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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 137650" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am so sorry it has been this frustrating. I know how hard the psychiatric hospital stays can be on the whole family. ESP when they want to send him home and you KNOW it is not a good idea.</p><p> </p><p>Verapimil is a calcium channel blocker. I know because it is used to help prevent migraines sometimes. I am not sure what psychiatric effects it is supposed to have.</p><p> </p><p>Has you son shown his "true colors" at the psychiatric hospital, or is that limited to to times when he is alone with you all or when he is with peers? IF he has not shown the extent of his behaviors, maybe what I did will help you. I warn you that this is HARD, it may make you as physically ill as it did me. But it DID result in my son being held in the psychiatric hospital until he actually got some help.</p><p> </p><p>Here is what I did:</p><p> </p><p>I went into a therapy session, having warned the therapist first, and pressed EVERY button my difficult child had, until he showed what he REALLY was like. I did NOTHING violent, just didn't let him waffle on anything. Made him face me with the attacks on his sister, with the violence to me. I didn't let him get away with "I don't know" as an answer. Ther result was UGLY, in the extreme. But so was his behavior at home - at the psychiatric hospital he was an angel. I learned all sorts of things I hadn't known, and found the abuse to his sister was FAR more extreme than I had any idea of.</p><p> </p><p>This isn't for everyone. It is HARD on everyone involved. My husband was totally not on board, but difficult child never beat HIM up. And husband NEVER admitted difficult child's problems were as bad as they were. He just wanted to hide them. But it couldn't happen if my difficult child (and hte rest of us) were to have futures.</p><p> </p><p>It may be something to think about, esp if your son is cooperating at the psychiatric hospital.</p><p> </p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 137650, member: 1233"] I am so sorry it has been this frustrating. I know how hard the psychiatric hospital stays can be on the whole family. ESP when they want to send him home and you KNOW it is not a good idea. Verapimil is a calcium channel blocker. I know because it is used to help prevent migraines sometimes. I am not sure what psychiatric effects it is supposed to have. Has you son shown his "true colors" at the psychiatric hospital, or is that limited to to times when he is alone with you all or when he is with peers? IF he has not shown the extent of his behaviors, maybe what I did will help you. I warn you that this is HARD, it may make you as physically ill as it did me. But it DID result in my son being held in the psychiatric hospital until he actually got some help. Here is what I did: I went into a therapy session, having warned the therapist first, and pressed EVERY button my difficult child had, until he showed what he REALLY was like. I did NOTHING violent, just didn't let him waffle on anything. Made him face me with the attacks on his sister, with the violence to me. I didn't let him get away with "I don't know" as an answer. Ther result was UGLY, in the extreme. But so was his behavior at home - at the psychiatric hospital he was an angel. I learned all sorts of things I hadn't known, and found the abuse to his sister was FAR more extreme than I had any idea of. This isn't for everyone. It is HARD on everyone involved. My husband was totally not on board, but difficult child never beat HIM up. And husband NEVER admitted difficult child's problems were as bad as they were. He just wanted to hide them. But it couldn't happen if my difficult child (and hte rest of us) were to have futures. It may be something to think about, esp if your son is cooperating at the psychiatric hospital. Susie [/QUOTE]
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