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<blockquote data-quote="helpangel" data-source="post: 261223" data-attributes="member: 7170"><p>I know how difficult it can be to have a child in the psychiatric hospital, try to use this time to rest and regroup as many inpatient stays are cut short due to insurance demands. In a perfect world doctors not insurance companies would decide when someone is well enough for discharge. </p><p></p><p>Might as well improve safety around the house - lock up the sharps and all the medications (even OTC ones) for starters (I use lockboxes with combination locks) the one in the kitchen I covered with pretty contact paper so it doesn't look so out of place on my counter - people who know my family don't ask when a stranger looks at it and inquires I reply "my mother insists her recipes are top secret, and this is the only way she will let me have them" LOL</p><p></p><p>The one thing that has proven itself in the days before diagnoses is notes or charting. I didn't have time for true charting but I did grab a blank calendar and scribble notes on it.</p><p></p><p>Anger was in red ink</p><p>Sad was blue</p><p>Sexual was purple</p><p>Food related was green</p><p>Stealing was orange</p><p></p><p>Angel was admitted to the psychiatric hospital the first time when she was 6yo and 3yrs worth of calendars went with her. They documented how long the behaviors had gone on and gave specific details about some of the behaviors I was seeing. The psychiatrist also noticed a trend 3 weeks with a few notes then color explosion (over & over - 3 years worth of it) It's rare to get a bipolar diagnosis on a 6yo but my calendars got it for Angel.</p><p></p><p>I've noticed often parents have to wait to get into a psychiatrist with their child that when they finally get there they try to give the doctor 5 years worth of info in that appointment; this is why so often psychiatrist's will claim the parents are the ones who have mental problems and send them to parenting classes. I've found it more helpful to quietly say to the doctor "I think my child needs more help then I can give them" and simply hand the calendar to the doctor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpangel, post: 261223, member: 7170"] I know how difficult it can be to have a child in the psychiatric hospital, try to use this time to rest and regroup as many inpatient stays are cut short due to insurance demands. In a perfect world doctors not insurance companies would decide when someone is well enough for discharge. Might as well improve safety around the house - lock up the sharps and all the medications (even OTC ones) for starters (I use lockboxes with combination locks) the one in the kitchen I covered with pretty contact paper so it doesn't look so out of place on my counter - people who know my family don't ask when a stranger looks at it and inquires I reply "my mother insists her recipes are top secret, and this is the only way she will let me have them" LOL The one thing that has proven itself in the days before diagnoses is notes or charting. I didn't have time for true charting but I did grab a blank calendar and scribble notes on it. Anger was in red ink Sad was blue Sexual was purple Food related was green Stealing was orange Angel was admitted to the psychiatric hospital the first time when she was 6yo and 3yrs worth of calendars went with her. They documented how long the behaviors had gone on and gave specific details about some of the behaviors I was seeing. The psychiatrist also noticed a trend 3 weeks with a few notes then color explosion (over & over - 3 years worth of it) It's rare to get a bipolar diagnosis on a 6yo but my calendars got it for Angel. I've noticed often parents have to wait to get into a psychiatrist with their child that when they finally get there they try to give the doctor 5 years worth of info in that appointment; this is why so often psychiatrist's will claim the parents are the ones who have mental problems and send them to parenting classes. I've found it more helpful to quietly say to the doctor "I think my child needs more help then I can give them" and simply hand the calendar to the doctor. [/QUOTE]
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