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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  The psychiatrist has a long term plan (a 2-3 year plan), but nothing seems to be getting better, and these rages are destroying our other kids (and us, but whatever).  They pop up at random times and there is no stopping them until they run their course.  And in the meantime, he's not going to school and is not functioning in society.  And we have less than a year until he's 18 and we lose some levers to get him care.  I'm just at a loss. [/quote]

I am concerned that the doctor cannot control the outbursts with meds. This alone is a good reason to hospitalize and tweek meds under 24 hour supervision.  Have you seeked a second opinion? [/quote]

OP here. This is his fourth psychiatrist, although the first since he had a real breakdown in his ability to deal with anxiety at all.  The biggest problem is his lack of sleep.  The doc keeps tinkering with his meds, but nothing seems to enable him to sleep at night and function during the day (the meds that make him sleep render him totally nonfunctional).[/quote]

OP, I'm really, really sorry.  I was going to suggest a second opinion, too, but you've already been down that road.  I'm guessing he's had a thorough physical recently, which he should if not.  PPs are right in that most inpatient programs are geared towards crisis stabilization.  There may be longer-term options, but you'd pay out of pocket for those, i.e., no insurance company is going to pay absent an imminent threat to self or others, and even then, it's just until "stable" and then out.

What about a sleep study?  Any research studies (assuming you're local, see what's at NIH, for example)?  Is he seeing a psychotherapist, too--or are you, at least for support?  Are you in touch with NAMI?  I know these are not solutions, thinking more about getting you support through various means.  And you may have done them all, throwing them out in case not.  We are so far behind in our treatment of severe psychiatric disease.[/quote]

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