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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 539925" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>Carol - Thank you very much for sharing your experience with your daughter with me. It helps to learn from others experience. </p><p></p><p>I want to thank all of you for your support. </p><p></p><p>The therapist (R) that was supposed to be awesome and was recommended by both the school and hospital called me today - and he really is awesome. He took the time to talk to me for quite a while and showed remarkable insight into my son and his behaviour. He said he totally understood what difficult child was saying when he said he flips in and out of suicidal thoughts and when he's in them he just can't be rational. He also pegged difficult child as very intelligent and a quick thinker based on what I was saying - which is very true. He said to me that I need to monitor him closely, communicate with him and assess his mood often. He felt that the situation is pretty urgent and that he needs to be seen by a psychiatrist asap - days, not weeks. Of course he knew who the child psychiatric at the hospital was and he wasn't impressed by him either. I'm to take him back to the hospital or another hospital if difficult child gets bad again. He can't see difficult child for 2 weeks but recommended a psychiatrist that may be able to see him quicker. So I called the psychiatrists office and they want me to get in to my family doctor tomorrow and get a referral faxed over. Initially the secretary said 4 to 6 weeks but I told her the therapist (R) said he needs help in days not weeks so I think she is going to see what she can do. Please pray I can get him in next week.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime I got a call from a psychologist (dr B) at the other centre that I had a call into and they can see him July 10 to start assessing him - but they can't prescribe medications and the therapist (R) thinks he needs them based on our conversation so I took the appointment and told her to pencil difficult child in and I'd call to confirm by Friday - so I'm hoping to get into the psychiatrist before July 10 and get that confirmed by Friday - then I could cancel with the psychologist. </p><p></p><p>After my conversation with the therapist (R) I no longer doubt what my son is saying, no longer believe it's attention seeking behaviour. R asked me if difficult child was happy manic at times so I think he suspects bipolar - guess we will find out. There were things that difficult child said that sounded odd to me and I wondered if they were made up attention seeking things or if this was the reality of someone with severe depression. When I mentioned them to R he validated what difficult child was saying completely. I am hoping to get difficult child in to see R soon - he is great, down to earth and someone a teen could really relate to. He asked me to call him back as soon as I had gotten the doctors appts lined up for difficult child and let him know what was happening. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 539925, member: 14356"] Carol - Thank you very much for sharing your experience with your daughter with me. It helps to learn from others experience. I want to thank all of you for your support. The therapist (R) that was supposed to be awesome and was recommended by both the school and hospital called me today - and he really is awesome. He took the time to talk to me for quite a while and showed remarkable insight into my son and his behaviour. He said he totally understood what difficult child was saying when he said he flips in and out of suicidal thoughts and when he's in them he just can't be rational. He also pegged difficult child as very intelligent and a quick thinker based on what I was saying - which is very true. He said to me that I need to monitor him closely, communicate with him and assess his mood often. He felt that the situation is pretty urgent and that he needs to be seen by a psychiatrist asap - days, not weeks. Of course he knew who the child psychiatric at the hospital was and he wasn't impressed by him either. I'm to take him back to the hospital or another hospital if difficult child gets bad again. He can't see difficult child for 2 weeks but recommended a psychiatrist that may be able to see him quicker. So I called the psychiatrists office and they want me to get in to my family doctor tomorrow and get a referral faxed over. Initially the secretary said 4 to 6 weeks but I told her the therapist (R) said he needs help in days not weeks so I think she is going to see what she can do. Please pray I can get him in next week. In the meantime I got a call from a psychologist (dr B) at the other centre that I had a call into and they can see him July 10 to start assessing him - but they can't prescribe medications and the therapist (R) thinks he needs them based on our conversation so I took the appointment and told her to pencil difficult child in and I'd call to confirm by Friday - so I'm hoping to get into the psychiatrist before July 10 and get that confirmed by Friday - then I could cancel with the psychologist. After my conversation with the therapist (R) I no longer doubt what my son is saying, no longer believe it's attention seeking behaviour. R asked me if difficult child was happy manic at times so I think he suspects bipolar - guess we will find out. There were things that difficult child said that sounded odd to me and I wondered if they were made up attention seeking things or if this was the reality of someone with severe depression. When I mentioned them to R he validated what difficult child was saying completely. I am hoping to get difficult child in to see R soon - he is great, down to earth and someone a teen could really relate to. He asked me to call him back as soon as I had gotten the doctors appts lined up for difficult child and let him know what was happening. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. [/QUOTE]
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