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<blockquote data-quote="seekinghope" data-source="post: 177564" data-attributes="member: 5528"><p>Belzog,</p><p>I too am a newbie here but I can offer you my experience.</p><p>My difficult child is only 15 and only newly acting-out, but his actions were so out of control that I feared for his life, our life. or someone else's.</p><p>When he gets in that flight or fight mode I truly am not sure what he is capable of. His anxiety levels are so far out of his control, the swearing,the pacing, etc. I know if I did not intervene something terrible would have happened. </p><p>I had him involuntarily committed; he too complies there, but I truly think he does better with very strict structure. Most of his anger is generated towards me because I am the "rule enforcer." and he can't manipulate the Dr.'s there.</p><p>I simply told them I would not take him home; period!</p><p>I was able to keep him there until the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) took him. I also know two other boys there had similar issues but no drug use, and they both went to group homes to continue therapy before going home.</p><p> That knife situation makes your son's situation very serious. If he is elevating in his bad behavior the Dr.'s should be extremely concerned about him not being in a supervised facility until that is addressed.</p><p>I am so sorry you are going through this. I notice a lot of us seem to have the same kid just different variants.</p><p>I hope this helps. I don't where you live but in my particular situation I think living rural helped me, not the volume of kids makes it easier for the facility to hold the kids longer. On the other hand living rural limits specialty Dr.'s and support programs.</p><p>Good Luck....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seekinghope, post: 177564, member: 5528"] Belzog, I too am a newbie here but I can offer you my experience. My difficult child is only 15 and only newly acting-out, but his actions were so out of control that I feared for his life, our life. or someone else's. When he gets in that flight or fight mode I truly am not sure what he is capable of. His anxiety levels are so far out of his control, the swearing,the pacing, etc. I know if I did not intervene something terrible would have happened. I had him involuntarily committed; he too complies there, but I truly think he does better with very strict structure. Most of his anger is generated towards me because I am the "rule enforcer." and he can't manipulate the Dr.'s there. I simply told them I would not take him home; period! I was able to keep him there until the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) took him. I also know two other boys there had similar issues but no drug use, and they both went to group homes to continue therapy before going home. That knife situation makes your son's situation very serious. If he is elevating in his bad behavior the Dr.'s should be extremely concerned about him not being in a supervised facility until that is addressed. I am so sorry you are going through this. I notice a lot of us seem to have the same kid just different variants. I hope this helps. I don't where you live but in my particular situation I think living rural helped me, not the volume of kids makes it easier for the facility to hold the kids longer. On the other hand living rural limits specialty Dr.'s and support programs. Good Luck.... [/QUOTE]
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