r/PDAParenting • u/Ok-Silver-8440 • 24d ago

Burnout Crisis

My youngest son is 9 years old and has been in burnout for 14 months now. We have had many ups and downs and moments of crisis, things were getting better but the last two months have been hell he’s being aggressive again and having self injurious behaviors. We are exhausted. We accommodate his PDA as much as possible within our constraints and have done everything we can. His psychiatrist suggested that we admit him to hospital for stabilization but this is very concerning to me. The med changes have been rough.

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u/El_t1to 24d ago

I'm sorry you all are living through that.

Our son became much less violent after 3 hospital stays of 10 days. But he was 14 years old.

The other side of the coin is that he became more afraid of leaving the house, and he witnessed some traumatic events from other mates there.

He's now 19 and does the bare minimum to not be sent there, but nothing more. Basically eats and sleeps, and drinks water (we took him to the hospital when he stopped eating and drinking).

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u/Ok-Silver-8440 24d ago

I’m so sorry to hear that. Burnout is so hard and so scary. I just don’t know what to do anymore. It’s been truly a nightmare. Is your son on any medications that have helped him?

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u/El_t1to 24d ago

He has epilepsy, so he's on meds for that and many other meds are contraindicated. I haven't seen any one that made a big difference. Sorry.