u/Feelings-bleh

Supporting FASD diagnosis and treatment in rural areas

Hi! I’m wondering if anyone has thoughts, strategies, ideas for how to support individuals seeking answers about possible FASD when there are no providers in the area (3+ hour radius and a year long waitlist) who can recognize the possible signs, let alone diagnose. I know there is no magic solution, but would love to hear if anyone has lived this or has ever thought “why can’t the [provider, agency, etc] do _________”.

For example, we have very few psychiatric prescribers in our area, and even fewer who work with youth. One agency developed a partnership with a provider in another area who fast-tracked referrals coming from that agency.

No bad ideas!

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u/Feelings-bleh — 6 days ago

▲ 4 r/AskDermatologists+1 crossposts

I in the process of trying to figure out what’s going on with me and honestly, I’ve felt great for the last 3-4 weeks so started thinking that maybe I’m fine. I have been very diligent about sunscreen and uv protection since I started having issues but today, I ended up in the sun unexpectedly for about 1.5 hours. I didn’t think about it at all. Was just out there like someone whose body doesn’t hate the sun!

About an hour after getting home I started feeling really hot and itchy. I then realized I have a giant painful rash all over my arms and back.

Wondering if I could get a rash in places there were covered when I was outside.

My lovely face rash is back too!

Sorry for the crappy pictures!

u/Feelings-bleh — 6 days ago