my child has been diagnosed with bipolar,she feels that she needs to be rehospitalized,should i comply or are there any other opitions?she sees a counselor once a week and talks to her school counselor.she wont talk to anyone over the phone(like a crisis center)it has to be done in person.she is on meds and her doctor uped it a few weeks ago.last week they have decided to change it to see if it will work(not taken yet due to dr.being on vac)and puting her back in the hospitial was a comment made by her counselor.now she feels that it would be a good idea bc she wants to go and get the right help.i just want to know if there is anything else we can do to help,and let the hospitial be the last resort.
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Q: rehospitalization or not?
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10/10/09 6:44pm
Is your daughter feeling like she might harm herself? How old is she? Having gone through something similar with my sons, I would err on the side of caution and take her because they won't admit her if they don't feel it's serious enough. For a child to want to be hospitalized, I would guess she must be feeling pretty bad because I don't think it's normally what people would want to do. Maybe she feels she'll be safe there. I know it's so hard to know what the right thing to do is, but I guess I'd rather be safe than sorry. Sometimes it's necessary to have closer monitoring when trying new medications, so that might be why the counselor suggested it, too. I wish you the best and hope everything goes all right for both of you.
10/11/09 7:03pm
You can talk to the counselors and tell them anything they should know, they just can't tell you what she talks about.
I do believe that people can be sensitive to paranormal phenonemon, but that wouldn't explain why she's cutting herself. Usually, it's done to release emotional pain, yes. Other family members should be told to just keep quiet about it because it isn't helpful for them to dismiss her that way. It will only make her feel more alone. It's not easy, she can't just get over it.
Hope she gets the right help, I think it's normal that she doesn't want to talk to you at her age, she might feel guilty for being like this, so I wouldn't push it. Just be available in case she wants to. You're doing the best you can, God bless you for that.
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she does cut herself,she is called a "bleeder" which in a round about way means she likes to see herself bleed and it releases the bad feelings.she is 13. she also sees a shadow person and hears things,i know that this is a part of bipolar but could it be a supernatural thing ,could she be a sensitive?and its hard to talk to the counselors because of the confidentialty act.and my daughter wont tell me what she is feeling or anything im stuck in the dark.other fam.members just tell her to get over it or just tell it to go away but its not that easy.