Since I appeared on The Ricki Lake Show: Inside Childhood Mental Illness last Wednesday I have heard from dozens of parents. Most say some variation of “Thank you for sharing your story. It makes me feel less alone.” Some are pleas for help finding appropriate services (How painful, not to have an answer, but . . . → Read More: The Cosmic Measuring Stick of Love
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ValueOptions® would like you to believe that they really, really care about getting mental health care to everyone who needs it. I cry foul. . . . → Read More: Value Options and the Denial of Care: Continuing the Conversation About Mental Health Care Cursing and sword swinging in the wee hours. That doesn’t seem entirely normal. . . . → Read More: Pick Your Poison  I am tired. Tired in the extreme. Tired enough to be a little concerned about driving. Not half as tired as Carter, though. Spring is flat lousy for some people with bipolar. No one really knows why; longer days, more sun, or some other reason (and don’t most of us feel a lift of . . . → Read More: In the Forests of the Night  I put a condiment cup full of pills in front of Carter this morning, as I do every morning. As he does most mornings, Carter shouted at me, “I don’t have any water! You know I only take my pills with water!” And as always, I pointed to the water glass sitting next to . . . → Read More: Toothpick Wielding Demons  |
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