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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 221971" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>My Youngest cut during high school. I don't want to downplay it, because as someone said there is the danger of cutting too deep, but as you said it is so common these days that I'm not sure it's enough to get admitted. Her therapist at the time told me kids cut for different reasons.. that there are even websites devoted to cutting. They cut to feel pain, they cut to punish themselves, they cut because their friends are cutting. Each case is different. </p><p></p><p>I would keep a close eye on him this weekend, and bring it up with both docs on Monday. If your son will talk to you about it, ask him why he's cutting. Don't be judgmental, just encourage him to vent his feelings a different way. </p><p></p><p>My youngest was finally put on Lamictal, which seemed to help with the depression as well as the mood swings. Don't know if that is an option, or what your son is on now. I do know that whenever they tried to add an AD on top of the mood stabilizer, things got dicey .. she was more anxious.</p><p></p><p>What finally stopped my youngest from cutting was, ironically, a hospital stay in which she saw another girl who was a cutter.. and she had cut everywhere, including her breasts. It freaked Youngest out so badly, she stopped. </p><p></p><p>Hope that helps some. PM me if you need to... I'm closeby...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 221971, member: 1157"] My Youngest cut during high school. I don't want to downplay it, because as someone said there is the danger of cutting too deep, but as you said it is so common these days that I'm not sure it's enough to get admitted. Her therapist at the time told me kids cut for different reasons.. that there are even websites devoted to cutting. They cut to feel pain, they cut to punish themselves, they cut because their friends are cutting. Each case is different. I would keep a close eye on him this weekend, and bring it up with both docs on Monday. If your son will talk to you about it, ask him why he's cutting. Don't be judgmental, just encourage him to vent his feelings a different way. My youngest was finally put on Lamictal, which seemed to help with the depression as well as the mood swings. Don't know if that is an option, or what your son is on now. I do know that whenever they tried to add an AD on top of the mood stabilizer, things got dicey .. she was more anxious. What finally stopped my youngest from cutting was, ironically, a hospital stay in which she saw another girl who was a cutter.. and she had cut everywhere, including her breasts. It freaked Youngest out so badly, she stopped. Hope that helps some. PM me if you need to... I'm closeby... [/QUOTE]
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