Hi, my name is Liz. I am a Special Ed. teacher in Texas. I previously taught 5th grade Math for a lot of years and just two years ago was offered a job of working with students who have special needs. My mother was severely bipolar all of my life starting when I was 18 months old. I was...
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Worth Watching
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
There has to be a compromise in the middle between the dark ages when we locked up our mentally ill and the current system that treats with no mandatory follow up. This offers ...
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Another Lost Soul
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
This poor mentally ill man has been in solitary confinement for years. Who would ever think that solitary confinement would ever be a treatment for severe mental illness? I do ...
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Right Direction
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
I vote for my tax dollars to be used for programs such as this. This will help a lot of mentally ill persons get off the street, if they will take advantage of it.
Recove ...
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Doesn't matter
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
I understand the pain and hurt the families of the slain students, but this is a law issue. It does not matter if the psychiatrist had the records or not. By law he would have ...
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Lots of Reasons Why
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
I do realize that we have been locking up some of our mentally ill youths. One of the problems is the parents. Why have these young people gotten this far into a mental illnes ...
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Sad Realization
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
Stigma surrounding mental illness remains despite abundant pharaceutical ads. The medicalization of such mental illnesses as depression and bipolar disorder, which have seen p ...
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Good Read
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
I know that when testing my elementary students for special needs, it is very hard to describe exactly what kind of syndrome these young kids actually have. This is the same t ...
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Sweet n Sour
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Liz Janill
Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder
I understand that it is very scary to put a small child on an anti-psychiotic drug. If weight gain is the only side-effect, then it is a no-brainer. If the diagnosis fits and ...
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