I am under tremendous guilt and I feel so horrible. I have a son who has Tourettes and he could not breath I went to the ER's so many times to get him help and all they would do is sedate him and send him home, He had reactions to medicinces and also 101 fever I still begged for them to admit him to help him no one would.
Finally I was sent to another hospitlal for help for my son in another city I thought for sure they would help him they told me the only way he could be admitted would be through the Ped Psych floor. I told them he was not suicidal and they said the only way is to build that up. So we did and he was admitted we were so happy we thought for once he is going to get help.
We then had idea that it would be in a locked down facility and we were horrified. But our son told the counselor what we did to get him help and he then understood and everyone agreed they would have done the same thing. Our son came out of there doing so well.
But then I went to get his medicines and one of them was a Anti depressant I wondered why he was given this since he wasn't depressed so I held of giving it to him since I knew I had an appointment in two days with the Psychaitriat.
I gave him the other meds though. We went and saw the Pscychiatrist and told her that he didn't want to take a anti depressant since he wasn't feeling depressed and asked if he could take the Buspar like I take for anxiety since they have been telling us all along he needed an anti anxiety medicine,.
She said okey and didn't question any of it. My beautiful son then became very ill he went down and was bed ridden he could not eat and was vomiting I was going to take him to the ER again and she said that would only mess with his treatment
. I watched my son body twitch and I was so scared. We called the Pscychiatirst back and told her what was happening and she said that it could be the other drug Risperdone causing this so she told us to cut a whole mg of it back we did not feel comfortable so we only cut one pill a quarter back.
We were not seeing any improvement and we called her again and told her that the meds he was on prrior the Zolot seemed to have been doing better. She then told us to stop one of the other meds and start back the Zoloft. I wish I would have never questioned the Anti depressant I did not know it had other properties in it than the other drug I suggested to her.
Now my son is not the same he is back on all the same meds but has muscle movements he never ever had. I am just sick and I don't know how to live with this. Please someone help me. I never meant for my son to get hurt by this I was only concerned about this medicine and I wish the Psychiatrist would of told me different.. She was letting us treat him with our concern and no expertise of these drugs and their purpose. Thank you
Finally I was sent to another hospitlal for help for my son in another city I thought for sure they would help him they told me the only way he could be admitted would be through the Ped Psych floor. I told them he was not suicidal and they said the only way is to build that up. So we did and he was admitted we were so happy we thought for once he is going to get help.
We then had idea that it would be in a locked down facility and we were horrified. But our son told the counselor what we did to get him help and he then understood and everyone agreed they would have done the same thing. Our son came out of there doing so well.
But then I went to get his medicines and one of them was a Anti depressant I wondered why he was given this since he wasn't depressed so I held of giving it to him since I knew I had an appointment in two days with the Psychaitriat.
I gave him the other meds though. We went and saw the Pscychiatrist and told her that he didn't want to take a anti depressant since he wasn't feeling depressed and asked if he could take the Buspar like I take for anxiety since they have been telling us all along he needed an anti anxiety medicine,.
She said okey and didn't question any of it. My beautiful son then became very ill he went down and was bed ridden he could not eat and was vomiting I was going to take him to the ER again and she said that would only mess with his treatment
. I watched my son body twitch and I was so scared. We called the Pscychiatirst back and told her what was happening and she said that it could be the other drug Risperdone causing this so she told us to cut a whole mg of it back we did not feel comfortable so we only cut one pill a quarter back.
We were not seeing any improvement and we called her again and told her that the meds he was on prrior the Zolot seemed to have been doing better. She then told us to stop one of the other meds and start back the Zoloft. I wish I would have never questioned the Anti depressant I did not know it had other properties in it than the other drug I suggested to her.
Now my son is not the same he is back on all the same meds but has muscle movements he never ever had. I am just sick and I don't know how to live with this. Please someone help me. I never meant for my son to get hurt by this I was only concerned about this medicine and I wish the Psychiatrist would of told me different.. She was letting us treat him with our concern and no expertise of these drugs and their purpose. Thank you
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