Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
(PMT) Parent Mgmt Training
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 195304" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>anonymous - It was awful to place him in the psychiatric hospital. What led to it was that we were taking him off of medications he had been on for over a year under the direction of his psychiatrist. This was over a 4 week period and he began to spirial in daycare and at home. His psychiatrist was overseas and difficult child was running out of daycare into the street (he has always been a flight risk). He just began to become unmanageable. His psychiatrist (even though overseas always in contact) highly recommended we take difficult child to the ER. I have a 3 ring binder that I carry documenting all we have been through and I showed this to the on call psychiatrist. The on call psychiatrist said he wanted to get him in there (even though he wasn't presenting at that time)and that it is very rare that kids who come to the ER are almost medication free. It broke our hearts to do it, but I have to selfishly say my husband and I has 3 weeks of respite (much needed). We visited difficult child every other day and for several hours on weekends, but there they were able to see him off medications, trial a stimulant and see that that wouldn't work for him either.</p><p></p><p>We thought difficult child would be tramatized by a 3 week seperation. This is a kid with-high anxiety separation. Even though I used to travel a lot for work after he was born (so it wasn't anything new and he went to daycare from the age of 4 months). Surprisingly, he did very well and he was able to be observed 24/7.</p><p></p><p>Our difficult child also had an IEP in kindergarten and a one on one para. He continues to have a para in first grade too, but he had a frightening meltdown and is now separated from his class. We are currently in the process of getting out of district placement for him for first grade. Which is also very heartbreaking considering how well he is doing at home. difficult child cannot handle any type of stimulaion he goes batty. He has even FINALLy after all the years of trying to understand what was wrong has been able to tell us the class room is too noisy he can't understand what is being said.</p><p></p><p>Finding support IS hard. We have the psychiatrist and a family therapist. I have been encouraged by our therapist and the hospital where he stayed to contact DCF voluntary services, because they can open a bunch of doors to programs to help us and difficult child. We have the support of family in terms of talking things out, but we don't have grandparents take difficult child very often because he is so much work. I have never left him with-a babysitter!</p><p></p><p>I would push for the neuropsychologist evaluation. They can pick up on things that others miss. In our case she agreed with the ADHD and the mood disorder and ruled out learning disabilities. difficult child is a smart one. The medication he is on (Pamelor aka nortriptilyne) is an antidepressant that used to be used for ADHD before stimulants came along. The Seroquel is a mood stablizer. My difficult child went from not focusing on anything to actually playing with toys for 30 min plus (he had never in his life been able to do that). He is holding together at daycare after school and has always been pretty polite, but now even more so. He may still have small bouts of tears and fussing when not getting his way, but I am able to talk him out of it instead of him going into rages. </p><p></p><p>For children that have a mood disorder it is about finding the right medication or combination of medication. I cannot say for certaing that my child is bipolar although he has that diagnosis, but he definatley has a mood disorder. My mother in law and her sister are both bipolar and my husband is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 195304, member: 3477"] anonymous - It was awful to place him in the psychiatric hospital. What led to it was that we were taking him off of medications he had been on for over a year under the direction of his psychiatrist. This was over a 4 week period and he began to spirial in daycare and at home. His psychiatrist was overseas and difficult child was running out of daycare into the street (he has always been a flight risk). He just began to become unmanageable. His psychiatrist (even though overseas always in contact) highly recommended we take difficult child to the ER. I have a 3 ring binder that I carry documenting all we have been through and I showed this to the on call psychiatrist. The on call psychiatrist said he wanted to get him in there (even though he wasn't presenting at that time)and that it is very rare that kids who come to the ER are almost medication free. It broke our hearts to do it, but I have to selfishly say my husband and I has 3 weeks of respite (much needed). We visited difficult child every other day and for several hours on weekends, but there they were able to see him off medications, trial a stimulant and see that that wouldn't work for him either. We thought difficult child would be tramatized by a 3 week seperation. This is a kid with-high anxiety separation. Even though I used to travel a lot for work after he was born (so it wasn't anything new and he went to daycare from the age of 4 months). Surprisingly, he did very well and he was able to be observed 24/7. Our difficult child also had an IEP in kindergarten and a one on one para. He continues to have a para in first grade too, but he had a frightening meltdown and is now separated from his class. We are currently in the process of getting out of district placement for him for first grade. Which is also very heartbreaking considering how well he is doing at home. difficult child cannot handle any type of stimulaion he goes batty. He has even FINALLy after all the years of trying to understand what was wrong has been able to tell us the class room is too noisy he can't understand what is being said. Finding support IS hard. We have the psychiatrist and a family therapist. I have been encouraged by our therapist and the hospital where he stayed to contact DCF voluntary services, because they can open a bunch of doors to programs to help us and difficult child. We have the support of family in terms of talking things out, but we don't have grandparents take difficult child very often because he is so much work. I have never left him with-a babysitter! I would push for the neuropsychologist evaluation. They can pick up on things that others miss. In our case she agreed with the ADHD and the mood disorder and ruled out learning disabilities. difficult child is a smart one. The medication he is on (Pamelor aka nortriptilyne) is an antidepressant that used to be used for ADHD before stimulants came along. The Seroquel is a mood stablizer. My difficult child went from not focusing on anything to actually playing with toys for 30 min plus (he had never in his life been able to do that). He is holding together at daycare after school and has always been pretty polite, but now even more so. He may still have small bouts of tears and fussing when not getting his way, but I am able to talk him out of it instead of him going into rages. For children that have a mood disorder it is about finding the right medication or combination of medication. I cannot say for certaing that my child is bipolar although he has that diagnosis, but he definatley has a mood disorder. My mother in law and her sister are both bipolar and my husband is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
(PMT) Parent Mgmt Training
Top