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The Beauty Is In The Story

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Rye is having a hard time right now.  He is amped and all over the place.  We started the Depakote and are hoping that helps soon.   My patience is wearing thin and in times like this I have to remind myself that rarely in life is one’s story easy.  And when it is too easy, [...]

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Mother’s Day In Asheville

Monday, May 10, 2010

As Don is in New York for the week visiting his family and friends for Mother’s Day, Rye and I decided to head to Asheville, NC with Gam for the weekend.   We knew it was a gamble as Rye is very manic right now but we decided what the heck and went anyway.  And, as [...]

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Sunday Review On A Monday

Monday, May 3, 2010

The events of last week:
We headed back to the Neurologist and Rye had a sleep deprived EEG.  We didn’t get optimal results because despite the fact that he was really tired, Rye was so nervous about it that he never did fall asleep during the test.  So…it wasn’t what it could have been.
We also saw [...]

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Psychiatric Medications And Children

Monday, April 19, 2010

Some thoughts on psychiatric medications and children:
I’ve been reading a lot of articles lately of recent accounts of children dying from taking pharmaceutical psychiatric drugs.  In one case the child’s body system shut down due to overdose, in another the child had a heart attack, and in another the child hung himself.
And all I can [...]

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Manic Mice Benefit From Lithium

Monday, March 15, 2010

According to this article from Science Daily, mice can be made manic by removing a certain gene. And, they can benefit from treatment with Lithium, just as manic humans can.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080312081256.htm
I wonder if they used the generic or the brand name?  Lithium Carbonate or Lithium Orotate?
Interesting. I feel sorry for the mice involved in these [...]

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Bipolar Child Or Highly Sensitive Child?

Friday, February 19, 2010

I ask myself this question often with regard to Rye.  Is he really bipolar or is he just highly sensitive?  Granted, he has had periods of mania and psychosis which by textbook definition make him bipolar.  However, every time he has had true mania or psychosis it has been initially induced by psychiatric medications.  Specifically [...]

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Bipolar Disorder Or Epileptic Seizures

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Or both?
From what I understand, bipolar disorder and seizures often go hand in hand.  I wonder if this is the case with Rye.  It was suggested to me a while back that he may have Frontal Lobe Epilepsy.  And the more his ‘incidents’ occur the more I think it’s possible.
Sometimes it’s so weird to me [...]

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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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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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This Week In Review

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Well, wow, a lot has happened this week.
First, I got my test scores back from the standardized test I took for the teaching/grad school program to which I recently applied.  I studied relatively hard for the test as I was worried about passing and ended up scoring in the top 15% of all test takers [...]

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I Love You Millions

Friday, December 18, 2009

Dear Rye,
I know you are struggling right now.  The past couple of days have been rough and your mind is on overload.  And yet you are pulling through it.
I can see you are pulling through it.
I know you are struggling with school.  Just when you got really comfortable with Mr. Wonderful, the secure and relaxed [...]

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