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<blockquote data-quote="ironysfavor" data-source="post: 286727" data-attributes="member: 7674"><p>Thanks for all of the quick replies! I will try to fill in the holes and answer the questions as best I can:</p><p> </p><p>We live in NH. On Monday, he ran away for the fifth time. I called the police. husband and I went to take the door off his room (part of the progressive discipline system we have) and found a marijuna pipe on his desk. By this time, the police came, so I also gave them the pipe. I went out looking for him and found in the woods of town, but he wouldn't come with me so I had the police pick him up. We spent the whole evening at the police station. They are going to put him in the system if he does anything else wrong and may or may not charge him for the pipe. They told me they would back us up if we try corporal punishment. </p><p> </p><p>We got home at midnight, and five minutes later, he threw a lamp and told me he wanted to kill himself. I called the police again and they took him to the local hospital. They made the diagnosis of the ODD and said I had to take him home (at 3AM, no less). I asked for him to be admitted for a psychiatric evaluation and told them that I thought he HAD to be because of what he said. They said that they don't think he is a danger to himself. I know him better and I do not agree.</p><p> </p><p>The next morning, I started calling every mental health facility I could find. I also contacted his doctor (because he had been in the ER the night before) and our insurance. We took difficult child to the doctor today, who gave him a drug test (at my insistance) and a referral to another ER. We have the intake scheduled for July 9, and I figure I'll have to bribe him HUGELY to get him to go. </p><p> </p><p>Last night, I figured I could try to get a little sleep (it had been over 40 hours at that point), so I brought my son into my room, locked the door, and knocked out. My reasoning was that if all of these doctors thought difficult child was safe to himself, maybe I could let my guard down for a few hours. I also figured that if he broke or destroyed my belongings, they could be replaced -- but my son and I would be safe. husband came home at 5AM to find every door to the outside WIDE open. difficult child later said that if he didn't get a the security of a door, neither do we. </p><p> </p><p>Please keep the ideas and suggestions coming. We are at our wit's end here. If you have any other questions, please let me know and I'll do my best to answer them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ironysfavor, post: 286727, member: 7674"] Thanks for all of the quick replies! I will try to fill in the holes and answer the questions as best I can: We live in NH. On Monday, he ran away for the fifth time. I called the police. husband and I went to take the door off his room (part of the progressive discipline system we have) and found a marijuna pipe on his desk. By this time, the police came, so I also gave them the pipe. I went out looking for him and found in the woods of town, but he wouldn't come with me so I had the police pick him up. We spent the whole evening at the police station. They are going to put him in the system if he does anything else wrong and may or may not charge him for the pipe. They told me they would back us up if we try corporal punishment. We got home at midnight, and five minutes later, he threw a lamp and told me he wanted to kill himself. I called the police again and they took him to the local hospital. They made the diagnosis of the ODD and said I had to take him home (at 3AM, no less). I asked for him to be admitted for a psychiatric evaluation and told them that I thought he HAD to be because of what he said. They said that they don't think he is a danger to himself. I know him better and I do not agree. The next morning, I started calling every mental health facility I could find. I also contacted his doctor (because he had been in the ER the night before) and our insurance. We took difficult child to the doctor today, who gave him a drug test (at my insistance) and a referral to another ER. We have the intake scheduled for July 9, and I figure I'll have to bribe him HUGELY to get him to go. Last night, I figured I could try to get a little sleep (it had been over 40 hours at that point), so I brought my son into my room, locked the door, and knocked out. My reasoning was that if all of these doctors thought difficult child was safe to himself, maybe I could let my guard down for a few hours. I also figured that if he broke or destroyed my belongings, they could be replaced -- but my son and I would be safe. husband came home at 5AM to find every door to the outside WIDE open. difficult child later said that if he didn't get a the security of a door, neither do we. Please keep the ideas and suggestions coming. We are at our wit's end here. If you have any other questions, please let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. [/QUOTE]
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