Comments for Kristie McNealy, MD http://www.kristiemcnealy.com Health News for Thinking Women & Parents Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:57:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Childhood Depression Warning Signs by RitaRose http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/childhood-depression-warning-signs/#comment-3054 RitaRose Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:17:13 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/childhood-depression-warning-signs/#comment-3054 June 2008 My son attempted suicide recently. I walked into his room and found him hanging in his closet. I instantly grabbed him and pulled him up with my left hand as I unbuckled the belt loop over the bar with my right. I don't know where I got the strength to lift him, but I did. It happened so fast. As we fell to the floor he gasped for air. I don't remember how long we laid their on the floor as I clutched him tightly as we both sobbed. Then I stood up and pulled him on his feet and lead him to my bed and told him, "I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I held him as he fell asleep with me. I cried and prayed, "Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil." I don't know why I kept repeating it, but it calmed me down and finally slept with my arm around my son. That morning I took him to the hospital. He stayed there for eight days 24/7. My son had been seeing a psychiatrist and therapist for a year. He turned 16 when he attempted suicide. Thank God, I caught him in time. I found out that he sufferd from Bipolar II Depressive. I was shocked because I never heard of it before. I don't understand how his doctors could have misdiagnosed him with ADHD. My son had been suffering for years. The best advice I can give parents is keep searching for help. Listen to your kids, and don't take their misbehavior as personal attack. They are confused and need guidance. I cried when I found out my son had Bipolar, but it has helped me to understand his behavior. June 2008
My son attempted suicide recently. I walked into his room and found him hanging in his closet.
I instantly grabbed him and pulled him up with my left hand as I unbuckled the belt loop over the bar with my right. I don’t know where I got the strength to lift him, but I did. It happened so fast. As we fell to the floor he gasped for air. I don’t remember how long we laid their on the floor as I clutched him tightly as we both sobbed. Then I stood up and pulled him on his feet and lead him to my bed and told him, “I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I held him as he fell asleep with me. I cried and prayed, “Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil.” I don’t know why I kept repeating it, but it calmed me down and finally slept with my arm around my son.
That morning I took him to the hospital. He stayed there for eight days 24/7.
My son had been seeing a psychiatrist and therapist for a year. He turned 16 when he attempted suicide.
Thank God, I caught him in time. I found out that he sufferd from Bipolar II Depressive. I was shocked because I never heard of it before. I don’t understand how his doctors could have misdiagnosed him with ADHD. My son had been suffering for years.
The best advice I can give parents is keep searching for help. Listen to your kids, and don’t take their misbehavior as personal attack. They are confused and need guidance. I cried when I found out my son had Bipolar, but it has helped me to understand his behavior.

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Amazing the number of women who get this. The numbers stun me.

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]]> Comment on Dangers Lurking Behind Diet and Baby Gender Study? by Loree http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/dangers-lurking-behind-diet-and-baby-gender-study/#comment-2332 Loree Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:39:34 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=183#comment-2332 Infanticide or abandonment happens quite frequently in the United States, though I assume you're correct to think it's not usually a means of gender selection in North America. Later term abortions could also be a way to select gender, though also extreme and probably very uncommon. As for your prompt, I think modifying your diet for gender selection purposes isn't particularly "dangerous" though women should eat well prior to and during their pregnancies. Would I do it? Probably not. I enjoy breakfast too much! ;) Infanticide or abandonment happens quite frequently in the United States, though I assume you’re correct to think it’s not usually a means of gender selection in North America. Later term abortions could also be a way to select gender, though also extreme and probably very uncommon. As for your prompt, I think modifying your diet for gender selection purposes isn’t particularly “dangerous” though women should eat well prior to and during their pregnancies. Would I do it? Probably not. I enjoy breakfast too much! ;)

]]> Comment on Dangers Lurking Behind Diet and Baby Gender Study? by Kristie http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/dangers-lurking-behind-diet-and-baby-gender-study/#comment-2330 Kristie Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:06:06 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=183#comment-2330 Well, technically, my question was geared towards my readers, who are predominantly from the US, Canada and the UK, in that order. I'm not aware of infanticide as a means of gender selection running rampant in any of those countries. Well, technically, my question was geared towards my readers, who are predominantly from the US, Canada and the UK, in that order. I’m not aware of infanticide as a means of gender selection running rampant in any of those countries.

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