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Medication or mediocre?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by JohannaJ

My daughter spent close to a month in the psychiatric unit at the IWK as to better diagnose her anxiety. After seven long years dealing with this debilitating aversion, the doctors there prescribed her the medicine that changed her life… Continue Reading →

Parents Anxiety, Depression, Diagnosis, Doctors, Medication, Searching For Sanity
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I think I can … I think I can …

Posted on May 15, 2014 by JohannaJ

Today is not a terrible day, but one of neutrality. I’m not feeling great nor am I feeling bad. It feels like my body is going through all my day to day tasks, but my brain is on autopilot. My daughter… Continue Reading →

Parents Depression, Emotions, Medication, Parenting, Searching For Sanity
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Mentally exhausted with mental health strategies

Posted on August 2, 2013 by JohannaJ

This post is in no way, shape or form intended to minimize the efforts of the province, nor the professionals trying to combat the ever-growing rise of mental illness here in Nova Scotia. In saying these last words, I wonder… Continue Reading →

Parents Anxiety, Counseling, Government, Panic, Psychiatry, Searching For Sanity, Therapy, Treatment
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In search of a special specialist for anxiety

Posted on April 4, 2013 by JohannaJ

My daughter suffers from Tourette syndrome, ADD and OCD, but her anxiety is the most debilitating of all. My husband and I were seeking some sort of plan and/or method to help us help her . We received a meeting invitation… Continue Reading →

Parents ADD, Anxiety, OCD, Panic, Psychiatry
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Abusive ignorance

Posted on March 13, 2013 by JohannaJ

My daughter has been a source of inspiration to both my husband and I, although I can’t say the same for her 13-year-old brother. At the ripe old age of 5 years old, we knew she was suffering from some… Continue Reading →

Parents ADD, Anxiety, Asperger's, Behavior, Blogs, Books, Diagnosis, Doctors, Emotional Signs, Friends, Ignorance, Medication, OCD, Psychiatry, School, Stigma, Writing
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I’m a finalist for best special needs book!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by JohannaJ

OMG!!! I’m a finalist for best special needs book!!! “Brynn’s Bizarre Behavior” has been selected as a finalist for “Favorite New Special-Needs Children’s Book” in the About.com Readers’ Choice Awards. The poll is up now at, so please vote for… Continue Reading →

Parents Books
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Sleeping beauty?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by JohannaJ

On Saturday, my husband and I signed my daughter up for “Kidzact”, a local dance troop that was originally started for children with special needs — or so I was told. She truly enjoyed her first day and is looking… Continue Reading →

Parents Dance, Sleep
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Kids are a Godsend, so go with the flow

Posted on January 3, 2013 by JohannaJ

Well, here it is, 9:30 a.m. the first day of school 2013, and my 11-year-old daughter is still home and all worked up. It’s difficult for her to foresee a good day when she’s full of fear and anxiety. At… Continue Reading →

Parents Anxiety, Faith, Family, Fear, School, Teachers
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Poetry about being true to yourself

Posted on January 3, 2013 by JohannaJ

She is beautiful and awesome, along with all souls, yet she is doubtful and self-conscious from the what she’s been told. The kids on the bus, and the kids in her class recount all her faults, right down to the… Continue Reading →

Parents Poetry
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New title for my bullying book on Amazon!

Posted on November 16, 2012 by JohannaJ

A couple of months ago, I wrote here about my Facebook page called “Bullying is a Big Deal” — check it out. I wrote a book that originally went by the same title, but I had to change the name of my book because… Continue Reading →

Parents Amazon, Books, Bullying, Facebook

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