Let me know when you figure it out cuz I don't either.
When I was 13, I was institutionalized for 4 months when I took a weed eater to the back of a neighbors legs. He was a year or so younger than me. I still don't know why I did it I just remember wanting to know what it would do. He was wearing shorts when I did it. The weed eater cut two big gashes in the back of his legs just above the knee. That was when all of the testing and doctors began in my life. If I wouldn't have done that my life would have turned out much different than it is now I believe.
I first started seeing a psychiatrist a year ago. I was diagnosed with unspecific psychotic disorder, stayed in a hospital for about two weeks. I was on Respidol, but they put me on a fairly large dose of Haloperidol. I had a pretty severed dystonic reaction to that and it scarred me off of my meds. But my psychosis did not return, my diagnosis was then brief psychotic disorder. I continued to see a therapist for sometime where there ASPD was discussed. But my therapist was fairly adamant in the belief that the diagnosis doesn't matter, just the treatment and how it impacts your life. Which is pretty fair to be honest, she preferred not to label I guess.
Eventually I quit seeing her, I was doing well. And still am, after all the therapy was just for the psychosis. The potential of having ASPD was found out as byproduct, and was not really focused on too much.
Well I was hospitalized as an adult so that's why I asked. I imagine a pediatric/teen psychward is probably worse - but I don't know.
Freedom is definitely the top priority. Some psychwards are really, really bad and others are not. I had the "luxury" of being transferred to a not so bad private one after a really, really bad one.
by Pink01Well I was hospitalized as an adult so that's why I asked. I imagine a pediatric/teen psychward is probably worse - but I don't know.
Freedom is definitely the top priority. Some psychwards are really, really bad and others are not. I had the "luxury" of being transferred to a not so bad private one after a really, really bad one.
I feel like as a child "professionals" do not see you as respectable or a person. Therefor they dont truly care. Although jail as an adult was MUCH worse than jail as a kid.