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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 745373" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Im not freaking out. I have been there. From age 23 to now I have been a mental healthcare client and I understand the pros and cons of the system.</p><p></p><p>Breathe....</p><p> </p><p>Ok so I have seen horrible psychiatrists vs. helpful ones. And I was always good about leaving the ones who didnt work for me.</p><p></p><p>Psychiatry is not an exact science. Not yet. Not one person has figured out for sure what causes strange or difficult or dangerous behavior. Freud was proven wrong. Nobody has been proven right.</p><p></p><p>Theories are everywhere. They change every few years. Doctors disagree on psychiatry, even psychiatrists.</p><p></p><p>This doctor, like even the best most skilled doctor, can guess about your son but he can not tell you why he acts like he does or run a test and find out the why of anything.</p><p></p><p>If an MRI showed the why of behavior, all mental health cases would get MRIs, PET scans, etc. But they usually are not done becaue dont know what causes these things. We dont know what to look for. These things may not even start in the brain. The nervous system? The gut some say?</p><p></p><p>A good honest neuropsychologist I went to from Minnesota's esteemed Mayo Clinic told me "There are no blood tests for these things. We do our very best but Mayo Clunic is often wrong. Mistakes are made all the time. All.The.Time."</p><p></p><p>Unless Son has a brain tumor, which is doubtful, his behavior and the reasons for it will remain a mystery. Every doctor he sees may have a different diagnosis for him and theory but no for sure answer.</p><p></p><p>Guesswork, medications with guesswork and therapy can help but it still is not a definite doagnosis. I still dont know if I am bipolar ll. It seems to be the best guess they have decided upon and antidepressants help but it took ten years to find medications that helped.</p><p></p><p>Psychiatry is in its infancy. If a mental health profesdional makes no sense about you or your child, he probably guessed wrong.</p><p></p><p>Because Psychiatry is inexact never freak out when you hear a diagnosis or trait that makes no sense. Move on.</p><p></p><p>I am much better. I am doing great. But it was a lot about ME and therapy and how much I wanted to get better. I am never going to br 100 percent. I am 65 and am almost positive they missed Aspergers in me partly because they didnt know about it at the time. Thats another problem. Limited information on mental health diseases. There will be new ones in five years that we never heard of. Maybe by then scientists will have a clue about the biology of psychiatry. Its not there yet.</p><p></p><p>Bags, if you think this guy is right about your son, give him a chance. If you think he is wrong, I would trust my Mom intuition. I am very very sorry that you dont have more mental healthcare choices near you and I wish you and your son the very best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 745373, member: 1550"] Im not freaking out. I have been there. From age 23 to now I have been a mental healthcare client and I understand the pros and cons of the system. Breathe.... Ok so I have seen horrible psychiatrists vs. helpful ones. And I was always good about leaving the ones who didnt work for me. Psychiatry is not an exact science. Not yet. Not one person has figured out for sure what causes strange or difficult or dangerous behavior. Freud was proven wrong. Nobody has been proven right. Theories are everywhere. They change every few years. Doctors disagree on psychiatry, even psychiatrists. This doctor, like even the best most skilled doctor, can guess about your son but he can not tell you why he acts like he does or run a test and find out the why of anything. If an MRI showed the why of behavior, all mental health cases would get MRIs, PET scans, etc. But they usually are not done becaue dont know what causes these things. We dont know what to look for. These things may not even start in the brain. The nervous system? The gut some say? A good honest neuropsychologist I went to from Minnesota's esteemed Mayo Clinic told me "There are no blood tests for these things. We do our very best but Mayo Clunic is often wrong. Mistakes are made all the time. All.The.Time." Unless Son has a brain tumor, which is doubtful, his behavior and the reasons for it will remain a mystery. Every doctor he sees may have a different diagnosis for him and theory but no for sure answer. Guesswork, medications with guesswork and therapy can help but it still is not a definite doagnosis. I still dont know if I am bipolar ll. It seems to be the best guess they have decided upon and antidepressants help but it took ten years to find medications that helped. Psychiatry is in its infancy. If a mental health profesdional makes no sense about you or your child, he probably guessed wrong. Because Psychiatry is inexact never freak out when you hear a diagnosis or trait that makes no sense. Move on. I am much better. I am doing great. But it was a lot about ME and therapy and how much I wanted to get better. I am never going to br 100 percent. I am 65 and am almost positive they missed Aspergers in me partly because they didnt know about it at the time. Thats another problem. Limited information on mental health diseases. There will be new ones in five years that we never heard of. Maybe by then scientists will have a clue about the biology of psychiatry. Its not there yet. Bags, if you think this guy is right about your son, give him a chance. If you think he is wrong, I would trust my Mom intuition. I am very very sorry that you dont have more mental healthcare choices near you and I wish you and your son the very best. [/QUOTE]
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