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13 year old in psychiatric ward for first time
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<blockquote data-quote="Otto von Bismark" data-source="post: 466658" data-attributes="member: 12905"><p>I am going to follow what "Seriously" and others have suggested about charting things, behaviors, medications, etc...and see what happens. I am going to ask the clinical psychologist tonight about waiting a day or two with the medications. </p><p>Already my son says he has reduced thoughts of suicide and has has not had Zoloft yesterday and today. We will see. He was starting to talk funny and this, too, has reduced after two days without Zoloft.</p><p></p><p>Part of what confuses me is he says he feels suicidal, then a half an hour later talks about going to a golf tournament in November, or seeing a movie that is being advertised. Could this be REALLY rapid cycling? Maybe it is autism -- he does tend to grab onto ideas presented to him, and apply them over and over. For instance, the vocab learned and behaviors witnessed in the hospital are showing up over and over now that he has seen/heard them. </p><p></p><p>He is saying he is sad/angry because his grandmother moved away, he is saying that he is sad/angry because his dad and I divorced when he was 1, and he is saying that he is sad/angry that he got bullied in public school 4 years ago. These could all be true, but we have talked a lot about his feelings -- over the last several years -- regarding these issues, done reading about it, role-playing, written it down, and communicated in many ways about the feelings he had and might one day have. I don't know what more I could have done to help him with these feelings. It seems so strange that he is now telling his school counselor that he wants to kill himself because his grandma moved away.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, I will see if it is okay to wait a tiny bit and see how he feels and is behaving before we try the Abilify.</p><p>I would like to see if he can go a day or more without wanting to die. Bless his heart, he does tell us when he feels this way, which is wonderful. We need him to feel safe when telling us things, which he now does.</p><p></p><p>I want to holler a big thank you to you all, yet again. I would be navigating this poorly without out your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto von Bismark, post: 466658, member: 12905"] I am going to follow what "Seriously" and others have suggested about charting things, behaviors, medications, etc...and see what happens. I am going to ask the clinical psychologist tonight about waiting a day or two with the medications. Already my son says he has reduced thoughts of suicide and has has not had Zoloft yesterday and today. We will see. He was starting to talk funny and this, too, has reduced after two days without Zoloft. Part of what confuses me is he says he feels suicidal, then a half an hour later talks about going to a golf tournament in November, or seeing a movie that is being advertised. Could this be REALLY rapid cycling? Maybe it is autism -- he does tend to grab onto ideas presented to him, and apply them over and over. For instance, the vocab learned and behaviors witnessed in the hospital are showing up over and over now that he has seen/heard them. He is saying he is sad/angry because his grandmother moved away, he is saying that he is sad/angry because his dad and I divorced when he was 1, and he is saying that he is sad/angry that he got bullied in public school 4 years ago. These could all be true, but we have talked a lot about his feelings -- over the last several years -- regarding these issues, done reading about it, role-playing, written it down, and communicated in many ways about the feelings he had and might one day have. I don't know what more I could have done to help him with these feelings. It seems so strange that he is now telling his school counselor that he wants to kill himself because his grandma moved away. At any rate, I will see if it is okay to wait a tiny bit and see how he feels and is behaving before we try the Abilify. I would like to see if he can go a day or more without wanting to die. Bless his heart, he does tell us when he feels this way, which is wonderful. We need him to feel safe when telling us things, which he now does. I want to holler a big thank you to you all, yet again. I would be navigating this poorly without out your help. [/QUOTE]
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