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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 457538" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am sorry. It is so hard to have your child hallucinate. I think that he needs to be seen by a psychiatrist. This could be bipolar, but it doesn't make sense to me that it would just go away while he was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I have not heard ANY stories here where that happened. I have heard of kids honeymooning for up to several months, but that is very different. I would want the doctors to evaluate him for schizoaffective disorder and to consider treatment for that. I also think that anxiety is playing a HUGE role in this.</p><p></p><p>It may be that symptoms resolved while he was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) because of the very very strict scheduling and rigid structure of Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I don't know if you are on a schedule at home, but it might help to set up one and stick to it as much as you can with a large household. I say this, but am guessing you have likely already done a lot as far as setting up routines - most big families have to do this!</p><p></p><p>He NEEDS help for the anxiety. It is so frustrating to me to know how many of our kids here are so crippled with anxiety. Docs say they don't want to give anxiety medications because "addiction issues" but reality is that if left untreated, the anxiety will drive our kids to self medicate with drugs and alcohol. You may have to go back on medications for anxiety. controllilng his anxiety with medications may help reduce the hallucinations and may help with his other problems too.</p><p></p><p>Ask the local children's hospital (if you are near one) to set you up with biofeedback for him. He should be able to do it. Also consider having him listen to guided meditations. There are a lot of good meditation programs and many are free online. My husband uses a lot of them and I will ask him for names/websites if you want. Also consider aromatherapy. it isn't going to "fix" him, but if these things can help take an edge off of the anxiety then it can't HURT. (Though they are not an alternative to seeing a psychiatrist or developmental pediatrician). One mom here got a gizmo called a stress eraser for her son - he put his finger into the machine and would breathe slowly and try to calm himself and progress was shown in little red lights. It was just a simple method of biofeedback but it seemed to really help her son learn to take control of his anxiety. If you check amazon or ebay for stress eraser you should be able to find out more about it.</p><p></p><p>As for blood draws, I know they are an ordeal. Has your son ever verbalized or communicated why he was so upset/angry/scared of the blood draw? Asking that at a CALM time, when one is not imminent, could give important clues to help keep it from being so bad the next time. Lidocaine cream is also a BIG help. I know one prand is called LMX4 and is OTC but you have to ask the pharmacist for it. Or the doctor can write an rx for lidocaine cream or for emla cream (lidocaine and prilocaine cream). Just apply the cream about 20-30 min before the shot or blood draw and the area will be numb. The creams are also great for splinters and many other things. If the doctor won't give you the rx and/or the pharm is out, check the area with stuff for burns and get a bottle of BurnJel Plus. It is about $7 for 4 oz as far as I remember. It has lidocaine in it and will help with the blood work, just put a thick layer on and let it soak in. (it is awesome for a LOT of things - esp acne because it has tea tree oil and really really speeds healing and stops picking because it numbs the area!).</p><p></p><p>IF you can get difficult child to talk about WHY he freaks out at blood draws, you may be surprised. Whatever his reasons, you will have a place to start to help him through this - because we ALL need bloodwork and/or shots at some point in our lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 457538, member: 1233"] I am sorry. It is so hard to have your child hallucinate. I think that he needs to be seen by a psychiatrist. This could be bipolar, but it doesn't make sense to me that it would just go away while he was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I have not heard ANY stories here where that happened. I have heard of kids honeymooning for up to several months, but that is very different. I would want the doctors to evaluate him for schizoaffective disorder and to consider treatment for that. I also think that anxiety is playing a HUGE role in this. It may be that symptoms resolved while he was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) because of the very very strict scheduling and rigid structure of Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I don't know if you are on a schedule at home, but it might help to set up one and stick to it as much as you can with a large household. I say this, but am guessing you have likely already done a lot as far as setting up routines - most big families have to do this! He NEEDS help for the anxiety. It is so frustrating to me to know how many of our kids here are so crippled with anxiety. Docs say they don't want to give anxiety medications because "addiction issues" but reality is that if left untreated, the anxiety will drive our kids to self medicate with drugs and alcohol. You may have to go back on medications for anxiety. controllilng his anxiety with medications may help reduce the hallucinations and may help with his other problems too. Ask the local children's hospital (if you are near one) to set you up with biofeedback for him. He should be able to do it. Also consider having him listen to guided meditations. There are a lot of good meditation programs and many are free online. My husband uses a lot of them and I will ask him for names/websites if you want. Also consider aromatherapy. it isn't going to "fix" him, but if these things can help take an edge off of the anxiety then it can't HURT. (Though they are not an alternative to seeing a psychiatrist or developmental pediatrician). One mom here got a gizmo called a stress eraser for her son - he put his finger into the machine and would breathe slowly and try to calm himself and progress was shown in little red lights. It was just a simple method of biofeedback but it seemed to really help her son learn to take control of his anxiety. If you check amazon or ebay for stress eraser you should be able to find out more about it. As for blood draws, I know they are an ordeal. Has your son ever verbalized or communicated why he was so upset/angry/scared of the blood draw? Asking that at a CALM time, when one is not imminent, could give important clues to help keep it from being so bad the next time. Lidocaine cream is also a BIG help. I know one prand is called LMX4 and is OTC but you have to ask the pharmacist for it. Or the doctor can write an rx for lidocaine cream or for emla cream (lidocaine and prilocaine cream). Just apply the cream about 20-30 min before the shot or blood draw and the area will be numb. The creams are also great for splinters and many other things. If the doctor won't give you the rx and/or the pharm is out, check the area with stuff for burns and get a bottle of BurnJel Plus. It is about $7 for 4 oz as far as I remember. It has lidocaine in it and will help with the blood work, just put a thick layer on and let it soak in. (it is awesome for a LOT of things - esp acne because it has tea tree oil and really really speeds healing and stops picking because it numbs the area!). IF you can get difficult child to talk about WHY he freaks out at blood draws, you may be surprised. Whatever his reasons, you will have a place to start to help him through this - because we ALL need bloodwork and/or shots at some point in our lives. [/QUOTE]
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