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Criminalizing Your Child: Does It Scare Them Straight?

Thursday, July 15, 2010

If you have a bipolar teen and are a part of any kind of bipolar teen support group, you will hear stories of kids having some unsavory behavior. Not all kids, of course, but definitely some. It’s pretty much inevitable. I mean, after all, these kids live a little more on the [...]

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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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The Boy Beneath The Mask

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The boy beneath the mask
Is not as he may seem
An illusion to the world
Himself left to redeem
The path from which he
Once had veered
Now in the mirror
Is closer than appeared
The road is long
And winding yet
But others are watching
Helping his step
The boy will find his way
In life
He will be happy, healthy
Despite forthcoming strife
He is a mystery
To those [...]

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The Psychiatric Hospital: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Monday, June 14, 2010

Well, it’s been 2 weeks and we are now home from Rye’s inpatient hospitalization.  What a ride this has all been.  In fact, we got home yesterday and my head is still spinning and I’m not even sure I can write a decent post.  But here goes…
What was good about the hospital?

It seems to have [...]

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The Hospital

Monday, June 7, 2010

As it turns out, Rye could not follow the rules of the house so we took him to the hospital.  We could not get the Depakote level high enough, fast enough to stay helpful once his body adjusted to it and we  just could not keep him safe.  From himself. 
It’s kind of a weird thing, really. 
I’m [...]

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My Son [or Daughter] Is Not Bipolar

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

AKA Parent’s Refusal To Believe
Here’s the other side of the coin.  As karma would have it (and because I used to run with a much wilder crowd), I have a couple of friends that I have known for many years who have sons that are grown now.  I have known these boys since they were [...]

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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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The IEP Meeting

Monday, March 22, 2010

Well, it’s done for now.  It was very tense and 2.5 hours long and we still didn’t cover everything.  But we did get Rye a shortened day.  And he will no longer have Social Science or Science classes for the rest of the year.  We’ll just focus on reading, writing, and math.  I’m happy with [...]

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The World Is A Classroom

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I was watching “19 Kids and Counting” tonight and Michelle Duggar said this about her kids and homeschooling, the world is a classroom.   I thought it was great.   Because it’s so true.  And I wonder, is “out-of-school schooling” better for some kids that “in-school schooling”?  Could be.  And I may have one of those kids.
Now, [...]

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My Bipolar Life/Guest Posts

Monday, March 8, 2010

In an effort for me and readers of this site to better understand bipolar disorder I have put forth a request for adults with bipolar disorder to write guest posts for this site.   I encourage guest posters to use a pseudonym unless they choose otherwise.   I ask posters to address the following issues:  at what [...]

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It’s Saturday

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Well, I dropped Rye off at his fishing tournament bright and early this morning.  It’s a beautiful day here so he should have a good day and I now have some time to myself to piddle as Don is out of town visiting family for the weekend.
As I was driving to the lake I couldn’t [...]

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