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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Well, I had a post in mind for today but then I sat down to the computer to write and changed my mind. I received this comment from Shila on Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Seroquel and had to change my direction.
I’m fourteen, and after a recent suicide attempt overdose on Wellbutrin, I had to stay at [...]
Sherry posted this in the comments section and I thought I’d post it here because it’s an important story to me.
She wrote:
Here is a cause of psychotic behavior in teens that I was not aware of–Lyme Disease!
I am a member of an online book club that has long since evolved into more of a friends [...]
Stephany of Soulful Sepulchur is one of the first blog friends I made when I started blogging. She took a personal interest in my situation because she has a daughter that was diagnosed as Early Bipolar 10 years ago and her daughter was placed on a myriad of psychiatric drugs for years. Her daughter Lindsay [...]
“The mental health system is a definition of insanity.”
- Judge Steven Leifman
Minds On The Edge is a video I saw on PBS a couple of months back and it is excellent. I just found where you can watch it for free online so I posted the link and I highly recommend watching it.
This video [...]
So, as of now, Rye is not on any meds. This is not to say, however, that we have never tried meds. We have tried many and have not had good results so far. In fact, for us they seem to have caused more problems that we had originally sought treatment for and this in [...]
Here it is:
http://www.bpkids.org/site/PageServer/PageServer?pagename=fd_pr_jan08
CABF, I think you do some good work but I’m concerned about your response.
You state:
Jacob’s family and doctors stand by his diagnosis of bipolar disorder 14 years after the initial diagnosis and his parents feel he is doing well. While Jacob experiences an unfortunate side of effect of his medication, he is alive, living [...]
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