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13 year old in psychiatric ward for first time
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<blockquote data-quote="Otto von Bismark" data-source="post: 466159" data-attributes="member: 12905"><p>This is all very insightful. </p><p>He said it was deliberate. He told us he waited until people were asleep before he went into the room with the hamster. He planned on killing it, and he said the only reason he felt bad was because he got caught, and if he didn't get caught he would do it again and not feel bad about it. </p><p></p><p>His maturity level is about what a seven year or eight year old is, and his impulse control is poor. But he did seem to act in a pre-meditated way. He has hurt our big dog....his answer when questioned was, "because I wanted him to feel pain." This is the nicest dog on the planet, so I had to question whether this was autism speaking and what he really meant was "I wanted to SEE if he could feel pain." When we found out about the four dead animals...serial killing of them, if you will, I have to consider other, more frightening things.</p><p></p><p>We had a meeting with his school -- they were wonderful, gave us a lot of tips and we made a plan for the short term, to get him back to being in school. They recognized the psychiatrist we will be going to and recall him as being a terrible pill guy,and a lot of kids who go to him are on a huge cocktail of drugs. But there was a cancellation and we can be seen tomorrow, instead of at the end of October, and this is the guy who said he WOULD NOT have put him on Zoloft. So I think we will take the appointment and help get him off the Zoloft for tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>I am so glad you guys are here. We are exhausted. His sisters are sleeping with their doors locked, we are worried about the night time suicide fixations, so we can't sleep. One day at a time, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto von Bismark, post: 466159, member: 12905"] This is all very insightful. He said it was deliberate. He told us he waited until people were asleep before he went into the room with the hamster. He planned on killing it, and he said the only reason he felt bad was because he got caught, and if he didn't get caught he would do it again and not feel bad about it. His maturity level is about what a seven year or eight year old is, and his impulse control is poor. But he did seem to act in a pre-meditated way. He has hurt our big dog....his answer when questioned was, "because I wanted him to feel pain." This is the nicest dog on the planet, so I had to question whether this was autism speaking and what he really meant was "I wanted to SEE if he could feel pain." When we found out about the four dead animals...serial killing of them, if you will, I have to consider other, more frightening things. We had a meeting with his school -- they were wonderful, gave us a lot of tips and we made a plan for the short term, to get him back to being in school. They recognized the psychiatrist we will be going to and recall him as being a terrible pill guy,and a lot of kids who go to him are on a huge cocktail of drugs. But there was a cancellation and we can be seen tomorrow, instead of at the end of October, and this is the guy who said he WOULD NOT have put him on Zoloft. So I think we will take the appointment and help get him off the Zoloft for tomorrow. I am so glad you guys are here. We are exhausted. His sisters are sleeping with their doors locked, we are worried about the night time suicide fixations, so we can't sleep. One day at a time, right? [/QUOTE]
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