Comments on: Science Tales review http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/science-tales-review/ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jane E. Smith http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/science-tales-review/comment-page-1/#comment-567745 Jane E. Smith Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:00:54 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/?p=1647#comment-567745 My adult son gave me Psychiatric Tales for Christmas. He and I both have bipolar disorder, his combined with OCD. I alternated between long periods of depression broken by brief periods of extreme activity. I asked my son's pediatrician when he was two if such a young child could be depressed. By age five he was manic; age 10 he was unmanageable due to extreme social anxiety and OCD. I raised 3 other children during this time and battled his father to get him psychiatric help. I began psych meds in my 30's and took him with me, but his real diagnosis and healing didn't begin until age 24 with the right doctor, the right meds, and the right diagnoses. I read this book cover to cover in one sitting, wiping the tears from my eyes sometimes to see the words. The compassion and understanding the author has for those with brain disorders is evident. Psychiatric Tales stays out on the table and I recommend it frequently. My adult son gave me Psychiatric Tales for Christmas. He and I both have bipolar disorder, his combined with OCD. I alternated between long periods of depression broken by brief periods of extreme activity. I asked my son’s pediatrician when he was two if such a young child could be depressed. By age five he was manic; age 10 he was unmanageable due to extreme social anxiety and OCD. I raised 3 other children during this time and battled his father to get him psychiatric help. I began psych meds in my 30’s and took him with me, but his real diagnosis and healing didn’t begin until age 24 with the right doctor, the right meds, and the right diagnoses.

I read this book cover to cover in one sitting, wiping the tears from my eyes sometimes to see the words. The compassion and understanding the author has for those with brain disorders is evident. Psychiatric Tales stays out on the table and I recommend it frequently.

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