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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 358036" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Your boyfriend sounds wonderful! He's a keeper!!!</p><p> </p><p>Best of luck, Xlagirl. Your decision does not come lightly.</p><p> </p><p>Our experience with-difficult child at psychiatric hospital was not as dramatic as with-Tiapet. difficult child raged in the a.m. b4 school and went after husband. easy child was so upset, she couldn't pay attention at school. She told the school counselor. Counselor knew our therapist personally, got easy child a lunchtime appointment. easy child encapsulated everything for therapist. Therapist made phone call to us, then to psychiatric hospital to prepare for difficult child. We packed a suitcase (something I learned from this board), picked up difficult child and drove to the hospital. He was feeling so awful about the a.m. rage that he didn't dare open his mouth in the car, until he saw the sign for the psychiatric hospital and then he said, "Is this where I'm going?"</p><p>We said yes, and he gave a big sigh, said he didn't want to go, but walked in with-us anyway.</p><p>He seemed so small and vulnerable all of a sudden, it broke my heart.</p><p>on the other hand, they did a pretty good evaluation and started him on clonidine, and when we had our first family visit, he smiled for the first time in wks. He was so happy and loving I thought, I knew there was a real kid in there somewhere! </p><p>The psychiatric hospital gave a discharge diagnosis of "mood disorder, not otherwise specified," which is a mishmash basket of terms that doesn't mean diddly squat, but they also forced us to get a psychiatrist to do medications once difficult child was released, so we would have someone coordinate all the medications instead of the pediatrician, neurologist, whatever. </p><p>I figured out Asperger's on my own, but took difficult child to a local dr who specializes in spectrum disorders and had him run a whole slew of tests (incl a psycho educational test to see if difficult child was at grade level).</p><p> </p><p>When you take your difficult child in, you can certainly tell him it's because of his rages, but tell him that <strong>it's not because he's bad.</strong> It's to help him learn to be calm and learn more about the way his mind and body work. Tell him it's a hospital but he probably won't have many needles (that's the first thing kids want to know!). They will probably draw blood but that's about it. The rest is talking and listening. He'll be relieved to hear that. Tell him you can visit in a day or two and that the hospital visit is just for a short time. You want to give him enough info so he's not anxious but if you give him too much info, you'll ramp him up. It's a fine line.</p><p> </p><p>Best of luck! Many hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 358036, member: 3419"] Your boyfriend sounds wonderful! He's a keeper!!! Best of luck, Xlagirl. Your decision does not come lightly. Our experience with-difficult child at psychiatric hospital was not as dramatic as with-Tiapet. difficult child raged in the a.m. b4 school and went after husband. easy child was so upset, she couldn't pay attention at school. She told the school counselor. Counselor knew our therapist personally, got easy child a lunchtime appointment. easy child encapsulated everything for therapist. Therapist made phone call to us, then to psychiatric hospital to prepare for difficult child. We packed a suitcase (something I learned from this board), picked up difficult child and drove to the hospital. He was feeling so awful about the a.m. rage that he didn't dare open his mouth in the car, until he saw the sign for the psychiatric hospital and then he said, "Is this where I'm going?" We said yes, and he gave a big sigh, said he didn't want to go, but walked in with-us anyway. He seemed so small and vulnerable all of a sudden, it broke my heart. on the other hand, they did a pretty good evaluation and started him on clonidine, and when we had our first family visit, he smiled for the first time in wks. He was so happy and loving I thought, I knew there was a real kid in there somewhere! The psychiatric hospital gave a discharge diagnosis of "mood disorder, not otherwise specified," which is a mishmash basket of terms that doesn't mean diddly squat, but they also forced us to get a psychiatrist to do medications once difficult child was released, so we would have someone coordinate all the medications instead of the pediatrician, neurologist, whatever. I figured out Asperger's on my own, but took difficult child to a local dr who specializes in spectrum disorders and had him run a whole slew of tests (incl a psycho educational test to see if difficult child was at grade level). When you take your difficult child in, you can certainly tell him it's because of his rages, but tell him that [B]it's not because he's bad.[/B] It's to help him learn to be calm and learn more about the way his mind and body work. Tell him it's a hospital but he probably won't have many needles (that's the first thing kids want to know!). They will probably draw blood but that's about it. The rest is talking and listening. He'll be relieved to hear that. Tell him you can visit in a day or two and that the hospital visit is just for a short time. You want to give him enough info so he's not anxious but if you give him too much info, you'll ramp him up. It's a fine line. Best of luck! Many hugs. [/QUOTE]
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