Category Archives: Mental Health

Articles relating to mental health are in this category. Typically they will fall into one of two categories. Yours, or your child’s. Yes, your mental health is important.

Visited David tonight in Psych Unit.

lithium-bipolar

lithium-bipolar (Photo credit: Life Mental Health)

I hate going there.  Absolutely do not like it.

Spent about 2 hours with David this evening in Psych.  We watched television.  We didn’t talk.

If I asked him a question, I got a one syllable response.

He said he is sleeping at night.

I was told that he stole a couple of telephones and a staff persons cell phone.

My thought was, at least he is consistent in showing his behaviors to others.  People are less likely to think we are making things up.

The staff there, when I started to talk into the intercom to pass security and get on the floor, said, “oh I recognize you…”

Because I always say “the super secret code is: ”

I don’t sleep very well, and the last couple of days have made things worse with a regular barrage of phone calls about David.

Before I told David I loved him, I told him that tomorrow he has to tell me what he did to get put in the psych unit.

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David has entered the psych unit.

tube style shoelace

tube style shoelace (Photo credit: sand dragon)

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 on his hands from where he has hurt himself in the past.

So if you would, please a prayer for our son.   We have to remember that the meds are there to stabilize him.  Not cure him.  There is no cure, only stability.

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Parent teacher conference for David

Positive comments regarding David at the conferences tonight. He still doesn’t like mathematics. Does well in reading, writing and art. Does well in PE.  And then the primary teacher said “we have told David that if he doesn’t behave, they are going to call an IEP meeting with his home school in Garrison.”

Not sure we agree with that considering all of the problems we had there. And I am sure the local school doesn’t want David any where near their building.