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[quote=Anonymous]I am going to assume this is not a troll. OP, I read your earlier post. I have a son who suffers from bipolar - and suffer is the right word. I get how your husband feels. I too loved my son’s periods of mania. And the periods of depression are pure unadulterated hell. And I know my son feels every bit of what I feel only a million times worse. So I have a lot of compassion for you and your family.

As to the mental hospital. You aren’t going to get admitted. But if for some reason you do, you can take very few personal possessions with you and definitely no electronics. We’ve experienced many hospitals and there is not a single one that would have allowed a musical instrument. As to visitors, it depends on the facility. The ones my son went to would have allowed short visits from kids during specified visiting hours, which are very short. Whether you’d want your kids to visit is another issue you would have to grapple with.

I think the PP who suggested a resort is on target. But really, this is probably an issue that needs medication management along with some space and healing.

FWIW, it took awhile to get to relative stability and a lot of different trials, but the medication combo that works for my son is Zoloft, Lamectal and Vyvanse - he has ADHD as well and when that’s out of control, other mental health issues are so much worse. At times antipsychotics also helped but they were short term crisis medications.

I wish you the best. [/quote]

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