Parents of Bipolar Children Support Group

My son is experiencing this and has been begging me to help it stop. His appointment is not for another 3 weeks and I feel so sad and helpless. No 4 year old should ever have to go through this. Anyone else have this or have any coping stratedgies. (He sees a therapist weekly)

My daughter had auditory and visual hallucinations. My suggestion would be to find out if your local hospital had an ER psychiatric team. They will be able to help in an emergency. My daughter is 14 and complained of them for a while they put her on an anti-psychiotic and she has not have the hallucinations since. If you need to please PM me.

So far it seems to be annoying and makes him sad but not directly life threatening. I am not sure if I should take him in anyway or if they would admit him. I just don't know

Ginger, I hope everything is going ok. To be honest I would take him in, they have admitted my daughter 2 times but since being admitted and having the close supervision to get the meds right, no more hallucinations.

Thanks I think we are going to try to hold out until this appointment and if it takes a turn we will go to the local mental health center. I just don't know if it would cause more harm then good at this stage.

My step daughter experienced this too. As her aniexty grew about the voices and everyday stresses of life things got worse. She was put on seroquel and the voices stopped. I hope you can get a sooner appointment for your son. It's an awful feeling for you and him.

Thank you mandy I was wondering what meds others had success with. We called our insurance company and asked for a case manager to help expedite our son since all the places that e are covered to go to have three month waiting lists. I am just counting down the days until his developmental ped appointment on the ninth. This is usually my sons favorite time of year it just is heartbreaking

Post edited by: Gingerjyl, at: 10/30/2009 07:58 AM

My soon-to-be adopted daughter has auditory hallucinations stemming from PTSD. She was put on Buspar at a residential facility. It has been working for her even now that she has returned home.