The Blogger: Child's suicide raises medication questions
He points to the diagnosis of bipolar disorder increasing 40-fold in the last decade. Part of the problem, he said, is the "societal viewpoint" that medications are the answer and will be easier than doing therapy and behavioral work. .... Locally, child-welfare officials have trained caseworkers on new requirements, including ensuring parents understand the forms they sign, consenting to their children being placed on psychotropic medication. ...
The hardest post I will ever write
Lee Hopkins has Bipolar Disorder.” Just sayin'… ... going to be mine unless someone does something unheard of and hire a 50-something for more than just greeting people as they enter the supermarket. But the medication and the therapy and the maintenance team I have built up around me means that the 'average' person (who didn't know my past, nor my present condition) would have no clue as to the disease playing 'hidey' with what some have laughingly called my 'brain'. ... Dieting With Success Fish Secrets
The hardest post I will ever write
Lee Hopkins has Bipolar Disorder.” Just sayin'… ... going to be mine unless someone does something unheard of and hire a 50-something for more than just greeting people as they enter the supermarket. But the medication and the therapy and the maintenance team I have built up around me means that the 'average' person (who didn't know my past, nor my present condition) would have no clue as to the disease playing 'hidey' with what some have laughingly called my 'brain'. ... Dieting With Success Fish Secrets