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Seek alternate specialists If you've lost confidence in your health care professionals, or if they've dismissed you despite clear signs of a health issue, I'd advise you to seek another health care professional. Get a second, third, or a fourth opinion. There is little else you can do - if a doctor has ran every test, done everything he believes he can to ...

In addition to the all ready fabulous suggestions given above, I just wanted to add this: Whatever tests are run, scans are taken, etc., make sure you get copies for yourself and keep them in an organized place (like a notebook), and anytime you visit a new doctor (or even an old one), take them with you. Shuffling information and data between doctors ...

Our youngest was "diagnosed" ADD. Turns out he just has a different learning style and is a little boy whose soul needs motion to be happy. So we pulled him from school and he crushes everything he does. That is as long as he can bounce and be upside-down. He does most of his math in his head while bouncing on a trampoline. Point: Be very careful about the ...

We always start and end with personal recommendations, but you're right that doing so can be difficult to get for specialities. Read their biography on the hospital web site. How does it compare to their peers on the same staff? Does your pediatrician know the other doc, or just their reputation? Can your pediatrician comment on the facility as a whole? ...

There's a push towards diagnosing children earlier, but medication can be problematic so the recommendation is usually to start with parent training and behavior modification programs. ADHD among preschoolers CHADD is an advocacy group for ADHD and they provide a page with resources for finding a doctor. (Their website provides a lot of general info as ...

I definitely concur with getting a second or third opinion. On the personal side, it sounds like a support group (beyond just Parenting at StackExchange) could be really beneficial. I would start with family and close friends for their support. But even with the best of intentions, they may not understand what you are going through. Most communities have ...

We see LOTS of specialists for our kids (ENTs, Allergist, Podiatrist, and Pediatric ophthalmologist). There are a few things we've figured out that work for us personally as we've evaluated out options. 1). How long is your child going to need to see this doctor? We were less selective about the doc who put in our daughter's ear tubes who was only going ...

If you trust your current pediatrician, they can likely give you good referrals to local specialists. IMO the best recommendations come from health care professionals, particularly when they are not "working" for you. Do you have any friends or family members who are nurses or doctors? Ask them who they would go to; even if they don't know the specialists ...