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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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Stability and Emotional Maturity

Monday, July 25, 2011

I’ll tell you, this has been quite a summer for us.  Rye is doing really well.  If you didn’t know him well or he didn’t tell you (he’s very open with telling people he is bipolar), you would have no idea that he is bipolar.
He is that stable.
One of the things I have noticed recently [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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Adrenaline and Mania

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

One lesson we learned the hard way last year is that for Rye there is a direct correlation between repeated exposure to or engagement in adrenaline producing activities and the rise of mania.   And for us, this is definitely something that needs to be watched because this kid seeks out adrenaline producing activities and absolutely [...]

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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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Sometimes I Wonder

Monday, November 1, 2010

if Rye is going to have a hard time making good decisions for himself as he gets older.  And sometimes it really scares me.  It’s tricky because at times he can be such a  mature and astute kid and can make really good decisions, is a good conversationalist and seems to really have his head [...]

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Dr. Charles Raison

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

This morning I had a specific post in mind to write.   I wanted to write about Serotonin Syndrome.  Serotonin Syndrome is a medical syndrome in which the body becomes toxic from having too much serotonin in the body due to the use of serotonin altering medications.  In preparation for the post, I was researching [...]

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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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