I tried, but I couldn’t get an immediate appointment. They told me to take him to therapy immediately, but in the future unless he has actual intent (describes how he will do it) and access to a means to do it (are there weapons in the house?), not to worry too much. Did you know when you call Crisis they tell you to hang up and call 911 if it’s an emergency? I remember thinking to myself “Who calls Crisis Intervention unless it is an emergency?” The next year he made a suicide threat in school. We transferred to a different SCHOOL, into a classroom where the number of students was smaller, teachers were trained to deal with neurological issues, and a therapist came in on a regular basis. We came out of the room with more than one diagnosis. A full-battery evaluation they called it this time. He was also tested more than he had ever been before. I felt like I had my baby back for the first time in years. When we finally did, our son had already been in therapy for years and was prescribed anti-psychotic medication. It took three months before we could see a qualified child psychiatrist. That was the day I learned there can be a months-long waiting list for families in crisis. He was not successful in hurting himself and was physically fine, but it had taken four adults to subdue him, and he still didn’t seem rooted in reality as he rocked on the floor of the principal’s office. He had tried to punish himself for being off-task and losing a behavior ticket by removing his own arm. When he was seven, I heard the words “psychotic break” in reference to my son for the first time. Who will ask for second helpings of food he doesn’t even like because he wants to make his mommy happy. He will ask about your grandma because she was coughing the last time he saw her at the park and he was worried. If he sees you in the grocery store he will remember that your son’s name is Jack. My sweet boy who is my most affectionate child, who holds full conversations with adults, and loves music and airplanes. I tried to deny what I didn’t want to be true, but my heart knew. I asked the pediatrician if he thought maybe it was lead poisoning. They helped someone’s third cousin’s neighbor. That child just needs more time outside or maybe he needs a spanking, they’d say.Ī firmer hand would do it, obviously it was through some shortcoming of my own that this was happening. Early Intervention, play therapy, occupational therapy, you name it.ĭo you know how hard it is to find a therapist who will agree to see a toddler? Everyone around me kept telling me he was “just being a boy” and we should eliminate red dye or have him tested for Lyme’s disease. It isn’t normal for a child to literally never sleep and stay up in what can only be described as an INTENSE RAGE.
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