(I PM'd the county to you, supernova.)

He had an intake and has had appointments ever since with the PMHNP (psych nurse practitioner) he was assigned. So she has already been handling his meds. As it happens, it has been the same med and dosage as he was being prescribed in his previous state of residence at the point in time at which he moved. Not sure if that has anything to do with this idea of "no change allowed". And at that point, it was just the ADD med. Due to... who knows what, let's call it a "clerical error", there was a delay in having his old files. (They were sent in a timely manner, but they kept saying they hadn't rec'd them.) I seem to recall that the NP did not want to make changes before having the old files in hand. (Maybe she had said something at that point about it limiting her ability to treat till she had them that put this in his head.) At any rate, there was an air of slow wheels. Between that and how kooky (to my thinking) things are run there, it left just enough doubt to harbor the notion that it might indeed be true(!) I often said, "If it makes sense, that won't be how it's done there!" Lol. (Nobody get upset now, ok? That could be said of a lot of places. It was just trying to find humor when being exasperated at every conceivable turn.)

Heh. Just realized that I never said the result of my call to that office(!) Oops. I talked with someone that works with his NP. She said the months of counseling was not necessary.(I was not surprised of course, it was just good to hear for real.) When I relayed the info (as in "good news, not necessary!"), he got... defensive/worked up, saying essentially,"Well, I don't know who you talked to, but it IS required!" Ok. Pointless to argue. His appt is this week, so he will have it from the horse's mouth (so to speak) soon enough.