Sorry....I forgot to tell you about yesterday and his feeling suicidal. He said he was terrified of going back to the hosp. he admitted himself into last month. He said there was NO WAY he would ever go back there. I'm not sure if everyone that goes to the psych ward feels the same way or not. He said his shrink didn't talk to him once in the 4 days he was there and when my son tried to ask him questions, the dr. quickly walked away and ignored him. My son dubbed him "Dr. Run Away". When I called the Dr. (social worker) about my son's extreme aggitation and depression one week after discharge, I was told his dr. wouldn't prescribe anything for him and if we wanted, we could take him to the E.R. to be evaluated. The social worker at the hosp. made an appt. for my son to be seen by a new psychiatrist on July 17th!!!! No bloodwork ordered, a script for 15 days of lithium with 2 refills, and 14 ativan. I kept calling the appointed psych. EVERY DAY trying to get him seen sooner. She finally had a cancellation the week before last....we were so happy. And, we really like her too!

So anyway, I'm going to research other places I can take him to if he ever needs to be admitted again. I really think he would of admitted himself yesterday if it was a different hospital. I'd love to hear if others have had a similar experience or if ours was out of the norm. I have nothing to compare it to.

Thanks!