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David has entered the psych unit.

David has been really struggling lately with his mental illnesses.  I use plural for a reason. Today, a lot happened.  He became combative.  It took four adults to restrain this 80 pound boy.  He becomes very strong when he is on this part of his “cycle”.  Meds don’t work, calming techniques don’t work.  The only solution is to put him in psych until he is stable again. I applaud his care team for taking this step.  They didn’t do it without talking to his parents first.  In fact, it was our idea based on what they told me he was doing.  It is not a healthy thing for him to continue on this path, so we need to make some changes. A major reason that we did determine to place him in psych was that he took his shoe laces and wrapped them around his neck.  tightly.  He has scars

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obstinate and non-compliant

Received a call today from staff at the residential facility where David lives.  Evidently he got sent back to residence for being non-compliant in the classroom.   From there, things escalated. Once back at the cottage, David was angry.  Started digging in the cupboards that contained belongings of other residents.  Name calling, yelling, verbal threats against staff.  Evidently David thinks that he can get people fired now, as well threatening to kill them. David ended up being restrained in the time out room.  When the cottage social worker contacted me to let me know that they had to restrain  him to keep him from hurting himself or others, I could hear David in the background yelling at staff. The cottage is doing the same things that I would have ended up doing here at home with David.  Many times I have had to restrain David because he was a danger to

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Identity issues

Since David’s placement I have experieced something of an identity crisis. For a long time our lives were all about him.  David did this. David did that. David needs to see his psychiatrist. David needs a different med. David assaulted so and so. David poisoned the dog. David took.  Somedays I am lost without him getting into things and causing trouble.  Other days I am so very thankful for the residential placement that he is in now. Today we are staffing David at the residential faciility. Maybe Tweet #fighting4answrs

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