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UPDATE: difficult child is in psychiatric hospital....my worst nightmare
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<blockquote data-quote="Loving Abbey 2" data-source="post: 145804" data-attributes="member: 4845"><p>Well, I'm feeling a little better right now. Abbey is doing better today. She only had to go to the time out/quiet room once. She said to me, mama I'm on level 3, I'm doing good so I will get to go home soon. And the clarity of that statement was a sigh of relief. A moment of HER being there and present and understanding why she is there.</p><p> </p><p>People who understand mental illness are always saying you wouldn't deny your child insulin if they had diabetes, so why deny them medication for mental illness. Specifically to having difficult child in the hospital, the head of my religous organization said to me, if abbey had cancer would you just take her home, get hospice and hope for the best? No you would admit her to the hospital for however long it takes to get her healthy. While this is not cancer her behaviors do pose a real risk of serious harm or death if they continue on this path without appropriate treatment. And that spoke to me. Maybe I was just ready to hear it at that moment. </p><p> </p><p>Not putting her in the hospital when I did would have meant that I saw the risk of her hurting someone else, hurting herself and the suffering she was experiencing, knowing I couldn't do anything to help her and deciding it was okay for her to continue on this path to total destruction. </p><p> </p><p>SRL-yes this was 3 or 4 weeks after a medication change, discontinue of Abilify and lowering of Lithium. I'd like to see them take her off all her medications since she is already there and see what we are really working with. With how sensitive she is to the medication changes, I'd just like to get this over with so she can be stable again. </p><p> </p><p>Right now I am okay, who knows what the next moment will bring. I am so grateful for all of your continued support. I would be lost without it. You are all helping me through this one moment at a time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loving Abbey 2, post: 145804, member: 4845"] Well, I'm feeling a little better right now. Abbey is doing better today. She only had to go to the time out/quiet room once. She said to me, mama I'm on level 3, I'm doing good so I will get to go home soon. And the clarity of that statement was a sigh of relief. A moment of HER being there and present and understanding why she is there. People who understand mental illness are always saying you wouldn't deny your child insulin if they had diabetes, so why deny them medication for mental illness. Specifically to having difficult child in the hospital, the head of my religous organization said to me, if abbey had cancer would you just take her home, get hospice and hope for the best? No you would admit her to the hospital for however long it takes to get her healthy. While this is not cancer her behaviors do pose a real risk of serious harm or death if they continue on this path without appropriate treatment. And that spoke to me. Maybe I was just ready to hear it at that moment. Not putting her in the hospital when I did would have meant that I saw the risk of her hurting someone else, hurting herself and the suffering she was experiencing, knowing I couldn't do anything to help her and deciding it was okay for her to continue on this path to total destruction. SRL-yes this was 3 or 4 weeks after a medication change, discontinue of Abilify and lowering of Lithium. I'd like to see them take her off all her medications since she is already there and see what we are really working with. With how sensitive she is to the medication changes, I'd just like to get this over with so she can be stable again. Right now I am okay, who knows what the next moment will bring. I am so grateful for all of your continued support. I would be lost without it. You are all helping me through this one moment at a time. [/QUOTE]
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