[pedagogue]

Sherry,

I've heard stories like your's a lot. It is great when you can come across someone who is a great diagnostician, and/or someone who really pays attention to their patient's needs. It sounds harsh, but there are a lot of docs out there who are too quick to assert their brilliance, instead of doing a comprehensive workup and then Dx. Many times the meds given are the OPPOSITE of what they should be. (If you ever want to see something scary....give a bi-polar kid a moderate/high dose of Ritalin bc he was mis-diagnosed with ADD. It can cause the kid to cycle like you wouldn't believe, and it really can be rough for the child and the family)

-t