Hello teachermon2016: I'm sorry you & your son are in the midst of this most difficult experience. The only advice I think I could offer here is, based on my own experience of having been hospitalized twice, I think it is important to have something to do / somewhere to go upon getting out of the hospital. Following my first hospitalization I attended a partial hospital program. The program itself wasn't necessarily all that spectacular. But it gave me someplace to be & something to do at a time when I was otherwise pretty-much adrift. Following my second hospitalization, I simply toughed it out on my own. But at least I had the experience of the prior hospitalization to draw on in order to keep myself afloat. I do think it's important, particularly the first time around, to have something to be involved in so that one isn't simply "floating in space", so to speak.

I see this is your first post here on PC. Welcome to PsychCentral… from the Skeezyks! I hope you find the time you spend here to be of benefit.

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