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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Accepting The Diagnosis

Sunday, January 9, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot about 2010 and what Don, Rye and I did, what we experienced, what we tried that worked, what we tried that didn’t work, where we went, how we fared, what it all means, etc., etc.
And I’ve come to the realization that one of the greatest accomplishments we made as a [...]

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Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking: HBO Documentary

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Carrie Fisher has a new documentary film coming out December 12, 2010 on HBO called Wishful Drinking. In this film Carrie talks about growing up, her parent’s marriage, her career, her battle with addiction, time spent in mental hospitals, her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the ECT treatments she received while trying to help ease [...]

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Homeschool: Reunited And It Feels So Good

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Yes, we are officially homeschooling again.
And now we’ll need a few days to decompress from the ‘heightened state of awareness’ lifestyle we’ve become accustomed to living.
Because when you are a special needs child or the parent of a special needs child and you are dealing with lower functioning public schools [of which there are way [...]

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One Year Anniversary: Questions & Answers

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Photo by Rosie Hardy

One year ago today I wrote my first post for this blog. I remember thinking at the time that I wanted to try and post almost every day but wondered how I would possibly think of something to say or post every day. Oddly, it really has not been a problem. In [...]

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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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My Bipolar Life/Kaley

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Guest Post:
My name is Kaley and I have Bipolar. I am very new to my diagnosis as I was only diagnosed three months ago. I feel that I have made incredible strides since then, but I recognize that Bipolar is a lifelong condition and I still have a long way to go.
The first sign that [...]

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Tag Archives: mental health

The New Psychiatrist

Dr. Stuart Kaplan: Childhood Bipolar Disorder vs. ADHD

Disheartened

Charlie Sheen, You Manic Asshole

Explosive Children, Bipolar Children on Oprah

Accepting The Diagnosis

Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking: HBO Documentary

Homeschool: Reunited And It Feels So Good

One Year Anniversary: Questions & Answers

Absence Note To School

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