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Kaiser pdocs -northern California

Posted by RZSmom on February 1, 2012 at 3:24am

I need to find a new Kaiser p-doc for my dd.  We're having a huge hassle with her current pdoc who is new to her case and doesn't believe she has bipolar.  No other mental health professional has ever doubted it.  Does anyone know of a great children's pdoc at any Kaiser in the Bay Area or Northern Califonria in general?  I'm getting desperate because this doctor wants to take her off a med that is working for her.  Thank you for any advice you might have.

Anne, 53
R, dd, age 10: high-functioning autism, ADHD, bipolar; 20 mg Abilify, 150 mg Lamictal, 600 mg Seroquel

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February 1, 2012 by Kathleen S.

Hi Anne,

My friends daughter sees: 

Manasi Rana, MD ,

She really likes her a lot.   She is located here:  

http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaiser/pages/d10557-top.html

I hope this is helpful.....Good luck !!

Kathleen, 47 - Support group BP11
Married to Steve, 48, husband of 23-years. Have 4-daughters together, and reside on the central coast in CA
Katelyn 23, lives at home and attends local Univ - graduating in Dec !!!!!!!!!!
Brooke 21, attending Cal Poly - living the dorm life ;)
Jillian 18, lives at home (but wishes she didn't), smart as a whip, mood issues, attending our local Jr. College - bulimic-no meds
Megan 11, lives at home, dx at age 6.5 w/mood disorder nos, ODD and some sort of eating disorder/compulsion n.o.s.
Attends our local Elementary school, 6th grade - no services YET
Current meds:
Lamictal 200mg, Risperdal .5mg am & 1mg at pm, SeroquelXR 200mgs am and 200mgs pm
Meds she's been on before, but didn't work:
Lithium - tried it twice, did not tolerate it, said it didn't make her feel "right".
Depakote - had a paradoxical reaction - self harm, angry, mean, hated self.
Abilify - Internal restlessness (awful)....was never settled or content.
Equetro - didn't work
Lexapro - made angry in a split second, sexual, driven, awful.
Luvox - Initally looked promising.....3-weeks into it became extra compulsive, angry.
Focalin - Risk taking behavior, defiant, angry, WOUND up....awful

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February 4, 2012 by Mama Bear

Hi Anne,

My son saw Dr. Diamond out of Folsom CA, also in Rancho Cordova CA. He is known as the "old man of psychiatry”, he is highly respected and has years of expereince. We really liked him, we had to leave due to an insurance change. He does accept that children could possibly have bipolar disorder, but is cautious with diagnosis. We really appreciated that. He started my son on Lithium and we have seen the biggest results thanks to that decision.

Here is his link:

http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaiser/doctor/robertdiamond/

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Mom of 3 boys, the oldest (10 years) suffering with a "Mood Disorder". Our current psychiatrist believes he suffers from Bipolar 1 Disorder, but he’s too young to make the official diagnosis. He’s currently taking Tenex, Trileptal, Lithium and Melatonin to help.

Check out my blog at http://mysonhas2brains.blogspot.com/

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February 8, 2012 by cobbfmly

Dr. Mason Spain Turner will be speaking on "Coming Unglued: The Bipolar Home In Times of Trouble" at our county's NAMI annual Dinner. Dr. Turner is the Chief Psychiatrist Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco. I do not know anything about him except that we have a teaching hospital with a department of psychiatry nearby and that instead of having a doctor from there to speak at the dinner our NAMI is having Dr. Turner travel 75+ miles each way to speak at the dinner.

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Beth in CA
DH - Husband & Father
DS 16.6 - BP II, NVLD, GAD, Borderline Personality Traits, Transgender (Female to Male) and gifted
Invega Sustenna 39mg monthly, Topamax 100mg AM & PM & Lunesta 2mg PRN
IEP for ED & SLD - 11th grade on Home Hospital through today. Starting at a therapeutic day school tomorrow