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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 408924" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Hugs to you! I can imagine how emotional you are going through this. I am glad to hear that the facility did take steps to try to give her something before the injection.</p><p> </p><p>The facility my difficult child was in also used medications when the kids where super upset. There was a standing order for my difficult child to help him through panic attacks. I think it is common for a facility to obtain permission to administer drugs to help calm their patients when they get to a certain state. As long as they are doing what they can to address the issues before the rage sets in (that is the times you can predict it coming on - I know there are many times that it is just there without warning) it is all part of the process. There should also be a plan of what criteria has to be met before the injection is given. It would put your mind at ease knowing that they are not just injecting her so readily and that other methods are used also while she is there.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child refused once because he was sooo upset but no one would talk to him - it was the night shift and those staff just wanted him quiet and asleep. I was proud of him for making this stand in recognizing that he needed some oral assurance. I know he would have taken the medication if staff had handled it correctly, not just, "Here - calm down - take this!" If they would have let him voice his concerns and then told him that they understood that he was anxious, reminded him of some of the tools he had learned and then offered the medication to get through the night, I am sure he would have taken it. I didn't like that the overnight staff wouldn't help him use his tools. I figure if you are in a 24/7 psychiatric hospital than you should be given an opportunity to practice the tools you are learning 24/7.</p><p> </p><p>What my difficult child went through wasn't as rough for us as many people. His experience was so much easier than most now that I look back on it and am learning what rough really is. Even so, I did my share of crying thinking that it was the worse thing to ever go through. Believing that my son would live in an heighten anxiety state of mind for life was so scary.</p><p> </p><p>Remember, you have permission to take care of yourself throughout this. Take this time that she is out of the home to put things in place for when she does return. Spend quality time with each of the other kids - it is so easy to focus to hard on her right now but they also need to feel that you are there for them. Kids are funny, they can't just KNOW you care about them, they have to have proof especially at the times it is hardest to give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 408924, member: 5096"] Hugs to you! I can imagine how emotional you are going through this. I am glad to hear that the facility did take steps to try to give her something before the injection. The facility my difficult child was in also used medications when the kids where super upset. There was a standing order for my difficult child to help him through panic attacks. I think it is common for a facility to obtain permission to administer drugs to help calm their patients when they get to a certain state. As long as they are doing what they can to address the issues before the rage sets in (that is the times you can predict it coming on - I know there are many times that it is just there without warning) it is all part of the process. There should also be a plan of what criteria has to be met before the injection is given. It would put your mind at ease knowing that they are not just injecting her so readily and that other methods are used also while she is there. My difficult child refused once because he was sooo upset but no one would talk to him - it was the night shift and those staff just wanted him quiet and asleep. I was proud of him for making this stand in recognizing that he needed some oral assurance. I know he would have taken the medication if staff had handled it correctly, not just, "Here - calm down - take this!" If they would have let him voice his concerns and then told him that they understood that he was anxious, reminded him of some of the tools he had learned and then offered the medication to get through the night, I am sure he would have taken it. I didn't like that the overnight staff wouldn't help him use his tools. I figure if you are in a 24/7 psychiatric hospital than you should be given an opportunity to practice the tools you are learning 24/7. What my difficult child went through wasn't as rough for us as many people. His experience was so much easier than most now that I look back on it and am learning what rough really is. Even so, I did my share of crying thinking that it was the worse thing to ever go through. Believing that my son would live in an heighten anxiety state of mind for life was so scary. Remember, you have permission to take care of yourself throughout this. Take this time that she is out of the home to put things in place for when she does return. Spend quality time with each of the other kids - it is so easy to focus to hard on her right now but they also need to feel that you are there for them. Kids are funny, they can't just KNOW you care about them, they have to have proof especially at the times it is hardest to give. [/QUOTE]
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