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Raising Bipolar

http://raisingbipolar.com

This blog is a first-hand account of raising a child with Early Onset Bipolar Disorder. It discusses parenting, bipolar disorder, special education, learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD.

• Added on: Oct 15th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Meg
• Listed in: Health Parenting
• Tags: bipolar parenting child special education learning disabilities bipolar child

Recent Posts

• The Bipolar Child: Mostly In America?

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 08:52 in mania, bipolar, psychiatry, medication, meds, antipsychotics, pediatric bipolar, mood stabilizers, bipolar child, child psychiatry, bipolar medication, general bipolar

  Many people say yes. And it’s an interesting thought to me. From what I have read, it is not to say that other countries do not have bipolar children.  Obviously, they do.  And, it is not to say that the majority of symptoms listed as DSM-IV ...

• The Importance of Sleep

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 08:49 in bipolar, adhd, sleep, special education, lack of sleep, learning disabilities, pediatric bipolar, mood stabilizers, bipolar child, general bipolar

  I am reminded time and time again of how important it is for Rye to get copious amounts of solid sleep in order to function well and this week has been no exception.  I guess with the holidays and all of the excitement – being off schedule, of...

• CABF’s Response to Frontline’s The Medicated Child

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 10:06 in mania, bipolar, psychiatry, meds, adderall, pediatric bipolar, mood stabilizers, psychiatric hospital, bipolar child, child psychiatry, bipolar medication, the medicated child

  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 ...

• Teaching Disabilities

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 09:33 in special education, the onion, iep, learning disabilities, ieps, teaching disabilities

  Ok, we have great teachers this year but anyone with a child that has an IEP will be able to relate to this.  Actually, anyone who has ever dealt with a school and teachers will be able to relate. This is from The Onion and it is so funny. WASHINGTO...

• Thanksgiving

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 09:36 in bipolar, psychiatry, adhd, special education, iep, learning disabilities, ieps, bipolar child, general bipolar

  Well, I have to say we had a really nice Thanksgiving.  It was very low-key, easy and relaxing.  Gam came over and we all ate and talked and watched “Christmas Vacation” and “Shrek 2″.   And Rye did really well.  He was ve...

• Frontline: Medicating Kids

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 10:15 in resources, adhd, medication, adderall, adhd medicines

  Medicating Kids is a documentary video on PBS that talks about the use of ADHD medicines in children and follows four families and their use and/or option not to use ADHD medications. This is the video that came before The Medicated Child, the video ...

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