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butterflydreams
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My difficult child is being discharged on Thursday. I found out this morning. We went from no pressure to discharge him last week to we are going to discharge him Thursday. They said they are waiting until Thursday because they know I am concerned about him coming home and that my daughter is scared to have him home. So they want to have a family counseling session tomorrow with the 3 of us. As of last week they still didn't even have the records from the partial program that documented the psychosis. This doctor doesn't believe that my difficult child was having hallucinations or the violent homicidal thoughts he was having before being admitted to the other facility in March. Well, duh! He has been on Abilify since his March admission! Last week, she took him off the Abilify because she said she didn't feel he needed it. Just great! Take him off it and send him home. I understand they are an acute facility and if he isn't acting acute (which he is on good behavior) then administration discharge him. Because of my concern for him being able to maintain at home, they are keeping him on the waiting list for Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (it's a several month waiting list that I know of). If he has to be admitted again, it will be an automatic wait for Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I was told before that the counselor and the caseworker at the psychiatric hospital both felt he was a candidate for Residential Treatment Center (RTC) because he has had 3 hospitalizations in just over 6 months. The counselor had told me 2 weeks ago, not to worry about him coming home any time soon, and now this!
I have a phone call into his other doctor letting him know they are discharging him (he doesn't have privileges at the state facility) as well as to set up an appointment. I also have a phone call into our family counselor to set up an appointment and to let her know what is happening.
My daughter is going to flip a gasket when I get home and let her know what is going on. She is scared to be home with him. Frankly I am too. She has told me before that she can't live there with him. There really isn't any alternatives either. I really don't know what is going to happen. She was just getting settled down. I am glad that she has an appointment with the psychiatrist next week for herself (same doctor as difficult child so he is well aware of how difficult child affects her.
I am just so stressed right now.
Christy
I have a phone call into his other doctor letting him know they are discharging him (he doesn't have privileges at the state facility) as well as to set up an appointment. I also have a phone call into our family counselor to set up an appointment and to let her know what is happening.
My daughter is going to flip a gasket when I get home and let her know what is going on. She is scared to be home with him. Frankly I am too. She has told me before that she can't live there with him. There really isn't any alternatives either. I really don't know what is going to happen. She was just getting settled down. I am glad that she has an appointment with the psychiatrist next week for herself (same doctor as difficult child so he is well aware of how difficult child affects her.
I am just so stressed right now.
Christy