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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 747427" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am sorry your son is so ill. If Tyler is his real name, you might want to change it hear on the forum to protect his privacy. Most of us do this and it is recommended.</p><p></p><p>It can be hard to have your child in a facility. I know, my son spent 4 months in a psychiatric hospital on a locked ward. It was grueling for the rest of us. Especially because to actually speak to the doctor, I had to be an hour away by the 6am meeting he held. Otherwise I could only speak to the nurses and the therapist. I strongly advise and encourage you to be actively involved as much as is possible while he is there. My son is an adult now, but he remembers all the times I was at the facility for therapy, to visit, or even just to see the doctor at such a horribly early hour (I am SOOOOOO not a morning person!). He says it was the first time he realized just how devoted we are to him. None of the other kids had parents who came to almost every visiting session, showed up in person or at all for the various types of therapy, etc... Also, if they know you are going to be tehre often, I think they treat your child better. Of course my son didn't tell me any of that until many years later. But 14 years later, he still appreciates it.</p><p></p><p>We are here for you. We can offer more concrete advice if you can give us more details about what your family is going through - your son's behaviors, diagnosis, etc.... There will be very little you can say to scare us off. We have been through the wars and won't think you are exaggerating or making it up. For example, my son ended up in the hospital for trying to kill his little sister. And coming very close to succeeding. The cat got me up and led me to my daughter's room or I would never have known until it was too late. The cat we had at the time quite literally saved my then 8 year old daughter's life. No one here ran away from me, and we won't run away from you either. It really is a safe space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 747427, member: 1233"] I am sorry your son is so ill. If Tyler is his real name, you might want to change it hear on the forum to protect his privacy. Most of us do this and it is recommended. It can be hard to have your child in a facility. I know, my son spent 4 months in a psychiatric hospital on a locked ward. It was grueling for the rest of us. Especially because to actually speak to the doctor, I had to be an hour away by the 6am meeting he held. Otherwise I could only speak to the nurses and the therapist. I strongly advise and encourage you to be actively involved as much as is possible while he is there. My son is an adult now, but he remembers all the times I was at the facility for therapy, to visit, or even just to see the doctor at such a horribly early hour (I am SOOOOOO not a morning person!). He says it was the first time he realized just how devoted we are to him. None of the other kids had parents who came to almost every visiting session, showed up in person or at all for the various types of therapy, etc... Also, if they know you are going to be tehre often, I think they treat your child better. Of course my son didn't tell me any of that until many years later. But 14 years later, he still appreciates it. We are here for you. We can offer more concrete advice if you can give us more details about what your family is going through - your son's behaviors, diagnosis, etc.... There will be very little you can say to scare us off. We have been through the wars and won't think you are exaggerating or making it up. For example, my son ended up in the hospital for trying to kill his little sister. And coming very close to succeeding. The cat got me up and led me to my daughter's room or I would never have known until it was too late. The cat we had at the time quite literally saved my then 8 year old daughter's life. No one here ran away from me, and we won't run away from you either. It really is a safe space. [/QUOTE]
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