Hospitalization can be very expensive, depending on what insurance you have, but it has the advantage of putting the child in a safe, supervised environment. Medication might help. However, without a real diagnosis, a prescription is often just, “Let’s try this and see what happens!”
Symptoms can be the result of environmental factors, especially sleep deprivation. When my daughter was hospitalized, at 15, for depression, we found that the main problem, aside from “being a teenaged girl,” was lack of sleep due to tv/computer/phone use.
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A friend was just telling me last week that they started to give her 9 year old Melatonin and it has made a big change in him.
More relaxed during the day and now sleeping through the night.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-940-melatonin.aspx?activeingredientid=940&activeingredientname=melatonin
I will keep you and family in my prayers.