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<blockquote data-quote="KandiSue" data-source="post: 190573" data-attributes="member: 5831"><p>Thank you all for the warm welcome. Lets see if I can answer all your questions.</p><p> </p><p>This is my difficult child's second visit to the psychiatric hospital. The first one was almost two years ago. We went in for a medication wash and a breather, but it was a useless visit. The nurses kept giving him medications...sigh. So we pulled him out after 4 days.</p><p> </p><p>This visit is going MUCH better...we are on day 5 today. He is doing well, quite content and only slightly annoyed at the system and other kids. He tends to do very well in school and out in the public and saves his aggression and abusive behaviors for home. So they really aren't seeing a true pictue of who he is. But they understand that and are doing what they can for him.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child was verbally abusive to our family and physically abusive to myself and my other two children especially my other son. He had been 'threatening' to kill a couple of kids at school....but he is very passive aggressive so we weren't too worried about those threats. We were more worried about us at home. The turning point in admitting him was a 3 hour rage, attack, destroying his room, tantrum that decided that he would be admitted. Basically we were tired and needed to focus on the other two kids and heal some.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1/How was your child's early development? Speech, eye contact with strangers, imaginative play, interaction with peers, motor skills, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies, sensory issues? </strong></p><p> </p><p>difficult child walked early and talked early and tantrumed early lol. He did have difficulty with strangers and interacting with peers. But we honestly did not go out much. He was my oldest and I had 3 in 3 years. I was tired and suffering PPD after my third. </p><p> </p><p>We joked that the 2nd born could live through anything if he survived his first 6 months of life with his older brother. Yep, he was abusive at the age of 1. </p><p> </p><p>Other than not sleeping well he really had no other issues. He did have a mild speech delay, but nothing major.</p><p> </p><p>We went to a therapist regarding him when he was 2 years of age. She said he was manic depressive....we walked out. How dare she lol... We admitted we need medicine/psyciatric help when he was 6 years old and had a 'fit' and threw metal lawn furnature all over my in laws yard and choked his baby sister.</p><p> </p><p>He has seen a psychiatrist since and was 'officially' diagnosis BiPolar (BP) soon after. We are looking at an added diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or AS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2/ Any psychiatric problems or substance abuse on EITHER side of the bio. family tree?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Mothers side....depression but not too severe....myself, difficult child grandmother and his aunt.</p><p> </p><p>Fathers side....great uncle possible diagnosis of BiPolar (BP), he is deceased....Uncle self medicates with illegal drugs....difficult child grandmother is crazy....no really!! she just won't admit it.</p><p> </p><p>My husband and I are tired...but doing well. There just aren't enough hours in the day and the other two kiddos are just not getting the attention they really need....sigh. Not sure how to do it all.</p><p> </p><p>Kandi </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Kandi-35 Depression ~ Cymbalta 60 mg</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Mom To:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>difficult child</strong> 11 ~ BiPolar (BP); Melatonin, recently taken off zyprexa, lithium; 6th grader in Public School with- IEP, in patient starting Tenex .5 mg, possible added diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or AS</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>son</strong> 10 ~ Extremely angry little boy; 5th grader</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>daughter</strong> 8 ~ 3rd grader</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">husband- James 36 My rock</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KandiSue, post: 190573, member: 5831"] Thank you all for the warm welcome. Lets see if I can answer all your questions. This is my difficult child's second visit to the psychiatric hospital. The first one was almost two years ago. We went in for a medication wash and a breather, but it was a useless visit. The nurses kept giving him medications...sigh. So we pulled him out after 4 days. This visit is going MUCH better...we are on day 5 today. He is doing well, quite content and only slightly annoyed at the system and other kids. He tends to do very well in school and out in the public and saves his aggression and abusive behaviors for home. So they really aren't seeing a true pictue of who he is. But they understand that and are doing what they can for him. My difficult child was verbally abusive to our family and physically abusive to myself and my other two children especially my other son. He had been 'threatening' to kill a couple of kids at school....but he is very passive aggressive so we weren't too worried about those threats. We were more worried about us at home. The turning point in admitting him was a 3 hour rage, attack, destroying his room, tantrum that decided that he would be admitted. Basically we were tired and needed to focus on the other two kids and heal some. [B]1/How was your child's early development? Speech, eye contact with strangers, imaginative play, interaction with peers, motor skills, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies, sensory issues? [/B] difficult child walked early and talked early and tantrumed early lol. He did have difficulty with strangers and interacting with peers. But we honestly did not go out much. He was my oldest and I had 3 in 3 years. I was tired and suffering PPD after my third. We joked that the 2nd born could live through anything if he survived his first 6 months of life with his older brother. Yep, he was abusive at the age of 1. Other than not sleeping well he really had no other issues. He did have a mild speech delay, but nothing major. We went to a therapist regarding him when he was 2 years of age. She said he was manic depressive....we walked out. How dare she lol... We admitted we need medicine/psyciatric help when he was 6 years old and had a 'fit' and threw metal lawn furnature all over my in laws yard and choked his baby sister. He has seen a psychiatrist since and was 'officially' diagnosis BiPolar (BP) soon after. We are looking at an added diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or AS. [B]2/ Any psychiatric problems or substance abuse on EITHER side of the bio. family tree?[/B] Mothers side....depression but not too severe....myself, difficult child grandmother and his aunt. Fathers side....great uncle possible diagnosis of BiPolar (BP), he is deceased....Uncle self medicates with illegal drugs....difficult child grandmother is crazy....no really!! she just won't admit it. My husband and I are tired...but doing well. There just aren't enough hours in the day and the other two kiddos are just not getting the attention they really need....sigh. Not sure how to do it all. Kandi ---------------------------------------------------- [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Kandi-35 Depression ~ Cymbalta 60 mg[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Mom To: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][B]difficult child[/B] 11 ~ BiPolar (BP); Melatonin, recently taken off zyprexa, lithium; 6th grader in Public School with- IEP, in patient starting Tenex .5 mg, possible added diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or AS[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][B]son[/B] 10 ~ Extremely angry little boy; 5th grader[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][B]daughter[/B] 8 ~ 3rd grader husband- James 36 My rock[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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