After having been on ketamine for two months, she has once again become a participant in life.
She jokes, smiles, laughs…. We no longer have to walk on eggshells every moment of the day.
Effectiveness of Ketamine
This video presents the cases of three individuals diagnosed with a newly defined subtype of pediatric bipolar disorder, Fear of Harm, and illustrates the effectiveness of treatment with ketamine.
For the first time in my life I react to things in a measured, balanced manner. I feel like I’m moving along with life, not constantly over-reacting to it….and I see life for the first time….
I’m a 37 year old male who, for as long as I can remember, has lived with: constant racing thoughts random but frequent disturbing thoughts unpredictable emotional reactions and outbursts to everything and anything
Parent Response – Case 2
I certainly hope that I am able to portray in this blog what a difference ketamine has made in George’s life. I believe it would be hard to accurately convey how profound this change has been, without providing some history about my son’s life. So, I hope you can forgive the length of this writing,…
Child Response – Case 3
Before the Miracle (Ketamine) Before starting this miracle medicine, I had no idea what I was missing. I was afraid of everything that my mind could make seem like it was a threat. I had uncontrollable heat flashes, trust issues, sleep issues. My family actually thought I was at the top of the climb, doing…
Parent Response – Case 3
Pre-Ketamine and Post-Ketamine are almost the difference between living and being dead. As I look back at a mere 6 weeks ago, thinking that our daughter was “at the top of her game” I am utterly in shock. We were so thrilled that she was going to school and coping. We were thrilled that she…
Vol. 28 – Juvenile Bipolar Disorder – Progress in Research III
This is the last of a three-part series to inform you about the findings from research studies funded by the Juvenile Research Foundation. The first two Newsletters described the approach and development of a new perspective on pediatric bipolar disorder. This Newsletter tells you about the direction that researchers plan to follow now that the…
Vol. 27 – Juvenile Bipolar Disorder – Progress in Research II
This is the second of a three-part series to inform you about research on juvenile bipolar disorder sponsored by the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation. We hope you will be encouraged by the progress and inspired to believe that the end of this journey is attainable. What do the following have in common? deflects blame suffers…
Vol. 26 – Juvenile Bipolar Disorder – Progress in Research I
This is the first of a three-part series created to familiarize you with some exciting and hopeful information regarding research that has been conducted on juvenile bipolar disorder. In order to get to the end of any journey, you must travel in the correct direction. In terms of understanding juvenile bipolar disorder, the The Juvenile…
Vol. 25 – The Long Road to the Pharmacy
A few weeks ago, we listened to a radio broadcast produced by ABC Radio National in Australia whose topic was the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in young children. The segment begins with a send-up of the supposed American penchant for seeing psychiatric disorders everywhere. The listener hears a narrator intone: “You’ve heard about SARS, AIDS…