Where do I go from here??

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I just got off the phone with my daughter's pediatricans office. I had requested

a meeting with her ped to discuss putting her on fish oil. They called and said

that her ped had no knowledge of fish oil, what dose to put her on, or had no

idea who to even refer her to for this...I can't help but think the ped thought

we were a little " out there " from the tone of the call.

Our therapist is excellent and does ERP therapy, but cannot prescribe

medications. She has tossed the idea of putting our daughter on an SSRI, but

understands our hesitance in doing this---especially when we haven't tried one

of the more " natural " approaches. She is very open to the fish oil concept, but

again, cannot prescribe or follow this. My daughter's diet is not the best. She

refuses many veggies and fruits. I would like to try the supplement and see if

it makes any difference...before trying the SSRI. She's young, age 8. Her

anxiety goes straight to her stomach, diarrhea, cramps, ect...Heck, I even

wondered if she was sensitive to gluten. Her ped put her on Miralax and treated

her more for the " constipation " . Ped said that if she was sensitive to gluten,

she would be losing weight.

Anyone in the Charlotte, NC area know of someone that I could go to monitor my

child on fish oil, ped is obviously not open to these ideas. I'm at a loss right

now. Time is of the essence before school starts again.

Thanks for listening.