Because I don’t think this was clear in a post last night, and I don’t want to be accidentally offensive… BPD=borderline personality disorder, not bipolar disorder. I don’t use an abbreviation for bipolar disorder most of the time. Yes, it’s…
Protected: R is a Sock Puppet Now
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Protected: Survivor Issues
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Anti-Depressant Drugs May Protect Brain From Damage Due to Depression
Antidepressant drugs may protect brain from damage due to depression Studying women with histories of clinical depression, researchers have found that the use of antidepressant drugs appears to protect a key brain structure often damaged by depression. Previous research has…
One More Custody Note
Nearly forgot‐G will continue on her meds for at least six months or so, it seems. Her new psychiatrist and therapist (meaning she has to have them) will have to coordinate with the ones here for that length of time,…
Custody Hearing/G’s Issues
The custody hearing is this morning, 9 am I think. Good thoughts are greatly appreciated. On Monday, G’s doctor informed Sam’s ex-wife that 1) G is bipolar; 2) There are no “environmental factors” involved in bipolar disorder; 3) Her weight…
Sleep, or Lack Thereof; School, and Household Stuff
Grrr. Not only am I up way too early (couldn’t get back to sleep), I wrote a comment to a post in someone’s LJ, then realized that Sam had left himself logged in. I deleted the comment, signed in as…
Suicide
I started to write this as a comment after someone repeated something I’ve heard many times about suicide being selfish. Then I decided that it was really inconsiderate in regards to the situation about which she was writing. Suicide has…
ADHD Notes
I ran across some very interesting notes from a lecture on ADHD while searching for something quite different. I’m largely putting them here for my own reference later, but since there was some very sensible stuff here I decided that…
And More
Update: I told Mom just now when she dropped off the girls that we won’t be there tomorrow night. I told her that I consider Matt a toxic presence in our lives because of his behavior and that I have…