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<blockquote data-quote="Second Time Around" data-source="post: 740179" data-attributes="member: 18739"><p>I haven't been on this forum for awhile and wanted to check and see what's been happening lately. I wanted to let you know that you shouldn't feel guilty if you need to tell the facility that you cannot take him back. Some things are just too big for parents to handle. We don't have the resources to do it. If your child was diagnosed with cancer, would you feel guilty sending him to the hospital for treatment instead of trying to treat him yourself with home remedies. No, you wouldn't. This is the same thing. His mental health issues are too much for you and he can get more appropriate treatment in a facility than you can give him. And, you're protecting your other children from harm. </p><p></p><p>Our youngest who is now 17 had to be placed in a residential facility for a year when he was 8 and then in a different facility for a year when he was 10. He has bipolar disorder and we think he also has undiagnosed high-functioning autism. Again, no doctors agree because he is very talkative. But he mostly talks at you, not a conversation, has poor social skills, sensory issues, poor coordination. It all says autism to me. </p><p></p><p>He was violent and dangerous from the time he was a toddler. He was misdiagnosed with ADHD at age 6 and given stimulants. His rages became much worse and he became more and more violent. It wasn't until during his second residential stay that a doctor correctly diagnosed him as having early-onset bipolar disorder. Once his medications were changed, he became a different person. He still isn't an easy child to live with and occasionally has angry outbursts when he can't get what he wants, but he no longer hurts people or damages property. Sometimes sending your child away for awhile is what is needed to save them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second Time Around, post: 740179, member: 18739"] I haven't been on this forum for awhile and wanted to check and see what's been happening lately. I wanted to let you know that you shouldn't feel guilty if you need to tell the facility that you cannot take him back. Some things are just too big for parents to handle. We don't have the resources to do it. If your child was diagnosed with cancer, would you feel guilty sending him to the hospital for treatment instead of trying to treat him yourself with home remedies. No, you wouldn't. This is the same thing. His mental health issues are too much for you and he can get more appropriate treatment in a facility than you can give him. And, you're protecting your other children from harm. Our youngest who is now 17 had to be placed in a residential facility for a year when he was 8 and then in a different facility for a year when he was 10. He has bipolar disorder and we think he also has undiagnosed high-functioning autism. Again, no doctors agree because he is very talkative. But he mostly talks at you, not a conversation, has poor social skills, sensory issues, poor coordination. It all says autism to me. He was violent and dangerous from the time he was a toddler. He was misdiagnosed with ADHD at age 6 and given stimulants. His rages became much worse and he became more and more violent. It wasn't until during his second residential stay that a doctor correctly diagnosed him as having early-onset bipolar disorder. Once his medications were changed, he became a different person. He still isn't an easy child to live with and occasionally has angry outbursts when he can't get what he wants, but he no longer hurts people or damages property. Sometimes sending your child away for awhile is what is needed to save them. [/QUOTE]
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