I had ds appointment this morning.
He’s been referred to the learning disabilities team to be assigned a learning disability nurse, they usually do it at 7, but he can’t see why he hasn’t already been referred so he’s done that. That service will help with any issues we have going forwards regarding ds and I can ring them whenever I need any help with anything.
He’s increased his methylphenidate 15mg (was 10) morning, 10mg lunch time (was 5) , 5mg teatime. (Same dose)
Hes referred him to the dietician as ds is barely touching food, ive told them this before, but his teacher was going on about it at the appointment about ds not eating at all and him looking really slim, So they want ds to see a dietician for some input and for him to be prescribed fortsip shakes.
They’ve referred him for some therapy (anger management, emotional regulation etc) with a psychotherapist. They have to do this before they can do the next bit which I’ll write about in a minute.
They want him to have fluoxetine anti anxiety medication (comes in liquid form! Which is so helpful!) but the nice guidelines states he must have 8 sessions of pyscotherapy first, the adhd nurse has cut that to 4 sessions to get him on his anxiety medication sooner. Because ds school have already done lots of work around this, he’ll get the 8, but for the medication side of it he’s said 4 and then will give him the anxiety stuff.
Hes also sending the remote psychiatrist an email to see if anything else can be done now whilst ds waits for the appointments, anything with regards to some other anxiety medication which doesn’t need to be started after a box ticking exercise.