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<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 612173" data-attributes="member: 3305"><p>Hi there,</p><p>Was I on board with my son's discharge dates?...No. I wasn't ready for those two to come home at all! I was so scared. And my marriage was on shaky ground as well. I thought surely there was someone to blame. "Trusting the process" was especially hard for me too as I did not want to give up my "control"...or what I "thought" I could control. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sigh, it's unfortunate...but it is a business. I think that often times once the facility feels like the client/patient is "stable" and they have given all the "tools" medications, etc to them, then discharge soon follows. </p><p>I actually had a psychotic breakdown Feb 07 and just as soon as I started taking the medication and showing a glimmer of normalacy I was released within a week! We had no insurance at the time. </p><p></p><p>Now the one thing that did buy us a 4 to 6 month stay for my son's at Rehab, was a letter for the Appeal Process. I think I must have written 12 pages worth of why my son's were a danger to themselves or others and needed as much treatment as we could possibly get. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure any of us is ready after what we have experienced. The attempted suicide and drug use...It's very scary to feel some kind of responsibility again for them after the kind of events you, Kathy and others have gone through. </p><p></p><p>I sure understand your disturbance with the situation. </p><p>Have they put down in writing an agreed upon discharge plan yet? </p><p>The rules? How many meetings a week? medication compliance? etc? </p><p></p><p>LMS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 612173, member: 3305"] Hi there, Was I on board with my son's discharge dates?...No. I wasn't ready for those two to come home at all! I was so scared. And my marriage was on shaky ground as well. I thought surely there was someone to blame. "Trusting the process" was especially hard for me too as I did not want to give up my "control"...or what I "thought" I could control. Sigh, it's unfortunate...but it is a business. I think that often times once the facility feels like the client/patient is "stable" and they have given all the "tools" medications, etc to them, then discharge soon follows. I actually had a psychotic breakdown Feb 07 and just as soon as I started taking the medication and showing a glimmer of normalacy I was released within a week! We had no insurance at the time. Now the one thing that did buy us a 4 to 6 month stay for my son's at Rehab, was a letter for the Appeal Process. I think I must have written 12 pages worth of why my son's were a danger to themselves or others and needed as much treatment as we could possibly get. I'm not sure any of us is ready after what we have experienced. The attempted suicide and drug use...It's very scary to feel some kind of responsibility again for them after the kind of events you, Kathy and others have gone through. I sure understand your disturbance with the situation. Have they put down in writing an agreed upon discharge plan yet? The rules? How many meetings a week? medication compliance? etc? LMS [/QUOTE]
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