Hi,
I hope that I get some response to this...
I am the mom of an 8yo bipolar, autistically impaired (PDD-NOS) son. He can be very aggressive and explosive. He is on numerous medications beginning at about age 4 and currently takes tenex, risperdal, celexa, buspar and most recently lithium with very little results. We have also tried about another 10 with him.
Now his ped psych doc wants to put him in the hospital so that we might take him off all meds and start from scratch. That is something that I have wanted to do for quite awhile. He is on too many meds that have not changed much, but taking him off of them to determine what might work is not something that I want to do without some isafe place, like a hospital setting.
Still, even though I know that this might be for the best for him, I am his mom and putting him in the hospital is a difficult decision. I was wondering if any of you work with ped psych and have some info for me... what kind of activities might he do, what will his schedule be like, will he just hate it there?
There are two hospital options for him... one is an actual childrens mental health facility, the other is a unit in a regular hospital. I'd like him in the children's facility, but our psych feels the better doc for him is in the reg hosp.
I need some encouragement that I am doing the right thing here...
Thanks!