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Old Aug 03, 2012, 04:24 PM
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I think I got lucky, my pdoc does 1/2 hours with me. Sometimes we go over a bit but she doesn't charge me. We don't exactly do therapy, but she wants to know what's going on in my life that could be affecting mood. We talk out how I feel the medications are helping, whether or not to make a change. I don't always like what she has to say (like the BPII dx in addition to add). But it feels like the right amount of time. The frequency of visits depends on mainly severity on my depression. She feels I'm getting better so we're going to 6 weeks from 4 weeks.

I have never seen a pdoc solely for adhd, has always been a combo with depression/anxiety, so maybe they do it differently if it's only adhd. Actually, I have taken my kids to appts for only adhd and those actually lasted 1 hour. So maybe pediatric pdoc's spend more time.

It's up to you Music, to do what feels right to you. Stick up for yourself and change pdoc's if you need to. You could also say to him, "I feel like you're rushing me out of here, are you?" And see what he says. I would like to ask this guy that.