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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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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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Ready For Some Fun

Friday, January 28, 2011

photo credit:  http://www.culturalcatholic.com/
Woof, I’ll tell you, some weeks are heavy around here and this has been one of them.  Between me adjusting to new way of eating (basically eliminating sugar), Don doing the same, battling some personal demons, and Rye rearing his ‘I’m 13, hear me roar’ voice and needing a heavy amount of parenting, [...]

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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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Baby, Understand Me Now

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Doc says I have bipolar disorder because my dad used drugs for so much of his life.  He says because he has struggles with moods, that’s why I do too.  He says that because he has learning disabilities, that’s why I do too.
Could be, Rye.  Could be.  I don’t think we’ll ever fully know [...]

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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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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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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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Mood Swings or Manipulation?

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Having a naturally highly emotional child, this is one of the factors we deal with on a weekly basis.
What is real emotion?  What behaviors and reactions are in the child’s control?  Which ones are not in their control?  And which ones are being used to manipulate?
It’s hard to know sometimes.
As Rye becomes older and enters [...]

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A New Day

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Today is a new day and things are looking better over here.
As it turns out, we had a quite a productive day over here yesterday.   We cleaned and vacuumed.  I taught Rye how to do laundry from start to finish and we did a bunch of loads.  He learned to fold the laundry and was [...]

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The Fear And The Confusion

Thursday, January 28, 2010

One of the things we deal with on a nearly daily basis is Rye’s fear and confusion.
Despite the fact that he is very social, outgoing and somewhat daring, Rye has a lot of fears.  Many of them are common for children his age and many of them are exacerbated by the fact that he naturally [...]

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