Charissalynn 's Journal, 08 July 2018

A lot of situations going on... major ones are my 7 year old son hospitalized at a psych ward for children for severe aggression (they’re all diagnosing him with high functioning autism, though we need a neuropsych evaluation to officially diagnose) and my husband is donating his kidney in a couple weeks. I’m definitely not in keto, just doing low carb and getting through all this. I am officially the lowest weight I’ve been in 23 years.
Prayers appreciated for the rest.
186.6 lb Lost so far: 57.0 lb.    Still to go: 1.6 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.
losing 0.4 lb a week

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Good job on ur weight, keep going ur health is more important than anything. (If ur not healthy ur not able to help ur family) 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
If it is autism I’m sorry he was not diagnosed at an early age, there is so much help here in USA. If it is autism he does not belong in a psych ward, he needs therapy. The ones I’m familiar with is early interventionist (I am an early interventionist) age 0-3yrs. And for kids 3 and above ABA therapy (I used to work as an ABA therapist). There is many many many more therapy’s out there for kids with autism. 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Do you live in USA, if you do...you need to contact regional center and open up a case. In California they give us “baby sitting hrs for kids 3- above. I get 30 hrs for my 4 yr old who has autism. I can go to the movies, use them to save a day or two $ of babysitting for work, or whatever 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Respid* the babysitting hrs are called Respid hrs. 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
You also #1 need to contact his pediatrician and tell him you need a referral sent to the medical insurance, because ur son has autism. 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Their is a reason for the aggression, people with autism can’t really express themselves (lack of social skills) so with therapy you can find the source of why he’s being aggressive n fix it 👌🏼 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Good luck 👌🏼😉 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Oh n u do not need keto to lose weight all you need is a calorie deficit 😏😉 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Which is obvious cause u lost weight 🙌🏼😏 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Wait* just to make myself clear, u cannot fix autism I meant the problem. For example some kids with autism are sensitive to light 💡 so by simply putting a light cloth on top of a lamp they can feel better. (That’s what I meant) 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Thanks for the feedback. 1. I need to have all grains eliminated as I have graves and hashimotis. Keto works best. I did a 1200 calorie diet a day for 3 months and lost nothing a few years ago. 2. My son was threatening to kill him self, running away, hurting me and my other 2 children. His therapists were telling me he needed inpatient treatment. He has been very high functioning the last 3 years, but had surgery in February and our world came unraveling, going insane a month ago. We know it can’t be fixed and don’t want him “fixed”. He’s an incredibly gifted little boy. We do need the violence to stop and that is better at the moment. 3. Once we have a “real diagnosis” (neuro eval) we can get the disability, respite and ABA. All great things but useless until it’s official. It takes a minimum of 2 months to get in for an evaluation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  
08 Jul 18 by member: Charissalynn
My son loves a weighted blanket. Thank you for your comments though. I’m not trying to make excuses. Just trying to stay accountable and good luck with your child. 🙂 
08 Jul 18 by member: Charissalynn
Congrats on new low weight. Well wishes for this difficult situation. 
08 Jul 18 by member: Diddlee
hang in there, you have a rough road to travel. I hope you can get your child the help he needs. 
08 Jul 18 by member: baskington
Ur welcome just trying to say, there is lots of help out there  
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Oh there are weighted vest out there too, I got my son one from aMazon.com 
08 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
Sending prayers for you and your son! 
08 Jul 18 by member: Fishingwidow
Rosio- you’re right there is a lot of resources, once I get an official diagnosis. A psychiatrist, psychologist, behavior therapist and social worker all say he’s higher functioning autistic, but still need a neuropsych evaluation. His pediatrician tried to get him in for a neuropsych earlier, but they won’t allow a doctor to diagnose that. It’s all about the right channels. In the meantime, while I’m waiting, there’s nothing but being caught in the middle of the system and a child who needs help. An extremely frustrating place to be, when a family needs more assistance than they can get. I don’t want my child back in a children’s hospital, but I don’t want him dead or harming my other children or myself either. He’s only 7, but almost 5 feet and 112 pounds. He is extremely strong, I heard something shift when he was pushing himself against a wall in rage. I can only hope the antipsychotic will hold him until we get the diagnosis and his evaluation is scheduled for August 20th. A lot can happen in 42 days. 
09 Jul 18 by member: Charissalynn
Praying for you and your family 🙏❤❤ 
09 Jul 18 by member: keilin-4

     
 

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