Dreamer-I don't think so. Actually, the psychologist spoke with them on the phone at my house and he told them that he thought getting him to agree to go to school would be the best thing at this time. difficult child had told me he would rather be in the hospital than go to school a short while before. When they went up to talk to him and saw the state he was in, and the state of his room (and that he was refusing school)they told us that it was clear that he was not caring for himself and that he needed help. They then decided to talk to him about voluntarily going to the hospital. They had told us that they thought we should get the paperwork and do an involuntary based on what they saw of his condition. They were also concerned that he kicked me, and he had also been telling me that he was going to stab me in my sleep. They take that sort of talk seriously. Plus I have needed to call husband to come home and help me before when I was alone with him. I just had surgery and could not move, and he was throwing my medications around the room and kicking my mattress around with me on it because I told him that because he did not go to school, I did not feel he should be on the internet.
Now, difficult child had a different idea about the hospital. He told me that he thought he would be able to lay around and sleep, and basically not do anything except eat and maybe watch TV. I told him that he would be doing therapy, talking to doctors a lot, and even having school work while he was in there. I don't think he actually believed me. Perhaps that is why he is now mad. He blames us right now. I think that in time he will get over being mad. I just am hoping that he can start to function again and feel good about himself.
