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    Violent 10yo

    On the contrary: Medi-Cal has been extremely helpful at covering costs that the insurer would not, especially since Vyvanse is something like $240 per month - between the insurer and Medi-Cal they cover it 100%. The doctor has also been good with half hour time slots and giving seemingly...
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    Violent 10yo

    We had his 5 year review at a Regional Center yesterday. A different psych and after 3 hours of questioning, playing, talking etc she came up with a preliminary diagnosis (yet to score the results) of ODD with aspects of Asperger's. This I agree with from my reading of the two in the past. She...
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    Violent 10yo

    By "even the doctors don't know how they all work" I mean that they know what they do for most people, but not necessarily how they actually work. Phrases like "the actual mechanism of action has not been determined" on drug labels. To be fair, that does apply to a whole bunch of drugs, a...
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    Violent 10yo

    I'm not saying that he is definitely not bullied. I do find it difficult, however, to believe that in a classroom of 3-4 aides plus a teacher that a child could be suffering from actual bullying. That's not to say a group could cover up abuse: it's just more difficult. But there is actual...
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    Violent 10yo

    "Even if your child wasn't destructive and/or violent, would he still be a burden onto your marriage?" No. I mean, all kids take their toll on a marriage, but when both parents are exhausted and stressed from dealing with meltdowns, that definitely takes a more serious toll on the marriage. We...
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    Violent 10yo

    Sorry, I miswrote about upping the dosages. It was a *plan* to up the dosages over time. All we did was increase one med and then return a month later for the next stage. But that month later, instead of upping the dosage of another med, we went back to where we were a month ago. The doctors...
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    Violent 10yo

    Thank you for the replies. Last one first: I have not described all his symptoms as it would just make my OP even longer - I just concentrated on the worse ones. The only reason he wasn't diagnosed an Aspie before was the speech delay: the doctors did not explain what exactly that meant, so a...
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    Violent 10yo

    My son has been diagnosed on the spectrum since he was 5yo, initially PDD with ADHD. Doctors over the years have re-confirmed this, although now they're leaning towards Aspergers with ADHD. Up to a couple of months ago he was mostly manageable, albeit serious meltdowns at least once per week...
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