The mum of a teenage boy has begged doctors to prescribe him medicine she claims gives him a normal life.
Leslie Urquhart’s son was given pills which helped ease symptoms of his mental health condition.
However, weeks later she was told the treatment had been administered by mistake and wouldn’t be repeated.
Leslie begged her GP to help her son, 14, after he smashed up his bedroom a month ago and hit her.
Now the 38-year-old says her boy has plunged back into a “horrible, dark place” after her doctor refused to continue prescribing Tranquilyn.
The mum-of-three, from Cowdenbeath, Fife, said: “The GP said he would prescribe something as a stop gap. He prescribed Tranquilyn, 10mg a day. He takes one dose in the morning.
“For the first three weeks, there was a real change. I had my happy wee boy back. He left the house to go out with a friend twice and went bowling with his big brother and I.
“I phoned the GP asking for his dose to be increased but the GP said it should never have been prescribed.”
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) has now placed her son on the Autism Spectrum Disorder pathway.
But Leslie has been told it could take between three and five years before he gets an appointment to be assessed.
Leslie added: “It is like we have had three weeks reprieve and have now been sent back to hell.”
Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: “This family has been crying out for help and it is increasingly clear they need access to diagnosis and treatment for their son immediately.”
Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: “To have a glimpse of the boy her son could become with adequate treatment only to have it snatched away and confined to the longest queue in the NHS is unbelievably cruel.”
A spokeswoman from Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership said: “Fife’s multi-agency pathway for children and young people who require assessment for autism was changed to remote delivery due to Covid-19 restrictions.
“In July 2021, face-to-face assessments were reinstated alongside a continuation of remote assessments. In addition, a helpline has continued to be available to families of children waiting for assessment or affected by autism.”
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