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Old Nov 04, 2017, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by TipsyTurtle View Post
HI. My wife has been seeing a Dr for two years for Borderline personality disorder. . After many years of wanting my step-son to see the same Dr., he was was finally seen about six months ago for an evaluation and about 5 follow up appointments. Since my step-sons appointment, the Dr has revealed what his diagnosis is to me but refuses to discuss it with my wife. Because of my wife's diagnosis and emotional reactivity, the Dr knows that if he were to discuss the seriousness of her child's diagnoses with her, that almost certainly he would lose her as a patient. The child has oppositional defiant disorder.

So I am stuck looking like a idiot to my wife and paying needless money since it was me who had serious concers about my stepson and now the Dr has my wife thinking there is nothing wrong with him. What do i do?
Psychiatrists, just like all of us, are unique to some extent, so I may be wrong, but it could be that the psychiatrist isn't worried due to money, but because of your wife's well-being. Finding a psychiatrist that fits isn't easy sometimes. Her moving to a different psychiatrist could set back her progress and he may be aware of that.

I think it would be best, in this circumstance, to take your stepson to a different psychiatrist, maybe one who specializes in Child and Adolescent psychiatry.
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