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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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Corticosteroids: The Crazy Maker

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

We’ve had an interesting week over here. Amidst my time packing, organizing and otherwise preparing to move, one of the things that happened while Rye was out and about this week was that he was with friends and was in the woods looking for adventure and managed to get poison ivy on his leg. He [...]

Filed in Mania, Meds | Also tagged delusions, hydrocortisone, methylprednisonole, poison ivy, prednisone, steroids, steroids and bipolar, steroids for allergic reactions, treating allergic reactions | Comments (2)

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 [...]

Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Mania, psychiatry | Also tagged ADHD, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, child psychiatry, dr stuart kaplan, emotional regulation, manic depression, mental health, ODD, pediatric bipolar, teen bipolar, You Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder | Comments (7)

Bliss

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sketch by Suzanne Schaefer
Rye and I are now at the beach. And I am over myself from the other day.
He and I had a good conversation on the drive here about how sometimes I worry about him becoming like BigB and why that scares me, etc. He said he promises he will not be like [...]

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Happy Late Easter

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

We have been at the beach and it has been really nice! Rye had a friend come for the Easter weekend and minus a few bumps in the road here or there with Rye’s impatience and irritabiliy, they got along well. We had fun swimming in the ocean and playing board games, etc. As it [...]

Filed in General Bipolar, Mania | Also tagged acupuncture, easter, seroquel | Comments (5)

ADHD: To Medicate Or Not To Medicate

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Every teacher and tutor Rye has ever had will tell you very clearly, he has ADHD. I know it, we know, his pdoc knows it. It’s obvious. And has been since he was about 5 years old. He has a very short attention span when it comes to traditional learning and it takes a very [...]

Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Meds | Also tagged Adderall, ADHD, attention deficit, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, depakote, homeschool, learning, pediatric bipolar, psychosis, seroquel, teen bipolar | Comments (4)

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 [...]

Filed in General Bipolar, Guest Post | Also tagged bipolar diagnosis, bipolar life story, celexa, Guest Post, hotbrain's insights on bipolar and life, lithium, lithium orotate, manic depression, ritalin, seroquel, xanax | Comments Off

Disheartened

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Well, I’ll tell you, we are having a great time on our trip. I will say, though, that on this trip I have been spending quite a bit of time reading blogs, reading books, and reading articles in the evenings when the world becomes quiet.
And I am disheartened.
This week I was asked to speak on [...]

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Charlie Sheen, You Manic Asshole

Saturday, March 5, 2011

You want to see what full-blown mania looks like? This is is.
You want your teen to see why taking their medication is important? This is it.
You want your teen to see what they look like when they are in full-blown mania? Especially as adults? This is it.
Who on God’s earth would want to deal with [...]

Filed in General Bipolar, Mania | Also tagged addiction, bi-loser, bi-winning, bipolar, bipolar medication, charlie sheen, damage creating during mania, delusions, drug use, grandiosity, manic asshole, manic depression, manic lifestyle, mental health, perfect example of mania, self medicating, teen bipolar, unmedicated mania | Comments (7)

Explosive Children, Bipolar Children on Oprah

Sunday, February 20, 2011

The 7 year old who tried to kill his mom.
I’ll admit, because we do not watch much television I had no idea this show was on until I read about it on the internet. And my first thought when I saw that the show was coming on was, What happened to HIPPA and Children’s Right [...]

Filed in General Bipolar | Also tagged ADHD, antipsychotics, anxiety, Auditory Hallucinations, autism spectrum, bipolar, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, brit on oprah, child psychiatry, emotional regulation, hearing voices, manic depression, medication, mental health, mental health treatment, oprah winfrey show, parenting, pediatric bipolar, pediatric mental illness, psychiatric hospital, psychiatry, psychosis, sensory integration disorder, teen bipolar, therapeutic schools, tourette's syndrome, visualization | Comments (6)

Bipolar Rages

Monday, January 17, 2011

Rages are an extreme presentation of behavior that can be exhibited in unstable people with bipolar disorder. Some say rages are brought on by depression, some say mania, and some say they are seizures. Really, it doesn’t matter. The fact is, nothing good comes from rages.
Rages are: out of control, destructive, yelling, screaming, hitting, [...]

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Derailed

Corticosteroids: The Crazy Maker

Dr. Stuart Kaplan: Childhood Bipolar Disorder vs. ADHD

Bliss

Happy Late Easter

ADHD: To Medicate Or Not To Medicate

My Bipolar Life/HB

Disheartened

Charlie Sheen, You Manic Asshole

Explosive Children, Bipolar Children on Oprah

Bipolar Rages

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