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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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Dr. Stuart Kaplan: Childhood Bipolar Disorder vs. ADHD

Monday, June 27, 2011

photo source: Dr. Walter Freeman performing a lobotomy, once hailed by The New York Times as the modern miracle treatment for mental illness
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As for Dr. Stuart Kaplan and his Newsweek article, here are my thoughts.
Thank you Newsweek Magazine for your cutting edge journalism and breaking scientific studies but Dr. Kaplan is about 20-30 years late [...]

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Dr. Charles Raison

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

This morning I had a specific post in mind to write.   I wanted to write about Serotonin Syndrome.  Serotonin Syndrome is a medical syndrome in which the body becomes toxic from having too much serotonin in the body due to the use of serotonin altering medications.  In preparation for the post, I was researching [...]

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Too Much Depakote

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Well, we now know that there is too much of a good thing.
At our last psychiatrist visit we collectively decided to bump up Rye’s Depakote a bit in hopes of eliminating the need for the occasional use of Seroquel.  I’m not a bit fan of the atypical antipsychotics and Rye’s psychiatrist feels its optimal not [...]

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The Psychiatric Hospital: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Monday, June 14, 2010

Well, it’s been 2 weeks and we are now home from Rye’s inpatient hospitalization.  What a ride this has all been.  In fact, we got home yesterday and my head is still spinning and I’m not even sure I can write a decent post.  But here goes…
What was good about the hospital?

It seems to have [...]

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The Hospital

Monday, June 7, 2010

As it turns out, Rye could not follow the rules of the house so we took him to the hospital.  We could not get the Depakote level high enough, fast enough to stay helpful once his body adjusted to it and we  just could not keep him safe.  From himself. 
It’s kind of a weird thing, really. 
I’m [...]

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Uncomfortably Numb: The Documentary of Antidepressant Withdrawal

Friday, May 7, 2010

I originally saw the information about this documentary on this post from the blog Beyond Meds and I was so moved by it I wanted to post it here as well to help spread the word.
http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/numb-the-movie/
Minnesota filmmaker Phil Lawrence tries to wean himself off anti-depressant medicine, to avoid the pills’ effects of leaving him emotionally [...]

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Antidepressant [SSRI] Stories And Dangers

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Well, I had a post in mind for today but then I sat down to the computer to write and changed my mind.  I received this comment from Shila on Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Seroquel and had to change my direction.
I’m fourteen, and after a recent suicide attempt overdose on Wellbutrin, I had to stay at [...]

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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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Child Psychiatry: A Real Science?

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The whole subject of psychiatry and child psychiatry in particular has been heavily weighing on me lately.
I mean, do these doctors know what they are doing?  I know they try but so many symptoms in children and even teens can be misread, misunderstood, misdiagnosed and overpathologized.  Much more so than with adults.  I know every [...]

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The Psychiatrist Visit

Friday, February 5, 2010

Well, yesterday was the psychiatrist appointment.
It turned out to be a bit of a bust. I took Rye out of school early and we came home for lunch to transition.  Then as we were trying to get out the door to drive up there he completely fell apart and did not want to go.  He [...]

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