I have a friend with a 15 year old daughter. Parents are recently divorced and mom has been working 10 hour days to make ends meet. The daughter is a very bright young girl, straight A+ student and a talented artist. During a hospital stay for pneumonia she told Dr.s she was depressed. The put her on celexa. About 2 weeks later she was saying she had bugs under her skin and was digging holes in her skin. They added Geodon and when she was released after 72 hours of inpatient she came home and made an attempt on her life.
She has been in inpatient ever since and made a second attempt using her pant legs around her neck and tying them to the door. Mom says ever since she has been in there she has gotten worse and they are now planing on doing electro shock. Apparently they have her on Lexapro, Geodon, Adderal Ativan and one other medication that her mom couldn't remember.
They have diagnosed her with OCD and PTSD. apparently her trauma is her dad slamming the door in her face when she was younger during an agument. Mom who has PTSD along with myself aren't believing the diagnosis and don't have faith the Dr.s when the daughter insists that is her only source of trauma. Mom insists her daughter would tell her if anything else had happened. I think there is always a chance her daughter wouldn't tell her, but that is besides the point.
Her symptoms started after being put on Celexa and then Geodon. Not only are we questioning the diagnosis but the medication. When mom put her foot down on the Celexa they switched her to lexepro telling her that the two medications were worlds apart. I had her mom look it up and I could see her mom fury and lost trust in her eyes. Why the hell do they have her on Adderal?
So mom wants her transferred to a different hospital and since she is working all of the time, I told her I would look into it, but I don' even know where to begin. The hospital she is currently in is saying since they have gotten the necessary signature per state rule for ETC that it is out of moms hands.
She has been in inpatient ever since and made a second attempt using her pant legs around her neck and tying them to the door. Mom says ever since she has been in there she has gotten worse and they are now planing on doing electro shock. Apparently they have her on Lexapro, Geodon, Adderal Ativan and one other medication that her mom couldn't remember.
They have diagnosed her with OCD and PTSD. apparently her trauma is her dad slamming the door in her face when she was younger during an agument. Mom who has PTSD along with myself aren't believing the diagnosis and don't have faith the Dr.s when the daughter insists that is her only source of trauma. Mom insists her daughter would tell her if anything else had happened. I think there is always a chance her daughter wouldn't tell her, but that is besides the point.
Her symptoms started after being put on Celexa and then Geodon. Not only are we questioning the diagnosis but the medication. When mom put her foot down on the Celexa they switched her to lexepro telling her that the two medications were worlds apart. I had her mom look it up and I could see her mom fury and lost trust in her eyes. Why the hell do they have her on Adderal?
So mom wants her transferred to a different hospital and since she is working all of the time, I told her I would look into it, but I don' even know where to begin. The hospital she is currently in is saying since they have gotten the necessary signature per state rule for ETC that it is out of moms hands.