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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 401968" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am confused too. I can see why what they tell you on the phone and what they tell you when you get there are different. It is hard to know what is going on when the patient isn't there for you to examine and work with. I imagine keeping her in the day treatment is to help get the phobia to go away so that theydon't have her yo-yoing from eating a littel bit to not eating for weeks and back. They likely want to keep her in the psychiatric hospital for a bit so that they can get her to separate from you a bit easier. Otherwise they will ahve tantrums, etc... when she goes to day treatment and you are not there every minute. her dependence on you may be part of the reason they are keeping her in the hospital. Also the hard time sleeping, anxiety, talking about hating herself, watning to die, hitting herself, etc.... She may be more stable medically today and hopefully it will last but they may want to make sure and watch for a day or two with that. They also may feel they need to work on the other issues before day treatment will be enough to help her.</p><p> </p><p>They probably don't want to just do jello, pudding, etc... because they may think it will feed into her fear she will choke. If they expect her to eat pudding she may think that they don't think she can swallow "regular" food, so they expect her to eat regular food to help give her the confidence to overcome this. </p><p> </p><p>Have you ever described the anxiety as a monster, a "villain" who is "attacking" her but she can use her "superpowers" to fight it? I am thinking that she could make up her own stories, etc.... I think it is hexamaus who has a difficult child who named his anger and rage "fluffy" after the 3 headed dog in Harry Potter. He works to keep fluffy from taking over and it has changed a LOT and really reduced his gfgness in a HUGE way. I wonder if this could be something that difficult child could understand and use to help her fight her problems, esp the phobias right now. </p><p> </p><p>do they plan to use any exposure therapy, etc... the way they do with other phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) things? I tihnk it was a&e who had a show that had people going through some of this and it was very effective. So maybe this is something day treatment will do? </p><p> </p><p>The cheese toast, etc... does seem like an odd choice to me. What do they have her drinking while she is there? Surely they haven't banned all liquids by mouth, have they? I can see if she was going through lots and lots of juice or whatever cutting back on it, esp with the feeding tube in, but why no juice at all? It is supposed to be a reward? Also, if she was not drinking when you got there, and is now drinking, why not go up to thicker things and then to solids? </p><p> </p><p>Do they give straight answers when you ask these things? Did they ever explain why they told you 90% were done in 8 weeks or what they did with the other 10% who were not all better by then?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 401968, member: 1233"] I am confused too. I can see why what they tell you on the phone and what they tell you when you get there are different. It is hard to know what is going on when the patient isn't there for you to examine and work with. I imagine keeping her in the day treatment is to help get the phobia to go away so that theydon't have her yo-yoing from eating a littel bit to not eating for weeks and back. They likely want to keep her in the psychiatric hospital for a bit so that they can get her to separate from you a bit easier. Otherwise they will ahve tantrums, etc... when she goes to day treatment and you are not there every minute. her dependence on you may be part of the reason they are keeping her in the hospital. Also the hard time sleeping, anxiety, talking about hating herself, watning to die, hitting herself, etc.... She may be more stable medically today and hopefully it will last but they may want to make sure and watch for a day or two with that. They also may feel they need to work on the other issues before day treatment will be enough to help her. They probably don't want to just do jello, pudding, etc... because they may think it will feed into her fear she will choke. If they expect her to eat pudding she may think that they don't think she can swallow "regular" food, so they expect her to eat regular food to help give her the confidence to overcome this. Have you ever described the anxiety as a monster, a "villain" who is "attacking" her but she can use her "superpowers" to fight it? I am thinking that she could make up her own stories, etc.... I think it is hexamaus who has a difficult child who named his anger and rage "fluffy" after the 3 headed dog in Harry Potter. He works to keep fluffy from taking over and it has changed a LOT and really reduced his gfgness in a HUGE way. I wonder if this could be something that difficult child could understand and use to help her fight her problems, esp the phobias right now. do they plan to use any exposure therapy, etc... the way they do with other phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) things? I tihnk it was a&e who had a show that had people going through some of this and it was very effective. So maybe this is something day treatment will do? The cheese toast, etc... does seem like an odd choice to me. What do they have her drinking while she is there? Surely they haven't banned all liquids by mouth, have they? I can see if she was going through lots and lots of juice or whatever cutting back on it, esp with the feeding tube in, but why no juice at all? It is supposed to be a reward? Also, if she was not drinking when you got there, and is now drinking, why not go up to thicker things and then to solids? Do they give straight answers when you ask these things? Did they ever explain why they told you 90% were done in 8 weeks or what they did with the other 10% who were not all better by then? [/QUOTE]
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