The perception of reality is something that people without mental illness take for granted. Myself included. For Rye however, in times of unbalance, it can be a precarious perception. For days now, maybe weeks even, he has been agitated and in and out of reality. Yesterday, in response to a period of intense aggravation, his doctors started him on Seroquel. And whereas before when we tried this med it was too much and too sedating, this time it seems to have worked wonders. Today he was back to earth. And this morning was back to his perky self. Completely grounded in reality. Or at least so it appeared.
It was really incredible.
I so hope it lasts.
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I’m thrilled to hear that he’s himself today. I, too, and hoping that it lasts.
What good news. I saw your post earlier today about the hospitalization, and cried and cried with and for you, and for Rye. I keep thinking of him and hoping the meds give him some peace. Thanks for sharing your story with those of us who need some perspective.
about what you wrote on my blog…about hospitalization…
oh god! i can’t even imagine hearing my son cry without me being there to help him. i got pissed at the school because they gave him an unwarranted time-out this week and almost started crying when i heard about it. there is no way i would send a child so young there. when the psychiatrist first starting talking about hospitals i asked him if there was one where i could stay with him the whole time. apparently that’s not how it works. we won’t go that route easily and not for a long time (hopefully). we will exhaust all other options first like sending him to my moms for a few days and that sort of thing.
my husband is the one pushing the hospital part. but i don’t think he really understands what that might do to him. and what it’s like there. i would flip out, like totally flip out if someone EVER put my son in a padded room for not eating his dinner! bipolar or not. were this little girl’s parents there? are there a lot of kids that young in hospitals? i know a few people on the CABF website have hospitalized their 4 yr olds but i always thought is was very very rare.
anyway, thanks for the reality check. keep telling me more stories so i’m too scared to ever drive him there.
I’m sorry to hear what you and Rye are going through right now. A couple of times now I’ve started to write a comment and then stopped because I’m not sure what to say. I want everything to turn out for the best. I know that there are really great doctors, and I hope that Rye gets at least one of them
Thanks everyone. It’s so nice to have such a wonderful internet family. Rye was supposed to come home today but now I just got a message from the doctor that he is having a reaction to one of the meds or he may have too much of the meds in his system so they may need to keep him longer to monitor him. He is very med sensistive and this is one reason why the med thing is hard for us and it’s hard to get it right. Thanks for all of the prayers.
Taz’s mama, this is my day to be angry as you can tell from the comment I just left on your blog regarding the 4 year old.
With all due respect, your son’s psychiatrist is full of —. If parents can stay with their kids in regular hospitals, it can sure be done in psych ones.
In my my opinion, it is all about control and nothing else.
Good for you for wanting to be proactive.
AA (Still shaking her head at all this nonsense)
Meg,
I can’t imagine what you and your family are going through right now. It must be so horrible having him there, I still feel sick with just the thought that I’l have to admit my son someday.
AA-I have to say, our hospital won’t allow parents with their kids too. I think it may be law in our state, the hospital told us the privacy rights of other patients is another reason we aren’t allowed to go in with our children. I wish it weren’t true, but it is the case where we live.