A lil zyprexa goes a long way!

So, in the quest to try to manage Jacob's comorbid diagnoses (ASD/Mood disorder/Adhd) we had to essentially fire his psychiatrist and search out a new one. The one who received the overdue pink slip was arrogant, lazy and had a tendancy to blow me off....that's a no no when my kid is invoved.

Can I just point out what a difficult situation this is. There are about 600 child psychiatrists IN THE COUNTRY at present so finding a competent one that has a positive influence on his/her patients that also accepts insurance (not to mention the insurance one has) that is not 100 miles from the house.....well there's this thing called a needle and then there's this haystack yoke!

I researched, researched and researched and due to sheer determination and my insurance's rather clever (I'll prolly never say that again) website that allows behavior healthcare providers to write a short professioanl bio about themselves I was able to find a child/adolescent psychiatrist who took my insurance and actually appeared to get kids well....who are as difficult to treat as mine is. So, here we are a week into a new med (zyprexa), weaning off the old silly inaffective med (seroquel) and I have not seen a meltdown in guess what....A WEEK! The irony is I didn't realize how ill Jacob still was until he restabilized on the new med. Just goes to show what we think is normal and accpetable is not always the case.

Jacob is happier, healthier; his teacher's are singing his praises, his siblings aren't as terrified as they wereand I am once again sleeping through the night. So glad I dug out that needle from that haystack....worth the chafing!