Re: college student issue update

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, happy to hear that it turned out so well with calling the college health

center! They seemed to respond promptly too, that's good. Interesting what

they said about smart people.

So your gut instincts were right, glad they saw it too and he's getting the help

he needs. Has he ever been on meds before, wondering if they will continue that

Seroquil when he gets out, do believe they may have him on some medication

after. When he gets out, they most likely will have some therapy/psych

appointments for him to attend set up.

Thanks for updating us, will be interested to hear how things continue! Really

glad he's getting treatment and seems to be fine with it too, not upset.

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> Thank you for all of your input. I talked to the health center, who then

contacted the head of his group of dorms. They asked my son to come to the

health center and evaluated him briefly. Based on the eval., they decided that

he needed to be put in 72 hour lockdown. This all happened yesterday and through

the night. He was in the emergency room while they looked for an open bed in an

area medical center. By 2 am he was placed in the medical center and given

seroquil. The nurse said they gave him that to get him to sleep and

[Guest guest]

He has never been on meds before. He has had therapy when he was young, on

and off, but refused to go once he hit middle school. Talked to him today

and he said he did not plan on continuing to take Seroquil b/c of the side

affect of dry mouth.He did sleep 7 hours at night which is great for him.

He said that the doc. had told him he did not have a mental health

diagnosis but had a dif. way of thinking/looking at things. Haven't been

able to talk to doctor..The nurse said he had been going to group sessions

and when I asked him about those, he said it was interesting. When my OCD

son asked how he was doing , he said bad. He had planned to go skiing this

wknd. so prob. not too thrilled about being in the hospital. A friend had

brought books for him to work on. From talking to the dorm dean, he will

have to follow a transition plan after he leaves the hospital and they will

decide if he returns this term or takes a term off. So everything is up in

the air, especially with the long weekend. I didn't know how my OCD son

would take this news, especially since he worships this brother.I was happy

he got to talk to him . All he said to me is why do bad things always

happen to our family. I told him we have brains that make us more

vulnerable and we tend to want to push ourselves hard and take risks. That

seemed enough and he moved on to working on his electronics.

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> , happy to hear that it turned out so well with calling the college

> health center! They seemed to respond promptly too, that's good.

> Interesting what they said about smart people.

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> So your gut instincts were right, glad they saw it too and he's getting

> the help he needs. Has he ever been on meds before, wondering if they will

> continue that Seroquil when he gets out, do believe they may have him on

> some medication after. When he gets out, they most likely will have some

> therapy/psych appointments for him to attend set up.

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> Thanks for updating us, will be interested to hear how things continue!

> Really glad he's getting treatment and seems to be fine with it too, not

> upset.

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> > Thank you for all of your input. I talked to the health center, who then

> contacted the head of his group of dorms. They asked my son to come to the

> health center and evaluated him briefly. Based on the eval., they decided

> that he needed to be put in 72 hour lockdown. This all happened yesterday

> and through the night. He was in the emergency room while they looked for

> an open bed in an area medical center. By 2 am he was placed in the medical

> center and given seroquil. The nurse said they gave him that to get him to

> sleep and

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[Guest guest]

thank you for your support. I appreciate it. I feel upset about this

because this is all coming to a head for him. I know I needed to initiate

the help for him but I know he is prob. pretty angry for turning his world

upside down. When I talk to him, he always says he has to get back to his

books. I think he is afraid of getting behind. I talked to his doc. last

night and told him what had told me about no mental disorder. The doc.

said that is not right and that he is going through psychosis and has him

on Abilify. He is hoping it is an acute break and he will recover. Said he

has formidable intelligence which I see as a detriment right now. He

thought the intel. and motivation would help with recovery. . I told him

that said he was not going to take his medicine b/c dry mouth and told

the doc. to tell the nurses to make sure he takes it. Today, said he

was taking his med. The doc. said when he feels better from the meds., he

will want to take it. I told the doc., I wasn't sure if he even knew he was

unhappy but the doc. said said he was. So that is good,he is at least

of aware of how he is feeling. I don't think Johut n knows that there is a

possibility he may have to take time off and thinks he just needs to get

out of the hospital and get back to school. He has always felt alot of

preassure from himself to prove something. He is the first one from this

town to ever go to Stanford or any ivy league school and on a scholarship.

Also the first ever and prob. only one in both of our families. So everyone

is always asking about him and expecting major things from him. When he is

home, he doesn't even like to go oout and see people. He is tired of

explaining his life. He used to be much more social and friendly with

people. Anyway, I am hoping we can get some treatment plan set up so he can

be successful when he leaves the hospital.

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> , well I'm used to the different way of thinking, had to adapt to

> that with /Aspergers.

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> But from what you said earlier, seems like more was going on since family

> and then those at college who evaluated all felt something was wrong/off.

> Wonder is he really hearing what they are telling him or if they are still

> evaluating and so not wanting to diagnose yet...or could it all have just

> been some stress/mental stuff from all the college semesters (really, not a

> year of all that work/studying/pressure wouldn't break me right now, one

> reason I've been a bit lenient with for wanting a break since he

> finished last August).

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> So he seemed more honest with his brother? ( " bad " he told him) Glad OCD

> son is handling it pretty well. Not sure what I'd have answered to that

> question he posed, liked your's though!

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[Guest guest]

Hey , well hopefully he won't be mad for too long, if he even is. I think

they may hold grudges sometimes but accept that we moms/dads were just " over

concerned " (their view) and were just being parents. Thing is, they may

hesitate to say anything in the future as to how they feel, if bad, so push on

this chance now! Though in your situation, it was other symptoms that presented

for you to call the health center (not his saying he's unhappy, etc.)

I know I hesitated (and didn't) call 's college health center, I was

dwelling on the thought though. His OCD was worse, he was feeling overwhelmed

with all the schoolwork/reading, grades.... I was prompting him to take the

initiative and go. He didn't. But did survive, yay!

Has he done well in school? For , grades went down. Growing up and

community college was all A's those last years, but university was no longer all

A's and " so smart. " Though he admitted he didn't want to spend hours studying

and didn't, he also wasn't grasping a lot in some classes like he used to.

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> thank you for your support. I appreciate it. I feel upset about this

> because this is all coming to a head for him. I know I needed to initiate

> the help for him but I know he is prob. pretty angry for turning his world

> upside down. When I talk to him, he always says he has to get back to his

> books. I think he is afraid of getting behind. I talked to his doc. last

> night and told him what had told me about no mental disorder. The doc.

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[Guest guest]

He is still in the hospital. He was on a 72 hour hold and then today, they

had a hearing for a 14 day committment. The judge determined he needed to

be in up to 14 days. We had a meeting over the phone with a lot of people.

Concensus from Stanford people was for him to take a quarter off to get

better. He suggested he takes one less class and go back to Stanford this

quarter. I don't get a sense that he is realizing he is sick. Diagnosis so

far is psychosis, NOS and they want to rule out Bi-polar. The psychiatrist

has not made recommendation yet so we are meeting again tomorrow. If he

gets out soon, the plan ranges from going back to Stanford with some

counseling/psych. to 5 day/week 6 hour/day treatment. He doesn't want to

come back to WI and there is a poss. he could stay with his Aunt in Cal.and

get his treatment there. We are ending the term with my OCD son and this

always throws him into a tailspin. So needless to say, my head is pounding.

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