saw a DAN dr. today

[mom2ck]

After wanting to get my son into a DAN dr. for months now, we finally had the appointment today!

A couple of weeks ago after going to his child psych, we decided to take him off of meds. He started risperdal back in Dec. of 08 and after a problem in Jan/Feb we reluctantly continued the medicine with a lower dosage. After just about 6 months of use he had gained a lot of weight... about 20 lbs. The child psych and myself decided it was time to try something else. Her recommendation was a new drug not yet approved for children...Hello, not for children. Anyhow, she apparently didn't know much about the drug as she didn't know it was an encapsulated tablet that couldn't be broken so he couldn't take it because of the strength. So, then she said Abilfiy or molindone. Well both can cause TD and Abilfy is over $500 a month. Our insurance doesn't cover. So, we gave him the last of the risperdal and made the call to the DAN dr. once again.

Today, we went to the appointment. I was thoroughly impressed. She did a physical on him like no other doctor has ever done before. She immediately found spots on his nails that leads her to believe he is zinc deficient. She said redness of outer ear and face shows allergies. She also looked at his mouth for bacteria, did a ear tuning thing to see if he could hear it, checked to hear all four chambers of the heart, did reflex on knees and on a couple places on feet, did a blue light test in the dark to check the skin for spots, etc. It was all very cool. She then did some OT stuff on him with his hands trying to "flip pancakes" and a strength test which was low. She had him do different jumps and of course skipping. From all of her findings today she thinks there is a mitochondria problem. She also talked about a problem with the stomach. We were able to do a blood allergy test today and next appt. will do a test that requires fasting. I believe she said something with Amino acids but I am new to the testing world and not sure.

The appointment was way expensive! But, I feel good about it and hope we are moving in the right direction.

[laurena82]

I'm glad for you!

 

Sometimes...I think it isnt even so much that 'alternative" practititioners practice "alternative" whatever-it-is-that-they-practice......

 

it's just as much that they CARE....and TAKE THE TIME to actually DO the more thorough evaluations....LOOK for ALL possible things, actually TALK with you and actually LISTEN to what you're saying, etc etc..........KWIM?

 

 

anyhow....glad you feel good about it all...