Last Monday, The 3rd, Brandon disclosed to his therapist that he wanted to kill himself. This is not out of the oridinary for Brandon to say when he was angry. This difference this time was that he told her he was going to get a knife from the kitchen and stab himself. She sent us down to the CSU and the admitted him.
The doctor never called. And they don't have ketchup.
When I visited Brandon he told me they were increasing him Depakote. I had to track a nurse down and write a note to the doctor letting them know he can't go higher on the Depakote because it will cause his levels to be too high. They ended up increasing his Lamictal from 150mg to 200mg Wednesday night and sent him home Thursday. How would they know if it was working for him? One day?
The previous week the doctor upped his Tenax to 2 mg twice a day. Brandon is now taking Tenax 2mg am/pm, Lamictal 200mg pm, and Depakote 250mg am, 500mg pm.
We had an awful weekend but a great day yesterday. I came home from work and he was engaging me in conversation. Our conversations were far a few between. I hope that this is a continuing trend for him. I am cautiously and hopefully hopeful.
The good that came from his adventure was that his therapist decided that he needs more intensive therapy. He was bumped to the top of the list for TBOSS.
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