What’s with the Early mornings?

Published on October 20, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, mood disorder

I have tried various bedtimes with my two sons in the past, never having been able to get them to wake up much later than 8am. That was nice, but it only happens on some rare occasion. Regardless of what time my sons go to bed, you can count on them rolling out of bed

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The Day Aj Veered Off, His Anxiety and A new Program Causing Fear

Published on October 17, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, children, mood disorder

Parenting in general isn’t an easy task, I would never tell someone parenting is easy. As I watch my sister journey into her third trimester of pregnancy I am not telling her it’s going to be an easy task to be a parent, she knows already. Watching me with three kids shows that parenting requires

Tags: Anxiety, family, Fear, home, mental health, Parent, School, teacher

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A Parents Fight Never Stops When It Comes to Their Kids

Published on September 3, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, mood disorder

On August 13, 2006 a big boy came into this world weighing 9lbs 5oz. After spending the whole pregnancy not sure if I was ready to be a Mom to another child and in all honesty not wanting to have this newborn baby, I fell in love with a little boy the moment he was

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Risperdal Has Really Been a Blessing

Published on July 27, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, children, mood disorder

I started the journey with my middle child at age 2 and most of you who have been reading since then know my story but for those who don’t, my son Aj was born angry. He had one emotion, angry, since the baby years and up. At age 2 his Dad and I finally started

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Bipolar and ADHD can be Confused with the Other

Published on June 1, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, mood disorder

As most of you who read my blog are aware of, my middle child has had some struggles along the way of his life. Having been born completely irritable all of the time, we knew that something was just not right with him. This is not to say that he was just different than the

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Risperdal Is Working For My Five Year Old

Published on May 25, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, mood disorder

I have told the story of my Aj forever now, it’s been three years since we started the fight to find out what was up with him. Our first concern was the lack of sleep, never having slept through the night & always having been an irritable baby {not to be confused with colic, he