am I being unreasonable?

[Guest guest]

Although my daughter's OCD is mostly manageable, when it flares up she

really falls apart. Even though it doesn't impact her even daily, it

still is producing major problems in terms of the emotional fall-out.

Because of this we decided to try medication. We've seem some

improvement, but also a lot of side effects. At this point, we've run

out of the options that the pediatrician is willing to try and he is

reccommending that we involve a psychiatrist for medication management.

(She already sees a psychologist for therapy).

It's taken a while but we were finally able to locate a child

psychiatrist and get an appointment. We (DH and I) wanted to meet with

him first to discuss our concerns, see if we thought he'd be a good fit

with our family, see if he thinks medication is indeed the way to go,

and also get a feel for what he would feel his role would be in her

treatment.

The psychiatrist refused. He said that he would be willing to meet

with us for 10 minutes before seeing her but that was the most we could

do. Quite honestly with block scheduling, missing a day of school is

really a big deal. Since one of the things she tends to obsess about is

perfectionism issues with regard to school work and getting in trouble

at school, I really don't want to drag her off to this appointment

without " screening " the doctor first. (He was also unwilling to simply

talk with me on the phone)

I mean, we had a short " interview " with our *pediatrician* while I was

still pregnant, and I feel like having a good fit with a *psychiatrist*

is a lot more important. At this point, we've decided that his

response alone to this request probably means that he wouldn't be the

" right " person for us to work with. Are we missing something? Do you

guys think that we are being unreasonable?

Jeanne

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