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The Stress Effect

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Good News: After a few days at home, Rye is back to himself.  Perky, animated, grounded.  His usual bouncy self.
The Bad News: The cause of his mental distress was and is his school situation.
This will have to be addressed.
This is the direct result of our state pushing for and insisting on mainstreaming all kids [...]

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Absence Note To School

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Dear Mismanaged and Underfunded Public Middle School,
Please excuse Rye’s absence from school yesterday.  Due to the fact that you insist on mainstreaming bipolar children and refuse to acknowledge children with emotional disabilities as being worthy of any significant amount of additional assistance in the public school setting, Rye is now completely stressed by your school [...]

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Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) For Bipolar Disorder

Thursday, September 16, 2010

So, as you know by now, we have a few difficulties with the school Rye attends.  And that would be a gross understatement.  Without going back over it all, suffice it to say this is not the most enlightened, progressive, or proactive public school in the world.  Or, even in our county  (which, by the [...]

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Shades Of Stability

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

So, it dawned on me yesterday when re-reading my post that perhaps I should elaborate on what I mean when I say that Rye is stable.
After all, what is ’stability’?
I’ll be honest,  I don’t know.  I mean, what is stability to others?  I don’t know.  We are learning as we go over here and all [...]

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Back To School

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Today is back to school day here at the homestead.
I’m excited and nervous all at the same time.  Excited to have some time to myself.  Excited to get back into a routine.  Excited to not be on 24/7 kid duty. However, I’m nervous as well.  Rye’s school is not the pride and joy of the [...]

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Criminalizing Your Child: Does It Scare Them Straight?

Thursday, July 15, 2010

If you have a bipolar teen and are a part of any kind of bipolar teen support group, you will hear stories of kids having some unsavory behavior. Not all kids, of course, but definitely some. It’s pretty much inevitable. I mean, after all, these kids live a little more on the [...]

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Therapy: Do The Right Thing

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

I like the therapist.  I like him a lot.
It’s interesting, though.  He is very much a behavior based therapist.  In other words,  he minimizes the effect of medicines as he believes they don’t control you.  You control yourself, regardless of medication.  Now, as much as I would like to believe this is wholly and completely [...]

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The Boy Beneath The Mask

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The boy beneath the mask
Is not as he may seem
An illusion to the world
Himself left to redeem
The path from which he
Once had veered
Now in the mirror
Is closer than appeared
The road is long
And winding yet
But others are watching
Helping his step
The boy will find his way
In life
He will be happy, healthy
Despite forthcoming strife
He is a mystery
To those [...]

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Mark Twain & His Daughter Susy

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

It is suggested that Mark Twain (pen name) was bipolar.  It is also hypothesized that his daughter Susy, who many considered to be Twain’s writing muse, was also bipolar.  He writes about her here in his newly released manuscripts:
“She was a magazine of feelings, and they were of all kinds and of all shades of [...]

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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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The IEP Meeting

Monday, March 22, 2010

Well, it’s done for now.  It was very tense and 2.5 hours long and we still didn’t cover everything.  But we did get Rye a shortened day.  And he will no longer have Social Science or Science classes for the rest of the year.  We’ll just focus on reading, writing, and math.  I’m happy with [...]

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