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difficult child is being admitted inpatient tomorrow
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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 238186" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Where he is going, psychiatric hospital?</p><p></p><p>Our experience was a 7-10 day stay, hardly enough time to administer, wait out and monitor a mood stabilizer. </p><p></p><p>The first day or so is hard, but the staff at the phospital have probably seen it all and is capable of handling the situation. Knowing ahead, you can prepare him, which is good. My son was 12, in the E.R. when we had to ship him up there, and it was a spur of the moment, very difficult transition for him.</p><p></p><p>My personal experience is, psychiatric *short term* stays aren't really beneficial, unless you're getting something specific while there (i.e. neuropsychological testing). You cannot really diagnose, monitor, medicate (and wait it out to see) a CHILD no less, in 7-10 days. Some medications take 6-8 weeks.</p><p></p><p>BUT, I hope you have a good experience. Really, I wish you the best. I'll keep my fingers crossed for your boy and say prayers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 238186, member: 2737"] Where he is going, psychiatric hospital? Our experience was a 7-10 day stay, hardly enough time to administer, wait out and monitor a mood stabilizer. The first day or so is hard, but the staff at the phospital have probably seen it all and is capable of handling the situation. Knowing ahead, you can prepare him, which is good. My son was 12, in the E.R. when we had to ship him up there, and it was a spur of the moment, very difficult transition for him. My personal experience is, psychiatric *short term* stays aren't really beneficial, unless you're getting something specific while there (i.e. neuropsychological testing). You cannot really diagnose, monitor, medicate (and wait it out to see) a CHILD no less, in 7-10 days. Some medications take 6-8 weeks. BUT, I hope you have a good experience. Really, I wish you the best. I'll keep my fingers crossed for your boy and say prayers :) [/QUOTE]
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