Psychiatrist in Virginia?

[browneyesmom]

Does anyone have the name of a good psychiatrist who understands PANDAS? The hospital where she was wants me to follow up with a psychiatrist; however, I want to be sure we have one who is familiar with PANDAS & won't add psych meds that could further exacerbate the situation. We are in Virginia. Thanks!!

[browneyesmom]

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Edited December 27, 2010 by browneyesmom

[Tamistwins]

Hi,

I am in nj and from my experience psychiatrists no longer give therapy... All they do is medicate. Before I was aware of pandas..I took my son to a psychiatrist for his ocd. It was a 15 minute appointment all he did was write down the history and give a script for ssri. He did say that years ago psychiatrists were there for therapy too but now psychologists give therapy and psychiatrists

[Tamistwins]

Strictly Medicate.

[browneyesmom]

What we need is a psychiatrist to evaluate her meds as we were told in hospital they want us to have one. Honestly, my view is that she really needs an immunologist more than a psychiatrist and I am kind of opposed to all the psych meds for an immunologically based condition,especially when some are known to exacerbate the situation. However, I will comply and see one who I know is familiar with PANDAS... but, I'm not about to drop the Immunological piece of it that I believe she needs most. I hate all these bandaids - I want to resolve the underlying issue... but, I realize I am preaching to the choir.

 

I think what they mainly want is for someone to evaluate the decrease in Prozac as we seek to wean her off that & to have a point of contact. I made an appointment with someone we saw here over a year ago, but honestly, in an emergent situation, I'm more likely to advocate for the IVIg she apparently needs.

[marylandmom]

Where in VA? We are in MD but 5 miles from DC and have someone we can recommend if you are close to DC

[browneyesmom]

We're about 3 hours from DC area.

 

I did make an appointment with a psychiatrist we saw here about a year ago. He knows about PANDAS; but, is difficult to understand due to English not being his first language.

 

 

Where in VA? We are in MD but 5 miles from DC and have someone we can recommend if you are close to DC

[Megs_Mom]

Are u near nc? Is duke an option?

[browneyesmom]

Thanks, but Duke is no closer than DC area for us. We are not so far from the hospital that admitted her and ran the IVIg infusions, so I think we'll just see the one we saw before to have as a part of the medical team, although I anticipate his main role will be in weaning her off the SSRI as we work more closely with the Immunologists and Neurologists.

 

Are u near nc? Is duke an option?