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<blockquote data-quote="Momslittleangels" data-source="post: 66178" data-attributes="member: 905"><p>Pamela:</p><p></p><p>This reminds me of where I was 5 years ago with difficult child. She had been raging all of the time and I thought it was nothing more than teenage angst. Then the doctor put her on an anti-depressant to help control her anger. When that didn't work, he doubled it and she got even angrier. Finally, we took her to another psychiatrist and he added a mood stablizer and that helped a bit, but she continued some bad behaviors (meeting people from the internet, self-injury, anger, etc).</p><p></p><p>I finally told myself that she needed more help than we could provide. We went to a psychiatric hospital and went through the intake. They agreed that she was unstable and they allowed her to be admitted. Once she found out she was staying, she kicked me right in the shin (she was 16 years old at the time). We knew we had made the right decision.</p><p></p><p>They immediately stripped her level of AD down to the bare minimum and added an anti-psychotic to the mix. She was there for a total of 3 weeks (1 week inpatient, 2 weeks outpatient). It did her a world of good and I am so glad she was stablized a bit. Sure, we would get stories from the staff about how she was paranoid and would tell them things that didn't really happen, etc., but they needed to see that in order to help her become stable.</p><p></p><p>When we take our kids to the psychiatrist for their 15 minute visit, they don't have time to see all of the moods our kids go through - - they see their mood for those 15 minutes, and that's it. It was so beneficial to have the psychiatric hospital view her 24 hours a day and get a good idea of what she is like on a regular basis.</p><p></p><p>I hope that your difficult child's rage was isolated, since you have had such good progress lately, but be aware that he is at that age where the hormones are going to come into play, and that can create havoc on his system and the medicines he's currently taking. medication adjustments are quite common during these growing periods and I hope you will leave the option open to have him evaluated at a psychiatric hospital if needed.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Momslittleangels, post: 66178, member: 905"] Pamela: This reminds me of where I was 5 years ago with difficult child. She had been raging all of the time and I thought it was nothing more than teenage angst. Then the doctor put her on an anti-depressant to help control her anger. When that didn't work, he doubled it and she got even angrier. Finally, we took her to another psychiatrist and he added a mood stablizer and that helped a bit, but she continued some bad behaviors (meeting people from the internet, self-injury, anger, etc). I finally told myself that she needed more help than we could provide. We went to a psychiatric hospital and went through the intake. They agreed that she was unstable and they allowed her to be admitted. Once she found out she was staying, she kicked me right in the shin (she was 16 years old at the time). We knew we had made the right decision. They immediately stripped her level of AD down to the bare minimum and added an anti-psychotic to the mix. She was there for a total of 3 weeks (1 week inpatient, 2 weeks outpatient). It did her a world of good and I am so glad she was stablized a bit. Sure, we would get stories from the staff about how she was paranoid and would tell them things that didn't really happen, etc., but they needed to see that in order to help her become stable. When we take our kids to the psychiatrist for their 15 minute visit, they don't have time to see all of the moods our kids go through - - they see their mood for those 15 minutes, and that's it. It was so beneficial to have the psychiatric hospital view her 24 hours a day and get a good idea of what she is like on a regular basis. I hope that your difficult child's rage was isolated, since you have had such good progress lately, but be aware that he is at that age where the hormones are going to come into play, and that can create havoc on his system and the medicines he's currently taking. medication adjustments are quite common during these growing periods and I hope you will leave the option open to have him evaluated at a psychiatric hospital if needed. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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