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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 191807" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Steely,</p><p> </p><p>thanks for sharing this. Even in the best of places mistakes are made. We found FAR MORE problems, including medication problems at the fancy "nice" psychiatric hospital where Wiz had 2 acute stays (including simply stopping one SSRI medication - no titrating down and no other SSRI given) than at the "not nice" psychiatric hospital where Wiz spent 4 months. I found many more safety measures in place in the "not nice" one - in spite of other parents telling me there was no budget at this place, and telling me that they only took medicaid patients so it was looked down on.</p><p> </p><p>It is crucially important, for those of us with kids who have medication or other allergies and intolerances for the kids to ALWAYS know their allergies and medications AND to empower our kids to speak up about them. </p><p> </p><p>thank you had very severe food intolerances and allergies. When he was first in school they would often go to Jessie to ask about certain foods if I wasn't able to be reached by phone. She had taken it on herself to be aware of what caused problems for thank you, and it was a great help at school. thank you, at age 4, also was able to tell the staff that he couldn't have something, which protected him from having reactions. He is one of the lucky kids with food problems, because the foods that he reacts to tasted terrible to him, so he didn't sneak them. And he was very firm about avoiding the taste of the foods, or the textures of them, so adults had no luck telling him he "had to" drink orange juice or whatever. He could tell if pineapple juice was in a drink with just a sniff or small sip - he loathed it AND had respiratory problems from it.</p><p> </p><p>We ALL need to empower our kids to stand up for themselves, and support them when they do.</p><p> </p><p>I am so sorry the psychiatric hospital (a place that should understand the dangers of rapid medication changes) was able to treat your son so poorly. I hope you complained in writing and filed grievance papers - ALL acredited hospitals have a grievance procedure.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you are doing better now, I know how hard it is to have your child removed from your home.</p><p> </p><p>Many hugs,</p><p> </p><p>susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 191807, member: 1233"] Steely, thanks for sharing this. Even in the best of places mistakes are made. We found FAR MORE problems, including medication problems at the fancy "nice" psychiatric hospital where Wiz had 2 acute stays (including simply stopping one SSRI medication - no titrating down and no other SSRI given) than at the "not nice" psychiatric hospital where Wiz spent 4 months. I found many more safety measures in place in the "not nice" one - in spite of other parents telling me there was no budget at this place, and telling me that they only took medicaid patients so it was looked down on. It is crucially important, for those of us with kids who have medication or other allergies and intolerances for the kids to ALWAYS know their allergies and medications AND to empower our kids to speak up about them. thank you had very severe food intolerances and allergies. When he was first in school they would often go to Jessie to ask about certain foods if I wasn't able to be reached by phone. She had taken it on herself to be aware of what caused problems for thank you, and it was a great help at school. thank you, at age 4, also was able to tell the staff that he couldn't have something, which protected him from having reactions. He is one of the lucky kids with food problems, because the foods that he reacts to tasted terrible to him, so he didn't sneak them. And he was very firm about avoiding the taste of the foods, or the textures of them, so adults had no luck telling him he "had to" drink orange juice or whatever. He could tell if pineapple juice was in a drink with just a sniff or small sip - he loathed it AND had respiratory problems from it. We ALL need to empower our kids to stand up for themselves, and support them when they do. I am so sorry the psychiatric hospital (a place that should understand the dangers of rapid medication changes) was able to treat your son so poorly. I hope you complained in writing and filed grievance papers - ALL acredited hospitals have a grievance procedure. I hope you are doing better now, I know how hard it is to have your child removed from your home. Many hugs, susie [/QUOTE]
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