Ive been googling since 6 am and cant find answer I need so hoping for advice here.
My son is having real mental health problems, he was a first thought to have AHDH (although undiagnosed) and was reffered to CAHMS in June, since seeing the doctor he has gone through various tests aswell as brain scan and EEG, the scans have come back clear and his symptoms have now progressed into Psychosis possibly schizophrenia but as he is only 14 I understand they are reluctant to diagnose anything like this.
My problem at the moment is that, although my son is happy to speak to his CAHMS doctor, he is understandably very self concious about what is going on and does not like having to tell anyone else what is happening to him. He is scared and frustrated and feels embarrassed. His doctor has been understanding and he is currently taking medication (very small dose) to help him sleep/calm down. We have been seeing the doctor at least once a week and was warned that a woman or man would be sitting in on the next meeting with him. He said this person was "youth intervention" and I should warn my DS that they would be there, which I did.
I did not understand myself why they would be there but was quite horrified to find 2 women sat in the meeting when we went...one of them a student!! No one told me that a student was going to be there and I could see straight away how uncomfortable my son was.
This youth intervention person has made an appointment to come to my home this week to see my Ds and he is so upset about it he is refussing to see her. When we came home after meeting he was clearly upset, so much so that even after taking his medication he still could not sleep and said he feels a freakshow. He then said he just wants to be a normal kid again.It broke my heart and I am so annoyed that they have made him feel like this.
Is it usual for them to do this, its obviously a delicate issue for any child but for a 14 year old boy who is clearly struggling, I think having 2 women sat looking at him while he is talking to a doctor he initially trusted it is just wrong.
I have no idea why youth intervention were there, my son has not been in any kind of trouble lately, we have support groups at school who have helped and a youth intervention councillor see's him seperately anyway. Do you think it was fair to have a student in there without my permission and can I refuse to have them in the next meeting if they are there?? This is dragging on and on and I know its hard for them to diagnose what the problem is because of his age but surely they dont need to make him feel worse than he already does???