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After 14 years….
Advanced Laboratory Services has just proved that my son has Lyme disease.
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Waiting for the new Lyme test results we learn about heavy mental and dermorphin antibodies.
Read More11/15/11 Working while we wait
If Chris has Lyme disease it is very slow growing. Meanwhile, hormonal issues deserve attention.
Read More10/21/11 New possibilities
Chris and I make our first visit to Dr Z. He specializes in difficult cases. I call him Dr Z because, in a figurative sense, we have already been through doctors A through Y. This doctor, unlike most we have seen, actually read a chapter from the draft of Beyond Mental Illness, a book written the patient’s father. Imagine that! T’is a far cry from the doctor discussed in my first book who patted me on the shoulder and said, “Don’t worry. When your book comes out I will be the first to read it.” Not only that, but Dr. Z said the ideas in it are a good starting point. The chapter he read is entitled “My Son Does Not Have Mental Disorder.” Fair enough, you...
Read MoreBackground to A Path Not Taken
Welcome to “A Path Not Taken.” To see an introductory video click on “Read More.” In my first book, Too Good to be True? Nutrients Quiet the Unquiet Brain, published in 2003, I shared my family’s four generation bipolar odyssey. Some of you sent me emails thanking me for the positive contribution that book made in your own life and the lives of your loved ones. Some of you used some of the interventions discussed in that book to successfully withdraw from taking psychiatric medications. Others of you continued to struggle as did our family. Having finally given up the search for the cause or causes of a mental disorder called bipolar...
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