Comments on: Medicaid Kids On More Antipsychotics: Better Treatment? http://raisingbipolar.com/2009/12/14/medicaid-kids-on-more-antipsychotics-better-treatment/ Raise: Elevate Or Help Rise To A Higher Position, Raising A Bipolar Teen Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cinda http://raisingbipolar.com/2009/12/14/medicaid-kids-on-more-antipsychotics-better-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Cinda Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:58:52 +0000 http://raisingbipolar.com/?p=983#comment-73 It is hard enough to keep our children stable with resources, intelligence and contacts. If one is poor or has a disability (mental or otherwise) it is almost impossible. I read this article as well and, again, was reminded of the inadequacies and inequalities of the system. I feel more responsible to speak out given we are the "lucky" ones in a very unlucky system. Ryan is a great kid!! I love that age between child and adolescent. So sweet and so funny! It is hard enough to keep our children stable with resources, intelligence and contacts. If one is poor or has a disability (mental or otherwise) it is almost impossible. I read this article as well and, again, was reminded of the inadequacies and inequalities of the system. I feel more responsible to speak out given we are the “lucky” ones in a very unlucky system. Ryan is a great kid!! I love that age between child and adolescent. So sweet and so funny!

]]> By: Meg http://raisingbipolar.com/2009/12/14/medicaid-kids-on-more-antipsychotics-better-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Meg Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:59:58 +0000 http://raisingbipolar.com/?p=983#comment-67 The girl in the quote was diagnosed as bipolar in one doctor visit and given antipsychotics that she remained on until luckily she saw a better doctor. The boy later in the article was diagnosed and given antipsychotics at 3 years old and has been on then until present time, despite incurring weight and heart issues [that he now has at the ripe old age of 10 years old]. He will most likely now always be on these meds because his brain has developed with them and his brain now depends on them to function. No one will ever know what kind of a person he would have been off of them. Is this the best we as a country have to offer our children? Pathetic. The girl in the quote was diagnosed as bipolar in one doctor visit and given antipsychotics that she remained on until luckily she saw a better doctor. The boy later in the article was diagnosed and given antipsychotics at 3 years old and has been on then until present time, despite incurring weight and heart issues [that he now has at the ripe old age of 10 years old]. He will most likely now always be on these meds because his brain has developed with them and his brain now depends on them to function. No one will ever know what kind of a person he would have been off of them.

Is this the best we as a country have to offer our children?

Pathetic.

]]> By: Accidental Expert http://raisingbipolar.com/2009/12/14/medicaid-kids-on-more-antipsychotics-better-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Accidental Expert Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:12:44 +0000 http://raisingbipolar.com/?p=983#comment-64 Yeah, I noticed some of those errors in logic when I read that article too. Doesn't bode well for our mental health system does it? Yeah, I noticed some of those errors in logic when I read that article too.

Doesn’t bode well for our mental health system does it?

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