I was made aware of this show by another blog I now like to read called Furious Seasons.
The show is by Frontline on PBS. You can watch it for free online and I highly recommend it.
I also recommend reading the transcripts of interviews with the various experts – they are excellent as well.
Here’s the link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/
It was a little difficult for me to figure out how to move from one part of the video to the next but there is a montage of links above the video as you watch it that you hit to move from one section to the next. Hopefully, you will see it quickly. I’m a little dense and it took me a while to figure it out.
Anyway, in light of watching this video and also doing ridiculous amounts of internet research last night I decided to hold out on the Trileptal for now and just stick with the very low dose of Abilify we are currently using. As long as we keep Rye’s stress level low, he seems to do really well just with this one med for now.
And, luckily Doc (our child psychiatrist) is big advocate of using as little medicine as possible at as low of doses possible so I know he will be ok with this.
Now, next order of business…adjust the school schedule to keep Rye’s stress low. Easier said than done in middle school.
I see an IEP meeting in my future.
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Hello Meg! Great posts! My daughter and I are crossing the country sharing our story of her diagnosis and treatment of bipolar. I was minding my own business teaching grad students about disability, including bp, when, bang, she was struck down. You might be interested in our website and blogs. Ryan might be interested in her blog. The goal is to help our children manage their own lives with all the complexities of mental health conditions. I cheered as I read about Ryan’s giant steps forward. Since I know the secret handshake of this illness I also know it is one step forward, three back, a hop forward and then who knows what will happen next! Hang in there. You have a lot going on right now. Take care of you!!!
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