Thanks.
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[-]DS needs some complicated dental work done, but because of a couple of negative experiences he's scared to death of dentists. Looking to do it either in NY or more ideally in or around Brunswick, Maine. Any pediatric dentists you can recommend?
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[-]Please tell me your favorite not run of the mill boy's names. Thanks
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[-]for those of you who might be interested: posted about a dd's friend's friend who might be pregnant and didn't know how involved to get. Principal and guidance counselor are taking her to the doctor (or planned parenthood clinic, not sure) today. My guess is that she got a positive at-home test and asked for help.
29 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Whoa! I am all for being there for your students but I think it crosses a line when school staff are taking kids to a doc and parents are not involved.
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for what? it's not like they are dragging her there. it would appear she had no one else to turn to
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np: ITA. I have no idea why would a school principal ever want to get involved in something like this.
[ Reply | Options ]actually, in some situations they do. if she is beign abused or fi she wants an abortion, b/c NY does not haev a parental notification law.
[ Reply | Options ]if she asked them for help, what would you suggest they do? I'm am pretty certain they covered the why-aren't-you-involving-your-parents question
[ Reply | Options ]legally, that's not enough to get them off the hook. depends on what state she's in and all that, but it could be the principal/school could get into hot water real fast
[ Reply | Options ]What if she answered the "why didn't you talk to your parents" with "They would throw me out of the house" (which is how I would have responded and it would have been true - middle class, religious family, never abusive, but not very understanding either)? What do you suggest? They call the parents to confirm that? or get her the help that she needs?
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Thanks for the update, I have been thinking about her. I posted on one of your earlier threads about my difficult experience going through the same thing at that age. The adults at the school are probably encouraging her to talk to her parents if that is at all possible. This is why there is so much controversy over parental consent. At least this girl is being cared for by responsible adults and seeing a dr. When children feel they can't turn to anyone for help that is how you end up with dead newborns in trashcans, girls going to clinics and getting sub-par care etc.
[ Reply | Options ]I am so happy they are doing this for her, that she'll feel cared for, and probably end up on birth control. I am also glad that my dd's school's principal and guidance counselor are so caring and proactive. I'm sure they are following bureaucratic procedure to a tee, because that's the way they are. I imagine she went to GC, and GC involved principal primarily to have a witness that they dotted all their I's and crossed all their T's
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[-]Took dcs to pediatrician today (10 yo dd, 12 yo ds). Nurse said lets do dd first and ds waited outside. It was a routine exam. Then when the nurse and doctor were finished, they brought in ds. Similar routine except dd was in exam room for his exam. At the end, doctor pulled down ds underwear for genital check. It was clearly visible for dd. WWYD or is this no big deal?
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why didn't you say anything or tell dd to leave? didn't you know this would happen? didn't they do similar exam for dd?
[ Reply | Options ]OP: for dd's exam, the doctor just peered into her panties...it was very quick with nothing on display. For ds, she pulled down the underwear completely and did much more thorough check
[ Reply | Options ]She's a pediatrician, not a gynocologist. But my ped checks ds's genitals every year, it's not exactly a surprise. I think the ped was insensitive, but you dropped the ball by letting dd stay. BTW if the ped is female, it's time to find a male ped for ds
[ Reply | Options ]itd. in the same way that we all had to learn that it was not embarrassing or inappropriate for male doctors to examine our bodies, boys need to learn that too about female dr's.
[ Reply | Options ]What are you talking about? I would want my dd or ds to feel comfortable with his or her doctor, including that dr. being the same sex when dc is a teenager. As adults, they can choose which doctors to go to. I'm certainly not going to force them into a situation like that if they're uncomfortable - in fact, I'll make sure they won't even have to tell me they're uncomfortable
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I don't understand why you let dd stay in there. You must know they do that genital check
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