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Feeling Good Friday

Friday, March 23, 2012

A few weeks back we were sitting in the psychiatrists office waiting to see what kind of magical jellicle med combo we were going to try next with Rye and I opened up the The New Yorker and saw this cartoon by Tom Cheney.
Touche.
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Anyhoo, Happy Friday!   I am so glad it’s the weekend.  Not that [...]

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The Medicine Is Helping

Thursday, March 8, 2012

This is what Rye told me yesterday.  My only addition to that comment would be to say that it is an understatement.  The medicine changes are really helping.  Last week, the week before, the week before that, and the week before that if I had $100,000 in the bank I would have been madly applying [...]

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Up And Down And All Around

Thursday, March 1, 2012

[photo source: Library of Congress]
Holy Mother Of God, we have been on a wild ride this past month.  The impact of the move has finally hit Rye and he is struggling with Stability.  And we are all along for the ride.
On the good news of things, we do have a new psychiatrist now.  And we [...]

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My Bipolar Life/HB

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Guest Post:
I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder during the second year of college.  I went to the doctor because I was having a roller coaster of emotions. My moods would change rapidly throughout the day, and I was often crying or wanting to hurt myself. The first doctor I went to prescribed me Xanax. This [...]

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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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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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The Bullfighter

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Life is often a dance over here.
A dance of emotions.  One day up, the next day down.  Normally for us this dance is manageable.  Up and down, yes, but manageable.  This dance, however, is exaggerated and heightened by change.  What are normally reasonable swells of emotions can become consuming, larger than life, dramatic, powerful, intense [...]

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