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Can Chiropractic Adjustments Cure Bipolar Disorder?

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

A few weeks back a mom emailed me regarding her daughter who had been diagnosed as a young girl with bipolar disorder.  Her daughter is now grown but through a series of emails she shared with me a bit of history about her daughter’s struggles when she was younger with school and moods and their [...]

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Homeschooling Bipolar

Monday, April 26, 2010

Homeschooling is going well for us.  Life is so much calmer now.  I am loving it.
It’s funny, though.  Sometimes Rye’s friends ask me why we are homeschooling now (in case you don’t follow the blog, we just recently went back to homeschooling after about a year in public school).  I explain to them that because [...]

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People With Perfect Children Are Perfect Parents

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Alright, I’ll be honest.  I am not feeling the love today.
Normally I start my morning out reading a little bit of a certain pretty & friendly site to start my day.  The site is light, mindless, it’s beautiful,  and without conflict, pain, or struggle.  I find this very appealing first thing in the morning.   In [...]

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Forward Motion

Monday, April 5, 2010

Bipolar, seizures, learning disabilities, memory problems, inattention – they are all related.  That’s what the new doctor told me today.  Not always, but often.  Kind of a package deal, if you will.
We have progress over here on the medical front.

I’m happy to say that we now have good insurance through Don’s work and we can [...]

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The World Is A Classroom

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I was watching “19 Kids and Counting” tonight and Michelle Duggar said this about her kids and homeschooling, the world is a classroom.   I thought it was great.   Because it’s so true.  And I wonder, is “out-of-school schooling” better for some kids that “in-school schooling”?  Could be.  And I may have one of those kids.
Now, [...]

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NIMH Studies Seeking Participants

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Trials
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/trials/index.shtml
I personally have mixed feeling about these trials and would not involve my child in any that involved medication but I do think participating in these studies can be a good way to get tests and services that one might not be able to afford or have access to [...]

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Massage, Anxiety And Mood

Monday, February 22, 2010

So, when 2010 began Don and I agreed that as a part of Rye’s mood management routine here at the house we would incorporate regular massage to help him relax and regulate his anxiety and overall mood.  Don and I are both big fans of and believers in massage and between us use massage weekly [...]

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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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Not Quite Ready

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Apparently Rye was not quite ready to fully jump into the change of schools.  Two days in and he intentionally rough-housed with a friend of his and then admitted to hitting the friend in the face to get out-of-school suspension.  He did it on purpose.  He didn’t hurt the friend at all and this is [...]

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Psychiatric Medicines We’ve Tried

Thursday, December 10, 2009

So, as of now, Rye is not on any meds.  This is not to say, however, that we have never tried meds.  We have tried many and have not had good results so far.  In fact, for us they seem to have caused more problems that we had originally sought treatment for and this in [...]

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The Importance of Sleep

Thursday, December 3, 2009

I am reminded time and time again of how important it is for Rye to get copious amounts of solid sleep in order to function well and this week has been no exception.  I guess with the holidays and all of the excitement – being off schedule, off routine, lots of time with friends, spending [...]

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