Ralphie 23
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Hello My name is Rafael I would like to share my story I have a 22 year old son till 18 years of age when he was a junior in high school he goofed up in the beginning of freshman year and Senior year he started doing online classes and full-time and school he was only getting about four hours of sleep a night maybe less he did not listen to me when I used to tell him that is not good for you you should get your sleep it's important next thing you know I received a call from school from him telling me to come and pick him up that he would not feeling good that he was feeling sick and that his classmates were coughing and he thought there were coughing cuz of him and he also said he felt weird and he did not like the feeling so I took him to the doctor they prescribed him Seroquel that medication got him worse long story short he been to 7 Hospital throughout Chicago also Hoffman Estates nothing or anyone was able to help I was desperate the last hospital he went to they prescribed him Ativan and that seemed to work someone to come out of Catatonia state he also talked around 30 medications they all made his condition worse and increase his anxiety is repetitive tremendously the only thing that did it for him was Ativan but it is not a long-term medication and it is very addictive according to my research for now we are continuing to try new medications trial and error from my understanding here are the symptoms that my son has repetitive movements example he would go up the stairs and down the stairs get stuck in the middle of the stairs several times he would also get stuck in front of a curve going up your curve or going down a curve he would get stuck coming out of my car door he would also get stuck when the concrete sidewalk patterns change also getting stuck and every doorway at home when he's about to go into a different room he would also get stuck going in the restroom coming out the restroom he would tap the door several times so when I give him his water you drink a cup of water when he's done he would tap it several times also when I go to the store and go get a cup of coffee Park in a parking spot he would want me to go back around park in the same parking spot stop grunt for about a minute then tell me okay let's go let's drive away he also would have me go around the block several times until he feels he had a enough also when we watch a movie he would want me to forward and Rewind several times then he would tell me to pause look at the screen grunt for about a minute then he'll tell me he don't want to watch TV no more go to his bed lay down look at the stitching on his comforter and grunt for about 2 minutes then I'll stop for quite a while then continue hours later it's awesome getting ECT treatment which was a very hard decision to make but when a parent is desperate you got to do what you got to do to see some more improvements I think God he goes to the restroom on its own I also want to share one more thing my son used to play basketball he was a outgoing played baseball every summer always joking laughing girlfriends and Friends
to see my son go through what he goes really weakens my heart but I keep strong faith in God everyday
to see my son go through what he goes really weakens my heart but I keep strong faith in God everyday
