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Questions & Answers

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Well, wow, I’m not sure what is happening in the Universe right now but this past week I’ve received some really nice emails from people who read the blog. A few from moms of bipolar children and a couple from adults with bipolar disorder (or who have shown signs of it but manage the symptoms [...]

Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar | Also tagged ADHD, bipolar symptoms, conduct disorder, ODD, oppositional defiant disorder, pediatric bipolar, support groups | Comments (4)

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 [...]

Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Learning Disabilities, psychiatry | Also tagged ADHD, bipolar, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, child psychiatry, hyperactivity, learning disorders, manic depression, mental health, mood disorder nos, pediatric bipolar, psychiatry | Comments (6)

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 [...]

Filed in Life In General | Also tagged bipolar, bipolar child, bipolar teen, child psychiatry, emotional growth, emotional maturity, emotional regulation, manic depression, pediatric bipolar, stability | Comments (5)

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 [...]

Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Mania, psychiatry | Also tagged ADHD, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, child psychiatry, dr stuart kaplan, emotional regulation, Mania, manic depression, mental health, ODD, pediatric bipolar, You Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder | Comments (7)

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 [...]

Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Meds | Also tagged Adderall, ADHD, attention deficit, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, depakote, homeschool, learning, Mania, pediatric bipolar, psychosis, seroquel | Comments (4)

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 [...]

Filed in General Bipolar, Mania | Also tagged addiction, bi-loser, bi-winning, bipolar, bipolar medication, charlie sheen, damage creating during mania, delusions, drug use, grandiosity, Mania, manic asshole, manic depression, manic lifestyle, mental health, perfect example of mania, self medicating, unmedicated mania | Comments (7)

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 [...]

Filed in General Bipolar | Also tagged ADHD, antipsychotics, anxiety, Auditory Hallucinations, autism spectrum, bipolar, bipolar child, bipolar medication, bipolar teen, brit on oprah, child psychiatry, emotional regulation, hearing voices, Mania, manic depression, medication, mental health, mental health treatment, oprah winfrey show, parenting, pediatric bipolar, pediatric mental illness, psychiatric hospital, psychiatry, psychosis, sensory integration disorder, therapeutic schools, tourette's syndrome, visualization | Comments (6)

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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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 [...]

Filed in Special Education, homeschool | Also tagged ADHD, anxiety, BIP, bipolar, bipolar teen, dyslexia, education law, FAPE, Free Appropriate Public Education, homeschool, homeschooling, iep, klee, Learning Disabilities, mental health, middle school, parenting, public school, school anxiety, Special Education | Comments (2)

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The New Psychiatrist

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Dr. Stuart Kaplan: Childhood Bipolar Disorder vs. ADHD

ADHD: To Medicate Or Not To Medicate

Disheartened

Charlie Sheen, You Manic Asshole

Explosive Children, Bipolar Children on Oprah

Adrenaline and Mania

Accepting The Diagnosis

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