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Sent to Health Experts September 07, 2006 9:15 p.m.

my brother has retardation, atisum. adhd,exesive compulsive disorder. he is takiing depakote 500mg 3 a day.tripeptal 300mg 2 day seroquel200mg 2 morning 2 at night. atavan 2mg as needed. he has bad behavior proplems, he will hit himself pench himself an others has a very foul mouth will call people nanes break things, he will shake an his blood presure goes high, he has a total melt down. he has been an all typs of meds , nothing has helped. we live in merced county ca. where can i take him for an evaluation, im at my wits end i dont know where to take him, or what to try. dr. doesnt know what to try.

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September 07, 2006 9:44 p.m. (29 minutes and 42 seconds later)

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Hi Clear:

I'm sorry to hear about your brother. Situations like this make me very sad - both for the person with the problems and for the family.

A few questions -

Does your brother have a legal guardian (e.g., court appointed), assuming he's over 18?

Does your brother work at all? Go to a day program? School?

Does he receive SSDI or SSI?

Thanks,
Emily

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Sent September 07, 2006 9:48 p.m. (3 minutes and 29 seconds later)

yes i am his legal guardion. he goes to a day program on trail basis

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September 07, 2006 9:55 p.m. (6 minutes and 40 seconds later)

How old is your brother? How long have you been his guardian?

How is he doing in the day program? How did you find the day program? Was he referred by someone?

Can you share any more information with me about his situation/history, e.g., what his functioning level is (IQ, whether he can care for himself, etc)?

Thanks,
Emily

Edited by EmilyT27 on September 7 2006 at 10:14pm

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