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Monthly Archives: January 2010

What Just Happened? Part II

Saturday, January 30, 2010

It’s amazing what happens when you open yourself up to the Universe and avail yourself to what it has to offer.
I will admit that sometimes I wonder why I write this blog.  I mean, it’s very therapeutic for me personally but is it making a spectacle of something that is private and personal?  Granted, all [...]

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Far Away Eyes

Friday, January 29, 2010

Well, I guess I should have seen it coming but Rye fell apart yesterday morning after coming home sick from school with a bad cold.  Mania revisit.  Without going into all of the details, it was not good.
Once you’ve seen the far away eyes of mania, you never forget it.  It’s haunting.
Despite my saying previously [...]

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The Fear And The Confusion

Thursday, January 28, 2010

One of the things we deal with on a nearly daily basis is Rye’s fear and confusion.
Despite the fact that he is very social, outgoing and somewhat daring, Rye has a lot of fears.  Many of them are common for children his age and many of them are exacerbated by the fact that he naturally [...]

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My Lobotomy

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

This is a great book.
It’s a true life story and a great example of the lengths that one person will go to to subdue and control a child.  And also the lengths that a medical professional will go to to advance their own career, at any cost.
Definitely worth reading.

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The Laundromat

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Yesterday I went to the laundromat as our dryer has pretty much pooped out and now takes 3 rounds of effort just to dry a load of clothes.   And the clothes were really starting to pile up over here so it was getting to a critical mass that I do something about it.
Normally I would [...]

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It’s Something Everywhere

Monday, January 25, 2010

Well, our weekend went well.  Rye hung out with his friends off and on and then at noon Sunday we cut off all friend contact to give him some time to transition to the week to come.   He had his usual end of the weekend meltdown/decompression for a couple of hours after the cut off [...]

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Lyme Disease, Psychosis, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Sherry posted this in the comments section and I thought I’d post it here because it’s an important story to me.
She wrote:
Here is a cause of psychotic behavior in teens that I was not aware of–Lyme Disease!
I am a member of an online book club that has long since evolved into more of a friends [...]

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Loving The Break

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Well, not too much to report over here.  Rye spent the night at a friend’s house Thursday night (they didn’t have school Friday), took a break and stayed home last night with Don and I and tonight he has a friend spending the night here.  This kid lives to be social.
I must admit, however, that [...]

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Abilify, Thoughts of Suicide, Children’s Struggle To Communicate

Friday, January 22, 2010

A few nights ago Don, Rye and I were watching American Idol.  An ad came on for Abilify.  A few seconds into the ad Rye looks at us and says, “What is that medicine they are advertising?”
“Abilify,” I say “that’s the medicine you took to stop hearing things after the Adderall reaction.”
“Oh,” Rye says.  “That’s [...]

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IEP Meeting & Clampdown

Thursday, January 21, 2010

So, in a strange turn of events I went to the IEP meeting yesterday and the teachers and administrator there apologized for Rye getting out of school suspension.  His case manager asked me to please not think that is how things will go at this school and to not let it discolor my view of [...]

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Smokin A Pall Mall, Drinkin A Colt 45

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

I am happy to announce that Rye is back in school today.   He did not finish all of the school work sent home for his 3 day hiatus however considering the English teacher alone assigned him 57 pages of grammar work to complete in a grammar book she did not even send home with him [...]

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