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July 14, 2010 By 4 Comments
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As I have discussed, I have been exploring the internet a lot these days.  The kids are now out of school and so far they have been entertaining themselves.  I have been in search of some self calming techniques for myself and Abigail.  Living with a bipolar child can certainly add a lot of stress to one’s life.   I can only imagine the amount of stress she deals with day in and day out.

On my journey, I found a site with some wonderful articles on the site body mind awakening.  I came across many articles that I found to be helpful.  The first article I was interested in is titled: Choosing to Be Different – Resisting the Powerful Pull of Negativity.  I know that I often fall into negative thoughts and am sucked in by negative energy.  The main suggestion in this article is to make a conscious choice to think differently.  This means that when negative thoughts begin to enter your mind you should change those thoughts into positive thoughts.  I believe that after doing this for a few months it will be a habit to think more positively.  I think that this could be worth a try.  Abigail and I made a pact to try it together.  We will be changing our “the glass is half empty” mentality to the glass being “half full”.

Another article on this site that I found to quite interesting is about meditation.  I strongly suggest that you check out the article: Is Meditation just a Waste of Time?  I found this article to be quite interesting.  I have been told by many people that meditation would help me a great deal.  I always think of it as a big waste of time.  With three kids who has the time to meditate?  Apparently meditation will bring clarity and who could not use more clarity in their life?   This article stressed that the only thing we can control in life is our thoughts.  For me this one statement brought clarity.  We tend to create our own drama from time to time.  I know that sometimes I am enveloped by it!  Meditation could be my key to a calmer, saner life.

I would have to say that I think you should check this site out.  We all have stresses.  We all have drama.  We all have things in our bodies and minds that could use some awakening.  It is vital to take care of you first in order to assure that you have the ability to deal with all life throws at you in a positive constructive way.

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Weight Loss: Day 6

January 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Well I had an alright day.  All in all I am still doing well.  Today I am having various issues emotionally that are making eating well difficult.  The first issue is that I have bad for you food in the house for the first time.  It is hard for me not to eat it all.  I did well though and stayed away from it all.

The other issue is that I am having a stressful time with my daughter in school.  I have a meeting in the morning that I am stressed out about.  It is so hard to remain strong but I beat the overeating urge and came out of it on the other side.

Emotional eating has to be the biggest issue I face.  When I am stressed, pissed or upset about something I want to EAT!  It does’t even matter most days what I eat.  Just as long as there is something in my mouth.  Today I did none of that.  Rather then eat I kept myself busy.  I was able to clean the house, do some research and still have a good day.

I did have a meeting at my house tonight which meant I did not eat perfect.  I did control the amount that I ate.  This is HUGE for me.  I usually do not pay any attention.  Tonight I tried a little bit of everything.  I made sure that most of the things on the plate were healthy.  I used reduced fat sour cream and light mayo.  I think for the situation I did very well.

How do you all handle the emotional eating thing?

Becca

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Diagnosis Bipolar on HBO

January 7, 2010 By 6 Comments

Last night as I was flipping through the channels I stopped at a documentary titled, “Diagnosis: Bipolar” on HBO.  Being that I have a child who suffers from Bipolar disorder I watched about the last 10-15 minutes of it.  I certainly want to catch it in its entirety.  It was like seeing portions of what we go through everyday on the television.

Bipolar is a brain disorder that severe mood changes occur.  According to www.BPkids.com there are “bouts of extreme and impairing changes in mood, energy, thinking, and behavior.”  Many people are under the misconception that this is a strictly behavioral issue that is easily fixed by behavioral modification.  While behavior modifications are certainly important it is a brain disorder.  I  know that my daughter hits a point where she looses it and is no longer in control.  I do not know how to explain it.  You can see in her eyes when she is gone.  After an episode she immediately becomes very depressed.  She talks about not wanting to live and tells me she hates herself because of how she just acted.  She is unable to explain what is going on in her head at the time.  She clearly feels bad.

As my daughter continues to age it is becoming more difficult.  The fact that she is prepubescent has made her treatment difficult not only for her but also for her Doctor.  She is suffering socially because other children her age do not know what to make of her.  The trouble is that my daughter has a HUGE heart.  She will do anything to help others.  She can be extremely compassionate.  She is wonderfully excited about so many things and very inquisitive.

I certainly want to catch this documentary again.  I am sure that they picked some of the most severe cases to show.  That is what they always do.  I just want to see how these kids have been helped over the course of a year.  For now I will continue to muddle through.  Some days are wonderful and others not so much.  Either way she is my baby girl and all I can do is try and help her in anyway I can!

Becca

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The Stomach Bug Returns

April 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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As I was saying last week I hate stomach bugs.  I had thought that I had escaped its bite but I spoke too soon. Abigail spent all night Tuesday sick, Emma and I woke up sick and Rob is the only one not infected.  So I will not tell you about this horrible experience.  Yeah right you know that I will!

  • Abigail did not get sick in 5 places before making it into the bedroom.
  • I was not the one who did the laundry that she created.
  • I did not sit there and help her while she was throwing up.
  • Emma did not wake up the next morning covered in stomach flu remnants.
  • I did not throw up all day that morning.
  • I did not call my sister in law to take the baby because I could not take care of her.
  • I did not sleep all day.
  • I did not ignore my older kids all day who were also sick
  • I did not wish I would rather be dead!

All in all I hope that this stomach Flu or bug as I like to call it has worked its way through my family.  I hope that it never comes back.  I am not sure when you spend a week cleaning it all up that the bug will not bite you.  I took the bleach idea and washed my hands obsessively and yet the bug still bit me.  I am amazed by its sneaky ability!  I cannot wait for warmer weather when the mosquitoes are the only bugs biting!

Becca

Update:  Rob was bitten last night!  Now we have all had it… Hopefuilly it will GO AWAY!!

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Is My Baby Blind??? Part IV

March 19, 2009 By 9 Comments

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So the big day was here.   We were off to see the pediatric opthamologist.  I was a nervous wreck.  I had asked my sister in law to take off and come with me.  I did not think that I was in the right frame of mind to drive the hour it would take to get there.  I cannot even begin to tell you all of the things that went through my mind in that hour.  I was so upset and scared and anxious.  I honestly wanted to blow off the appointment and just accept it.  I guess that is always my first instinct.  Not to deal always sounds better then the alternative!

Once we were there they were very nice.  It was another huge office building with lots of people dressed in kids scrubs.  When we went into the room the nurse did an intake.  She asked a whole bunch of questions.  Most of the answers were no.   There was no degenerative eye conditions in the family.  There were none of the 1000 questions she had asked.  The whole time I was thinking that if there were none of these things does that mean that nothing was wrong.  You know that that is what I wanted.  To go there and to have the Dr. tell me that my Dr. was a moron and send me home.

As the Dr. came in to examine her he seemed a little cold.  It could have been me because I am sensitive to this but he seemed annoyed in some way.  I held her in my arms and he did the flashlight trick and a few others.  The last thing he did she had a slight response to.  My sister in law was so excited.  I did not buy it.  I figured it was a sound she had followed.  Either way was one response out of the 50 times he had done it a good odd?

In the end he had told us to go to a pediatric neuro-opthamologist.  Now I do not know about you but I had heard of a lot of things but this specialty was not one of them!  He had explained that it looks like it could be something she will grow out of.  I was a little relieved.  My sister in law was a lot relieved.  As we drove home we talked a lot.  She had gone over all of the reasons that she had felt good about the appointment.  All I could think was of the bad.  She had a few points like the one that it could just be a development thing.

We were talking so much that she was speeding.  Of course she got pulled over and ticketed.  I told her to tell him that we were discussing your blind neice and the doctor’s appointment we had just come from.  Tell him that my baby cannot see and you were trying to make me believe in the little shreds of hope that the doctor had just provided.  We giggled some while he gave her a huge ticket.  So much for her helping me.  You see where that got her!

Becca

Links to the Full Series

Baby Blind Part I
Baby Blind Part II
Baby Blind Part III
Baby Blind Part IV
Baby Blind Part V

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