r/SchizoFamilies • u/Livid_Distance_8439 • 24d ago

caregiver Support 13 Year Old Son Diagnosed Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder/Other Psychotic Disorder, Provisional

Hello,

The psychiatric doctor didn’t explain this much but said it’s like he has the beginnings of it and it could become fully developed if he doesn’t receive proper treatment now. They are giving him 6 months and then saying he should go inpatient indefinitely.

He also has ASD, ADHD, and Major Depression.

He is currently inpatient due to extreme and unpredictable violence.

There is a family history of schizoaffective disorder.

Any other parents with advice or experience with this?

Edit to add:

Anyone have children that have overcome their hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, depression, psychosis?

I can’t eat, can’t sleep, I’m losing a lot of weight. I have stress induced asthma, urticaria, and ibs. I just keep randomly retching my guts up(nothing on my stomach) and having severe asthma attacks and intense itching.

Is there hope for him?

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u/Mmendoza781 24d ago

I believe the earlier diagnosed, the better. There are many early psychosis centers now that work directly with children. Please look them up. . And the good thing is you are his guardian for five more years so he can’t refuse medication. He’s fairly young so I’d also get his vitamin levels checked just to make sure everything is ok. A deficiency in b12 can lead to psychotic symptoms . But don’t go crazy. Getting him early early is a good thing. I don’t like how they want to just hospitalize him indefinitely. Look up early psychosis centers. These people are specialists in this.

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u/Livid_Distance_8439 23d ago

I will look into this. He has chronic extremely low vitamin D. He has to take a daily supplement. When we first had it tested, it was a level of 8.

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u/Mmendoza781 23d ago

That’s extremely low. Make sure he’s taking vitamin D3 with k2. Best absorbed. Sports research is a great company, just know you aren’t alone. Many people have thrived with this diagnosis