This isn’t a surprise to me at all—early exposure to a lot of mold/mildew can lead to long-term respiratory problems: Mold May Lead to Croup in Infants And apparently, exercise is especially beneficial for dealing with ADHD: Train Your Brain…
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…
Fives Meme
Five minutes ago: Talking to curiousmay9 while hugging the girls good morning. Five hours ago: Sleeping soundly. Five days ago: Had some lab work done, ran a lot of errands, and had a very strange empathy-related experience. Five months ago:…
Miscellany for the Day
I really want this magazine. I need another magazine subscription like I need another hole in my head, but I want it. I wasn’t online much at all yesterday, or indeed all weekend. I am letting go of the feeling…
Katie, Camera, & Waya
So we get home, get Katie’s stuff out of the car, Shelley sniffs her all over disapprovingly and sheds on her briefly—and she wants to go outside to reconnect with her friends. Yep, that was her first desire after a…
StickyMinds and Food Talk
Site to spend more time on later: StickyMinds.com—brain food for building better software rasilio, it might be useful for you as well. Question for all of you: How does someone with an extremely unhealthy relationship with food go about healing…
More Randomness
Have any of you tried herbal coffee? I followed one of the links from Morford’s newsletter this morning. I like this quote that I found on the site: Imagine if in every heart and from every tongue, all anger, hate,…