Information and opinions on health from Ann Yoxtheimer at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/346341/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/346341/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/346341/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/346341/136838/xander-xander Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:40:05 -0400 Ann Yoxtheimer Xander's been in a good mood for 2 days now. It's been wonderful! But then, nobody's asked him to do anything difficult! He's just started spring break, so his teachers were giving him a break for a couple of days. They were letting him do what he wanted to do, and I guess that's why he's more relaxed. His non-custodial father keeps saying that he doesn't understand why I have so much trouble with him. Of course, he only sees him once a week.... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/346341/136838/xander-xander http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/346341/136793/psychiatrist Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:12:52 -0400 Ann Yoxtheimer I live in South Carolina, and it seems there is a severe shortage of really good child psychiatrists in my area. I read all of these articles about children receiving this medicine, or that treatment, and my child's doctors keep telling me that they don't have any other medicines they can give him. Meanwhile, he's getting progressively more aggressive and scary.   If anyone knows of any good psychiatrists in the South Carolina lowcountry,... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/346341/136793/psychiatrist http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/346341/136745/xander-war Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:30:56 -0400 Ann Yoxtheimer I have created a blog to chronicle my life with my bipolar child. It is called http://xanderswar.blogspot.com/. I had to do something. I love my little angel, but he's also my little devil. The whole family walks on eggshells around him, and everything in our home revolves around what Xander will tolerate. Despite all of this, he still throws fits and insists that no one cares about him.   He can be incredibly loving and kind and... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/346341/136745/xander-war