Out of my three kids it is Aj that is always ending up with some health thing going on. This past week we visited his pediatric urologist as a follow up for a procedure he had done two years ago. Basically his whole life, up until two years ago, he was peeing as if his
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My son, Aedan, the middle child was diagnosed with a mood disorder last April and while they leaned towards bipolar I am uncertain if he truly has bipolar on his record for true diagnosis due to his age. Since bipolar runs in the family and he has always had the symptoms of that of my
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My Aj being diagnosed with a mood disorder/bipolar at such a young age makes sense to me because I have witnessed him having a mood issue since the day he was born. My ex husband and I always said that Aj had one emotion, “anger”, that is how he has been all of his life.
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Since my last blog post on the weight gain with risperidal that has worked well for Aj’s bipolar/mood disorder diagnosis there has been some changes. For one, it dawned on me that the medication Aj takes to help keep his moods steady also brings on weight gain, therefore one would safely assume there is a
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Writing about my journey raising a mood disorder/bipolar child helps me to 1) connect with others who are going through similar situations and 2) move on from the stress and sadness that surrounds me while trying to raise a child with bipolar. I have blogged a lot about Aj, my now six year old son,
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Many look to me as a super mom of sorts, I do a ton each day. I juggle the three kids, one having a mood disorder, the other being extremely hyper and the third going through her hormonal changes that come with adolescence. I also do work for my social media marketing clients and writing
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