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Re: inpatient 5 days, no police involved. ;-) Danielle

onebaby32 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:24:12 GMT

Danielle, You are not alone. My son just turned 6 the end of May. He was diagnosed with Bipolar in April. I told his psych that I am to the point of putting

Re: what am i doing?? hospitalization??

Shannon Vinton — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:33:37 GMT

I don't know if I ever will find the answer to that......my goal at this point is just to get them to college, ROTC, ect without me being committed. LOL

Re: inpatient 5 days, no police involved. ;-)

barbjay — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:46 GMT

AWWWWW, Danielle, sending huge hugs your way! It is so gut wrenching to leave our children in the care of others, but your last statement says it all ....you

Re: what am i doing?? hospitalization??

barbjay — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:16:41 GMT

Shannon: AAAHHH, what can I say about the glories of a kid being tired from physical work1 Yup, it's fulfilling (evil laugh!) But, you're right ... if his

Re: inpatient 5 days, no police involved. ;-)

kmscotton — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:04:56 GMT

That was a very good way to handle the admission. I know that had to have been very difficult. But you're right, he can get the help he needs. Although I

Re: inpatient 5 days, no police involved. ;-)

Margena Holmes — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:12 GMT

It sounds like you and everyone involved handled this really well, explaining to him what was going on, but not being so clinical that it would scare him. I

inpatient 5 days, no police involved. ;-)

Danielle — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:18:06 GMT

such a whirl of emotions. i'm excited that he's getting help but i'm so scared too. he's only a 5 year old!! he's my baby... his agression was bad again

Re: what am i doing?? hospitalization??

Shannon Vinton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:13:58 GMT

Barb, Oh yes, as he dragged himself in the door tonight and almost fell asleep at the table, he decided yard help was not going to be his career choice. LOL He

Re: Melatonin

barbjay — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:55:44 GMT

That's right ... the less meds the better. And, Melatonin is a hormone that the body naturally produces to make us sleep anyway! Clonodine is used for blood

Re: what am i doing?? hospitalization??

barbjay — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:51:52 GMT

Shannon: AMEN!!!! THat's what's going to be happening to my DS too if he decides that it's worthwhile shirking his academics. Eventually they learn that they

Re: Melatonin

Becki Eitel — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:30:45 GMT

We have the 3mg's too.. I wish it didn't take so much for Dylan.. Even with 9 mg he still is awake for over and hour sometimes... But the doc said not

Re: Melatonin

Shannon Vinton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:02:23 GMT

My older boys 15 and 13 both about 110 to 125 lbs take the same dose as I do. Shannon With a little love and luck You will get by - Jimmy Buffett ...

Re: Melatonin

Shannon Vinton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:01:26 GMT

The pills I have are 3mg each. I take 1. I was absolutely amazed . I usually have one or two days or insomnia and I went to bed, fell asleep and didn't wake up

Re: Melatonin

happybrats3@... — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:56:03 GMT

LOL.... Jake is taking 3 mg, so I thought I'd take 6 mg. In a message dated 7/2/2008 12:54:28 P.M. Central Standard Time, nridderbos@... writes: I took

Re: Melatonin

Nicole Ridderbos — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:53:50 GMT

I took 1.5 mgs and had to physically be shaken awake the next morning. but i slept great! ... From: "happybrats3@..." To: