Has anyone had to put a young child in the hospital for psychiatric reasons?!


Question: Has anyone had to put a young child in the hospital for psychiatric reasons!?
There have been some suggestions made to me that my son whom is six should be placed in a 45 day inpatient program to get stabilized on his meds!. He was diagnosed with a mood disorder when he was three!. He is not stable, rages, chokes our puppy, is hypersexual, agressive at school for no reason, and more!. He has been in therapy since he was three!. We are changing therapists to a psychiatrist who can do therapy as well!. That way maybe he will get to know him good and find different meds that will work!. I do not want to send him to an inpatient program because I think when he comes out he would be mad at me for sending him there, and feel like we do not love him!. I feel that he will remember for the rest of his life the month that mommy made me go away to the hospital and never forgive me!. He is not suicidal and he does not mean to hurt others!. I am wondering if anyone else ever had to put a young child in an inpatient program and how the child reacted when they came home!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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i relate to your question!. my son is 10 yrs !.old and recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia!.his problems started at 3 yrs!.old as well,aggression,outbursts,running around,ect!.!.i hospitalized him when he was 5,due to his behavior issues!.the physians,phychaitrists,have tried him on all different types of medications,like your child!.nothing worked and he was in and out of hospitals regularly!.it is a very difficult decsion putting your child in in patient treatment,but you need to know everything that could be going on for your childs mental health issues!.i know you dont want to see your child suffer,be afraid of you not being there,seeing him not sleeping in their own bed!.i know how awful that is!.my child lives at a hospital right now and hes never hated me for it,he knows that his brain works differently than other children and needs help!.hospitals do help,and you wouldnt believe how many kids i see in the hospital with alex,all different issues and it is so sad!.i know i didnt want my son to suffer,so i made sure i got him help!.he is getting better and will come home soon, my advice to you is,if you feel that the hospital will benefit your child do it,you will feel better knowing at least that your child is getting all the different tests to better determine what might be going on for your child!.your child deserves to be healthy and live a normal life,even on medication!.medication works and it is the only thing that saved my son,i hope you take my advice and if you need info!.about anything dont hesitate to email me!.its a long road ahead but it is worth it!.hope this helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Is he really that bad!? You really can't diagnose such a young child with add or adhd- that's just the way kids are!. If he's so terrible, do what you need to do, but he's only six- don't be surprised if he feels abandoned and much more upset!. Is his at home life stable!?Www@Answer-Health@Com

No, I think you worry too much!. If he need to be cared for by professionals than you should provide that for him!. He will not hate you for life!. Chances are he probably won't remember it later on in life!. 6 year olds don't hold grudges and make assumptions like adults do!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

And imagine! In the old days there were no mental illnesses in children! Whatever happened with that!?


I suggest he should be taken off his meds, they obviously aren't doing any good!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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hi i feel for you!! i think you should do it i know its really hard but if hes choking the dog how do you know that he might not do something worse like for example if u wer to have a infant would he choke her/him!? i think if this program looks like it will work you should do it and explain when he gets older you did it for him bec you were scared he might hurt someone or himself when he gets older and would have disliked his life or you know somthing like that the older he gets the more rougher he will get it'll be over before you know it so if u decide to good luck!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com

My son is 9 y/o and has also been diagnosed with several issues as well as adhd!.!.!.!.However i will not let them medicated and drug him as these medicines are not even proven to be beneficial!.!.!.!.!.what u might want to try for starters is taking him of all that bull!.!.!.!.!.!.!.crap medicine that is messing with the chemicals in his brain and try something more natural like focus and brightspark these are proven effective and they will not kill you child!.!.!.!.also u may want to look at his sleeping patterns I mean does he snore if so the muscle is probably occluding his airway treatment involves removal of the adenoid and tonsils!.!.!.!.!.!.please please stop drugging your son u must be the advocate for him and do whats best don't put your sons life in the hands of strangers do your homework the web is a great place for find treatments and natural remedies which will not hurt him good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com





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