The Bipolar Millennial

this is the continuation of episode #9

Diane's friend Marnie comes over to discuss how Diane and her met and all the things they have in common. One thing is they both have son's with bipolar that are close in age. Listen how Marni has had to deal with her situation.

Diane's friend Marnie comes over to discuss how Diane and her met and all the things they have in common. One thing is they both have son's with bipolar that are close in age. Listen how Marni has had to deal with her situation.

Join Nick and his Mom as we discuss his medical marijuana experiences and ongoing search for anxiety relief.

Episode #7 A very candid discussion of what you will hear in these podcasts as far how Nick processes information and how it translates to his conversations and how he expresses himself. Some more insight into the extents of his injury, and how it has affected his life.

Episode #6 A decision was made after the 3rd suicide attempt to remove his current pharmaceuticals. This is the recount of what we did and what we all went through in the process.

A heart to heart talk between mother and son about the medications he was taking, how he feels about some of the doctors he has dealt with and a candid discussion about this podcast and how it can help people like them.

Note: Just a word of caution, there are some bad words in this episode. Nothing that the movies don't say but beware.

This is the culmination of the 2nd suicide attempt. The discussions we had in the ER with Nick. How we as parents dealt with this and then the 3rd suicide attempt and what had to happen as a result of all of this.

Join the parents of The Bipolar Millennial as they discuss the events that lead up to the first self imposed hospitalization and the suicide death of Nick's own doctor. Then the medication changes, the death of a parent and a grandparent that contribute to his own suicide attempts. Anger, mood swings and frustration lead to additional diagnosis of PTSD. And hear the account of the first 2 suicide attempts and the parents reactions and actions that follow.

Diane and Jimmy talk about the school years and how they had to deal with the education system.

Nick's head injury affected his sequencing, short term memory, filters and his ability to do reading comprehension.

From public schools, private schools and home schooling they struggled to get a fair education for Nick.

Nick was in middle school at the time. He struggle with OCD, ODD and severe juvenile Bipolar Disorder. He suffered from ticks both external and vocal.

His medication was so severe they basically took him out of normal life. They couldn't get him up to go to school and then when they did he wouldn't stay a wake when he got there. The teachers and faculty couldn't deal when him or he would go to the school nurse with a head ache.

The failure of the education system. The system is set up based on reading comprehension and visual only and not set up for the physical needs of those who need to hear it and do it to succeed.

Nick had to endure the system and learn on his own using You Tube and other web based systems to accomplish his goals.

This begins our journey of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) that changes a family forever when their 11 year old falls on a pool deck while playing in the rain. Severe Juvenile Bipolar, OCD and ODD were the resulting diagnoses. Diane, the mom, and Nick himself discuss what they went through at the beginning, their views on the psychiatric hospital stays that followed and how he views that "3 Seconds Changed My Life".