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Adjustments

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

[this piece is called 'Changing Raven V' by Rick Bartow.  it can be purchased here.]
Things are looking up.
We have made some adjustments to the school schedule.  We have hired an educational consultant.  We have pushed up our appointment with the new psychiatrist.  I now have a therapist who I look forward to seeing every week.  [...]

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Precarious

Friday, February 3, 2012

Here we are for the past week +.  I am the giraffe/elephant.  Rye is the bear.  I am exhausted.
After a good long stretch of stability, we have hit a bump in the road.  This past week Rye morphed into a person I have not seem in a very long time with symptoms I have not [...]

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What Can I Do To Help?

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Over the years in raising Rye I have learned a thing or two about a thing or two.   Not through therapy, not through books, not through the advice of doctors,  just through hands-on day-to-day dealing with the issues, needs, and complexities of raising a child with bipolar disorder and seeing what works and what doesn’t.  [...]

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This and That

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Rye is skiing today and Don is catching up on sleep so I have a chance to sit and write and think.  Ahhhh.  I’m feeling myself exhale.  Lovely.  Rye’s been sick with a chest cold the past few days so I have not had much time to myself and it’s nice now to have a [...]

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Derailed

Thursday, December 8, 2011

It was overdue, I guess.  Things have been really good for months now despite nonstop huge life changes.
I spent the last day and a half with a derailed Rye.  He called me from school the morning after last completely frantic.  Seven calls in a row.   Each with a new physical ailment for which he needed [...]

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Abilify, Stimulants, Antidepressants and Suicide

Monday, November 21, 2011

[photo credit: www.thebipolarmarriage.com]
A few years back I wrote about how my son (who was 12 at the time) took Abilify as a stand alone medication for a few months and had suicidal thoughts while he was taking it.   This was unusual for him as he is not a suicidal kid in general and when we [...]

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The New Psychiatrist

Thursday, November 17, 2011

We met with the new psychiatrist this week.  Or what may become the new psychiatrist.  I say ‘may’ because I have also made an appointment with another psychiatrist so we’ll see who we like better.
So, how was he?  Well, ok, I guess.  This one is fairly young.  He’s less than 10 years out of med [...]

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Getting Adjusted

Monday, November 7, 2011

Well, it’s been a month now since Rye and I left our home in the Southeast to drive across county and meet up with Don to settle into our new life in the Northwest.  Holy cow.  I can’t believe it’s only been a month.  It feels like it’s been much, much longer. In a good [...]

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Charlie Sheen Roast on Comedy Central: Review

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Oh my gosh, did you by any chance see this last night?  I’m guessing if you had anything better to do at all you didn’t.  But for me, Rye was in bed with a cold and I was up late bored so I watched it.
Wow.
Here are my thoughts:
What a train wreck.  I’m so curious as [...]

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Setting Limits

Monday, August 29, 2011

photo credit:  Brian Cameron, 2008
Well, getting back into a routine is proving to be a tad more difficult than I hoped it would be.  And the struggle can be felt throughout the land.   Setting limits.  Limits are not what Rye always likes but are what he desperately needs.  And so we set them.  And we [...]

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Our Personal Beast

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Rye is amped, amped now that summer is in full swing.
Yesterday he had the far away eyes and crazy talk that we have not seen in a while.
It is a challenge.
Thank God for this beast.  He is short and spectacular.
He keeps me sane, grounded, and smiling.
I love him so.

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