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Ok, I'm thinking Bipolar - difficult child 1 headed to psychiatric hospital. AGAIN!
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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 404161" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>Alright. Here it is, in black and white. His diagnosis's are the following: Aspergers Syndrom, ADD inattentive type, mood disorder not otherwise specified, PTSD, ODD, and Anxiety. He had come out of a 5 week hospitalization where they weaned him off Seroquel onto Risperdahl. While her was in the psychiatric hospital, he went from a mens size 38 to about a mens size 42 (thank you Seroquel/risperdal!). </p><p> </p><p>From the hospital, he went into a Community Residence a week before his birthday (can we see the irony that he was born on Mischief night? - Oct. 30th?). Since it was right before his birthday, he was allowed to have a home visit that weekend. He was allowed for me to visit on Sundays after that for 2 weeks. Thanksgiving, home again and every weekend for a 1 day visit. Christmas he scored an overnight, then New Years (overnight) and all hades broke loose. Threats of physical violence, suicidal ideation, 3 trips to the psychiatric hospital ER. We had what I call a "come to Jesus" meeting with him the 2nd week of January where he was told what was expected of him in order to visit home again. He failed to make level every week until now.</p><p> </p><p>Guess who's sitting in the psychiatric hospital. ER as I'm typing this.</p><p> </p><p>The behaviors include: suicidal ideation, slamming his head against walls and doors, taking a sweatshirt and tying around his neck pulling tighter and tighter, asking the other boys for a belt, spraying Lysol in his mouth, screaming "don't come near me - don't beat me like my father", screaming at the police "don't shoot me don't shoot me", running through the residence blocking doors so they can't get to him, sexually inappropriate comments and gestures (filling a rubber glove with hand cream - you know where I'm going with this) - the list goes on and on.</p><p> </p><p>His medications are: 3 mg. of risperdal, trileptal (not sure of the dosage - it was added in residence) and attarax as needed.</p><p> </p><p>He was supposed to come for a 4 hours visit. He called me at 9:00 telling me that he couldn't handle the pressure of waiting until 1:00. The other kids and I were at the mall (we have signed up for a community "Let's get healthy" program and today was the first mall walk). I had to talk him down during the stretching, he found out that we were not home and sounded sort of resentful that he wasn't with us, and the next thing I know, about 10 mins into the walk, he's on the phone again freaking out. The counselor got on the phone and asked that I agree that if he didn't get it together, today's visit was going to be cancelled. I said absolutely. Both the director and I agreed that, although he'd made level, his behavior still had to remain appropriate in order for the visit to come to fruition.</p><p> </p><p>I must mention here that he was aware that his father was going to come over to visit him as well.</p><p> </p><p>He "cycles" so rapidly that they lose count from the time he gets home to the time he goes to bed as to the number of cycles he runs through.</p><p> </p><p>Any of you out there with kids that run this way - does anyone have any suggestions as to what to give him medicationally that will slow/stop the cycling?</p><p> </p><p>I'm lost and heart-broken that we're back in the soup again.</p><p> </p><p>Beth</p><p> </p><p>***He was released to the residence. It was the same psychiatrist that he's seen the last 4 or 5 trips to the Emergency room who insists that all of this is purely behavioral. Yup, tying stuff around your neck? Well, he's done THAT before - but spraying Lysol in your mouth? Little confused here...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 404161, member: 3814"] Alright. Here it is, in black and white. His diagnosis's are the following: Aspergers Syndrom, ADD inattentive type, mood disorder not otherwise specified, PTSD, ODD, and Anxiety. He had come out of a 5 week hospitalization where they weaned him off Seroquel onto Risperdahl. While her was in the psychiatric hospital, he went from a mens size 38 to about a mens size 42 (thank you Seroquel/risperdal!). From the hospital, he went into a Community Residence a week before his birthday (can we see the irony that he was born on Mischief night? - Oct. 30th?). Since it was right before his birthday, he was allowed to have a home visit that weekend. He was allowed for me to visit on Sundays after that for 2 weeks. Thanksgiving, home again and every weekend for a 1 day visit. Christmas he scored an overnight, then New Years (overnight) and all hades broke loose. Threats of physical violence, suicidal ideation, 3 trips to the psychiatric hospital ER. We had what I call a "come to Jesus" meeting with him the 2nd week of January where he was told what was expected of him in order to visit home again. He failed to make level every week until now. Guess who's sitting in the psychiatric hospital. ER as I'm typing this. The behaviors include: suicidal ideation, slamming his head against walls and doors, taking a sweatshirt and tying around his neck pulling tighter and tighter, asking the other boys for a belt, spraying Lysol in his mouth, screaming "don't come near me - don't beat me like my father", screaming at the police "don't shoot me don't shoot me", running through the residence blocking doors so they can't get to him, sexually inappropriate comments and gestures (filling a rubber glove with hand cream - you know where I'm going with this) - the list goes on and on. His medications are: 3 mg. of risperdal, trileptal (not sure of the dosage - it was added in residence) and attarax as needed. He was supposed to come for a 4 hours visit. He called me at 9:00 telling me that he couldn't handle the pressure of waiting until 1:00. The other kids and I were at the mall (we have signed up for a community "Let's get healthy" program and today was the first mall walk). I had to talk him down during the stretching, he found out that we were not home and sounded sort of resentful that he wasn't with us, and the next thing I know, about 10 mins into the walk, he's on the phone again freaking out. The counselor got on the phone and asked that I agree that if he didn't get it together, today's visit was going to be cancelled. I said absolutely. Both the director and I agreed that, although he'd made level, his behavior still had to remain appropriate in order for the visit to come to fruition. I must mention here that he was aware that his father was going to come over to visit him as well. He "cycles" so rapidly that they lose count from the time he gets home to the time he goes to bed as to the number of cycles he runs through. Any of you out there with kids that run this way - does anyone have any suggestions as to what to give him medicationally that will slow/stop the cycling? I'm lost and heart-broken that we're back in the soup again. Beth ***He was released to the residence. It was the same psychiatrist that he's seen the last 4 or 5 trips to the Emergency room who insists that all of this is purely behavioral. Yup, tying stuff around your neck? Well, he's done THAT before - but spraying Lysol in your mouth? Little confused here... [/QUOTE]
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