Re: Hospital

[Guest guest]

, I am so sorry about what is going on with your son! It breaks my

heart to think of your family struggling like this--I know that it is impossible

to believe right now but it is going to get better for all of you. One day

you will look back on this and be amazed that you all made it through. Please

continue to post--we are all thinking about your family. Don't give

up--Kelley in NV

[Guest guest]

Dear : I just read your post, you and your son are in my prayers, trust

your instincts. I wish you the best,

sweetpea1229 wrote:Hello Everyone,

Well yesterday was the day from hell.After weeks of it building

my son had a total meltdown.It got so bad we took him to the closest

ER.The doctors there were great,finally calmed him after 2 hours of

screaming and kicking.They did not even have to tie him down or

sedate him although they told him if he didn't calm down that's what

would happen.After being there for 6 hours they sent us via ambulance

to a mental hospital.I'm sorry but that place really freaked me out.I

am not judging anyone there but it's just like one of those metal

institutions you see in the movies.Anyway they did nothing.They said

we could admit him but the kids there were much worse off then

mine.They just kept asking him if he wanted to harm himself and he

would say no(i do believe him). He just can not seem to control

himself lately,so easily agitated and aggressive.Yesterday he was

screaming,hitting and just breaking everything he could get his hands

on.I still think it could be from the luvox or he could be bi-polar

or something.Anyway it's definetly time for some new docs.It is hard

to change because my son is so comfortable with them but I feel like

things are getting worse instead of better.They just don't listen to

what I say and have not done any kind of behavioral therapy with

.Today we are all resting since we didn't get home till 2am.I am

keeping home from school this week also.He only has a 2 day

week.I just think he needs a break.Last night he said, " You just

don't understand Mom what it's like to be a kid with OCD.I just want

to be a kid and have fun. " It just broke my heart.I told him, I'm not

about to give up and we will find him the help he needs.Well I think

I'm about to drop,just wanted to post.It's my therapy.~~

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

yes you broke my heart when you told us what was going on with your son

. We went through a similar situation when my son Amer was hospitalizes.

I can't forget when they ties him up with both hands & legs being so much

agitated & that was the side effects of the medications they were giving

him. My heart is with you b/c I know how the parents feel when their

children pass in such situations. All what I can say is that I pray for you

& your son to go out of this trouble, & what I do beleive is that is all of

the side effect of the medicine, I'm not a doctor, but an experienced mother

familiar with such situations, I think you have to talk to his doctor, he

either have to reduce the dosage or give him another medicine. The worse

thing about these medicatons is that trial & error, not all people responds

to the same medicine the same, as each one has a different side effect of

the same medications.

Hugs

Huda

>

>Reply-To:

>To:

>Subject: Hospital

>Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:56:15 -0000

>

>Hello Everyone,

> Well yesterday was the day from hell.After weeks of it building

>my son had a total meltdown.It got so bad we took him to the closest

>ER.The doctors there were great,finally calmed him after 2 hours of

>screaming and kicking.They did not even have to tie him down or

>sedate him although they told him if he didn't calm down that's what

>would happen.After being there for 6 hours they sent us via ambulance

>to a mental hospital.I'm sorry but that place really freaked me out.I

>am not judging anyone there but it's just like one of those metal

>institutions you see in the movies.Anyway they did nothing.They said

>we could admit him but the kids there were much worse off then

>mine.They just kept asking him if he wanted to harm himself and he

>would say no(i do believe him). He just can not seem to control

>himself lately,so easily agitated and aggressive.Yesterday he was

>screaming,hitting and just breaking everything he could get his hands

>on.I still think it could be from the luvox or he could be bi-polar

>or something.Anyway it's definetly time for some new docs.It is hard

>to change because my son is so comfortable with them but I feel like

>things are getting worse instead of better.They just don't listen to

>what I say and have not done any kind of behavioral therapy with

>.Today we are all resting since we didn't get home till 2am.I am

>keeping home from school this week also.He only has a 2 day

>week.I just think he needs a break.Last night he said, " You just

>don't understand Mom what it's like to be a kid with OCD.I just want

>to be a kid and have fun. " It just broke my heart.I told him, I'm not

>about to give up and we will find him the help he needs.Well I think

>I'm about to drop,just wanted to post.It's my therapy.~~

>

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[Guest guest]

What a terrible time, Lindsey was on Luvox for a while and she was just crazy

acting. We put her on Ripsrdal and she was fine .

Good luck

Jennie

[Guest guest]

Hi , (((hugs))) what a horrible nightmare for you all. I'm not sure

you'd have to change pdocs because surely now he sees that *something's*

wrong, either the Luvox is the wrong SSRI for him or it is prompting

possible BP. Did the pdoc see in the E.R.?

I know when things are this bad it is hard to even imagine life may return

to normal...but I'm sure will turn around quickly once his med

situation is figured out. My daughter had a similar reaction to Prozac, the

first SSRI we tried, and I like a fool kept giving it to her and raising the

dose every few days for three frightening months. The doctor insisted the

dangerous activation and impulsiveness, hysterical anxious anger, new-onset

self-harm, hair-pulling, violent ticcing and so on would go away once she

was used to the medication. Since my little girl was also begging for

relief from OCD (like your son), I hung in there for three long months

before deciding this just can't be right. Looking back, we were blessed

that she was not badly injured or worse during this time, she was that out

of control. She has had no or only mild problems with the other SSRIs she's

taken and quickly improved once the Prozac was out of her system.

Take care ,

Kathy R. in Indiana

p.s. Both the pdocs we have used, had therapists in practice with them that

they wanted Kel to see. They preferred this because the therapists were

sort of " eyes and ears " for the docs on how Kel was doing, and it

facilitated communication to have everyone there in the same office.

Problem was that none of the practice therapists had any clue about CBT/ERP,

didn't think it could work with a little kid, etc. So I ended up going

elsewhere for therapy but keeping the second pdoc (not the one who

prescribed Prozac, he, um, wouldn't listen to me :-) and this has worked

very well.

----- Original Message -----

> Hello Everyone,

> Well yesterday was the day from hell.After weeks of it building

> my son had a total meltdown.It got so bad we took him to the closest

> ER.The doctors there were great,finally calmed him after 2 hours of

> screaming and kicking.They did not even have to tie him down or

> sedate him although they told him if he didn't calm down that's what

> would happen.After being there for 6 hours they sent us via ambulance

> to a mental hospital.I'm sorry but that place really freaked me out.I

> am not judging anyone there but it's just like one of those metal

> institutions you see in the movies.Anyway they did nothing.They said

> we could admit him but the kids there were much worse off then

> mine.They just kept asking him if he wanted to harm himself and he

> would say no(i do believe him). He just can not seem to control

> himself lately,so easily agitated and aggressive.Yesterday he was

> screaming,hitting and just breaking everything he could get his hands

> on.I still think it could be from the luvox or he could be bi-polar

> or something.Anyway it's definetly time for some new docs.It is hard

> to change because my son is so comfortable with them but I feel like

> things are getting worse instead of better.They just don't listen to

> what I say and have not done any kind of behavioral therapy with

> .Today we are all resting since we didn't get home till 2am.I am

> keeping home from school this week also.He only has a 2 day

> week.I just think he needs a break.Last night he said, " You just

> don't understand Mom what it's like to be a kid with OCD.I just want

> to be a kid and have fun. " It just broke my heart.I told him, I'm not

> about to give up and we will find him the help he needs.Well I think

> I'm about to drop,just wanted to post.It's my therapy.~~