[Perfect7]

Well, dd has been having issues at school lately telling her music teacher she's "stupid" and not being able to start or complete classroom assignments. We go through this the first part of every year and it is SOOOO old, then dd settles down and gets As and Bs.
We took her to the pdoc today and he told me something nobody else has before: He adjusts the medications upwards during the fall to prevent the seasonal depressive changes and then downward in the spring to prevent mania.
I guess it hasn't helped that she's been on the same dose for about a year and has grown in that time, so the blood levels have been much lower than she needs. Uhg! Just thought this may help somebody else since we've been dealing with bipolar for the past three years (aware of what it was anyway) and this is the first I've heard of this.

[greenrobin]

My son's p-doc used to do the same thing.

Sonny gets really down as the days get shorter and then ramps up as they start to get longer. I thought it was my imagination until the doc told me it's not uncommon with folks with bipolar!

[kretzklan]

Interesting...wonder if same is true in adults?