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weezie

posted 02/21/2009, comment (1)

my 14 year old son and drugs

My 14 year old son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in Sept. 08, he was then 13. He also has adhd. Since he was diagnosed he was hospitalized twice and been suspended twice from school and now is being home schooled. He smokes cigarettes and has also smoked marijuana. The last time he was suspended he was caught with a marijuana... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/27/2009, comments (3)

bipolar, steroids and teenagers

My spouse of 11 years was diagnosed with BP about 6 years ago. It's been rough. Her main symptom is anger with a lot of rage and irritablity thrown in. When she is down, she does not want to do anything and just goes to bed and sleeps. When she is manic, she yells, rants and becomes out of control. She also has asthma... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/30/2008, comments (7)

Risperdal seems to cause aggression

Has anyone else found Risperdal to cause aggressive behaviors in a child? My son is going to be 6 years old this month. He's bipolar with ADHD and has been mostly stable since we added lithium to his regimen of Seroquel, Risperdal and Vyvanse back in March. Our unsolved problem was his terrible aggression in the mornings and evenings when his... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/14/2008, comments (0)

Mental Health Humor - Your week laugh with cartoons drawn by me :)

Mental Health Humor: Weekly Review This week cartoons are below. If you would like to post them on your Mental Health blog or personal blogs please feel free to do so. Just make sure you don’t edit the cartoons and you link them back to my blog. ( http://mentalhealthhumor.today.com ) Also i started doing free Custom... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/10/2008, comments (2)

Parenting a child with early onset bipolar and ADHD

Why does every task have to be so utterly painful? My 5.5 year old son just can't get through the morning routine - ever! We perform the same tasks every morning getting ready for Kindergarten, but he resists me every day just the same. He won't get up much more than half an hour before the bus comes He fights taking his medicine, throwing it... Read more Chevron

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