His teeth are good. He just had braces taken off of his teeth. He has now lost his glasses and his retainer. He lost so much not just monitory.

I do like the idea of the specialist. I will look into that.

He has had blood drawn every time he went into the hospital. I was not told of any unusual substances in his blood.

Thank you for continuing to visit with me. I may not answer all of the questions. I am writing late, for me.. I will check back in tomorrow.

Beth,

I think a big problem with mental health and concussion is simple. The mental health issues are treated with mental health techniques by mental health workers. They are not trained in neurology. If you have a pain in your lower right abdomen and go to a surgeon, they will expect appendicitis. Same goes for mental health. There needs to be a screening process through doing thorough medical histories when mental health issues are addressed.

A key example is your son was put with a loud and screaming person. He should never have been exposed to such conflict and blatant over-stimulation. It is not good for people without brain injuries and damaging for those with brain injuries.

His experience at school sounds like what I went through in school. As he struggled, his social environment became even more isolating. A simple trigger can cause a catastrophic outburst. A friend criticizing him at the wrong time can become an explosive event.

Do you know what med they gave him? Often times, they just want to calm the patient down. Some of the sedating meds can be rough on an injured brain and just mask symptoms rather than treat a symptom.

Hang in there. In time, you may be able to get a better diagnostic assessment.

My best to you.
A lead researcher in concussion problems believes that 'possible concussion,' IDC9 849.5 needs to be in the medical record whenever there is a possibility of a concussion. The problem is even diagnosed concussions often do not get into the medical record in a way that other doctors will read it.

He refused to tell me the name of the medication. I left a message at the hospital for someone to call me back, but I got no call. I hope I get a call on Monday because we have a court hearing on Tuesday. My husband is going to tell the judge that we feel he needs to have more care in the hospital and an MRI done. They were going to do a EEG... I have no idea if they found anything.

There is so much not know about the brain and I know less that the smallest fractional amount.

Nate has developed a friendship with someone who was released from the hospital and then returned. The last time he was there the young man pretended to be Nate (I knew it wasn't my son) and then told me to call back after they turn the phones off. When I told him that was fine, but they turn off the phones in 20 minutes, he hung up on me.

I think Nate was playing games with me last night. He asked, "Why are you talking him?" I was only talking to Nate. He said that Nate is going to die and that he wanted to taste steak one last time before he left.
We have traveled every weekend to see him. He is in a hospital 4 hours away. I spent 2 days with him over the Labor Day weekend. He was fine to me when his father was with us. As soon as his dad left, he started in on me and told me I was the cause of all of his hospital stays, suicide attempts etc...

I understand it is an irrational mind. I thought the meds would help. I need to talk to the dr. It doesn't break my heart like it did when it first started. He is wearing me out..

Thank you again for listening. It feels like someone is understanding me and my concerns for my son.