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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 148209" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Did you tell the doctor staff that this was urgent and that you are afraid? When I called to get a sooner initial appointment with my son's psychiatrist when he was feeling like jumping from the third floor of a shopping mall balcony, I was advised to take him to the ER. I felt that we could handle this without going to an ER 3 -4 hours away from home. When we did get into the psychiatric a few days later, he explained how to get the next level of help (day treatment or hospitalization) if we felt we needed it. He stated to 1. go to an ER where the evaluation can be done and referral to the peds Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or 2. call the peds Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and ask for an appointment to come in for an evaluation.</p><p> </p><p>I am so glad we didn't go to ER in the cities, I don't think they would have let me take him home even with the promise to get him hospitalized closer to home - he would have been admitted to a hospital too far from home. I think that the ER route also helps with insurance payments - if this is documented as an emergency, better payment.</p><p> </p><p>I do understand calling ahead, however, we were only one block away and I figured we would just walk in and ask for an appointment. They noticed how upset my son was (threw up in the entry in a waste basket) and knew what was best for him was to get help NOW. </p><p> </p><p>If you have not heard from your doctor's back up by now, call the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) direct and ask for their advice. Go ahead and let them know your feelings and hear your desperation. I think sometimes we try to hold too much in. We need to learn to get our urgency out without showing loss of control.</p><p> </p><p>How is your son today? This has to be extremely scary for him. My son told me on vacation he didn't feel safe at home because he knew where the scissors and hammer were. He felt is was too hard to continue fighting his body trying to make him hurt himself. The hospitalization was the best thing we did - he felt so safe there, nothing available to use to hurt himself, and learned skills to use when these bad feelings arouse. I believe part of the hospitalization decision was because he was afraid of doing something when I was asleep and wouldn't know to help stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 148209, member: 5096"] Did you tell the doctor staff that this was urgent and that you are afraid? When I called to get a sooner initial appointment with my son's psychiatrist when he was feeling like jumping from the third floor of a shopping mall balcony, I was advised to take him to the ER. I felt that we could handle this without going to an ER 3 -4 hours away from home. When we did get into the psychiatric a few days later, he explained how to get the next level of help (day treatment or hospitalization) if we felt we needed it. He stated to 1. go to an ER where the evaluation can be done and referral to the peds Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or 2. call the peds Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and ask for an appointment to come in for an evaluation. I am so glad we didn't go to ER in the cities, I don't think they would have let me take him home even with the promise to get him hospitalized closer to home - he would have been admitted to a hospital too far from home. I think that the ER route also helps with insurance payments - if this is documented as an emergency, better payment. I do understand calling ahead, however, we were only one block away and I figured we would just walk in and ask for an appointment. They noticed how upset my son was (threw up in the entry in a waste basket) and knew what was best for him was to get help NOW. If you have not heard from your doctor's back up by now, call the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) direct and ask for their advice. Go ahead and let them know your feelings and hear your desperation. I think sometimes we try to hold too much in. We need to learn to get our urgency out without showing loss of control. How is your son today? This has to be extremely scary for him. My son told me on vacation he didn't feel safe at home because he knew where the scissors and hammer were. He felt is was too hard to continue fighting his body trying to make him hurt himself. The hospitalization was the best thing we did - he felt so safe there, nothing available to use to hurt himself, and learned skills to use when these bad feelings arouse. I believe part of the hospitalization decision was because he was afraid of doing something when I was asleep and wouldn't know to help stop. [/QUOTE]
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