Hi, Wittesea.

I want to see it as its own forum, not a sub-forum.

This is mainly because it was never seen, at the old place, from the topic list pages. It was hidden. It could only be found if someone already knew or suspected their child as bipolar.

I see it as being sensible to have sub-forums under Diabetes, for instance, if that particular forum desires it...

But with "Bipolar Children" or "Bipolar Disorder in Children" being its own forum, it would stand out to parents here on a child's or family's behalf. Bipolar in children is not as easy to diagnose as many of the illnesses and disorders are. Since it is a chiefly behavior-distinguished disorder, a bipolar child is often seen as bad, oppositionally defiant, a behavioral problem, a bad child or, sometimes, as having a totally different psychiatric illness.

My point of view is that with a visible forum, Bipolar Disorder in children will become more widely recognized and understood. I know that many parents will drop in to see what bipolar in kids is all about.... and those parents may very well be the link, someday, that some other parent desperately needs.

Theresa

Could we please have a Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome forum? The illnesses known as CFS/CFIDS.


and I second mister's suggestion for a Domestic Abuse forum. Great addition to Health & Related topics.

and I second dyslimbic's suggestion for a Personality Disorder forum, too.

Personality disorder forum
 

Would it be possible to have a personality disorder forum?

a sub forum is a good idea...
 

I started this idea at OBT... and we waited many months for JL to get around to making it. In the meantime...I had 2 stickeys put up, one in Bipolar, and one at ADHD. And when we did get that subforum granted, it did become
busy. However, I disagree that it was "invisible"... as subforums do show up in the forum list..as such.

My major concern with the Children with Bipolar issue was that since the Bipolar forum was so busy with adults, that newly targeted families with this new diagnosis, could be lost in the shuffle.

Here, I would think that a separate forum might be a better idea. But listing it in the forums list... should place it near the Bipolar forum.
Children with Bipolar would be in the C's, and too far away from the Bipolar fourm which is in the B's. Perhaps Bipolar Disorder (Children) would do the trick?

It would be nice to continue the information and support that was commonly accepted at OBT...here.

This is a good idea. Thanks for considering this idea, DocJohn.

Whether the forum would be on it's own or a sub-forum would be totally up to DocJohn, I was just asking the question from my own curiousity.

I do agree that the subforum on the other site was hard to find and hard to see.

But, just so that everyone is aware, sub-forums here can be seen from the topic list pages.

To see an example, go to the topic list and scroll down to Cancer, and you can view how the breast cancer and prostate cancer sub-forums can be viewed from the main list, and you can click on the breast cancer sub-forum to enter it directly without ever entering the cancer forum.

Service & Support Animals - subtopic under "Our Pets"
 

I hope I'm not hogging this thread ... BUT I just spent several hours this evening researching Emotional Support Animals and how they are covered under Federal regulations, and how they differ from Service Animals.. And what provisions can be invoked and what documentation is needed for dealing with "no-pet" rental properties. Also found a great deal more information I would love to post, including links.

What I would ask you to consider is a sub-forum under "Our Pets" since both Service Animals and Support Animals are our pets, too, when they live with us and love us. It seems it would best be called "Service & Support Animals".

Thank you for considering this.

Theresa

I too would like to see a forum for brain tumors or meningioma's also a forum for MGUS (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance). Thank you so much for all your time!

Ang

Hey Ang ..
I agree that we need a Neurological Cancers & Tumors
with these sub-forums:
* Brain Tumors,
* Spinal Cord Tumors and
* Cancers of the Linings (like Meningiomas

Theresa

Tons of Thanks & More Thinking on Things
 

Doc, thank you VERY much for the Parents of Bipolar Children.. AND CFIDS.

I was so surprised to hear that subforums show up on the topic index page...
Then I realized WHY I never noticed them at OBT.
I never USED that page (unless I couldn't avoid it) for there were SO many topics (dozens) that it took a lot of time to scroll thu them all. My mind got numb and fuzzy everytime. It made me dizzy. My head almost hurt.

So what I did was subscribe to all the forum I did want to browse every so often, and accessed them all on my UserCP page!!! One stop shopping for me.

So thanks very much! And recognizing what MrsD and others pointed out to me, I want to urge you to use sub-forums whenever possible. I dread the forum topic list getting too long!

And I looked over the current major divisions and notice the name of the seond one Health & Related Topics ... and, looking over the topics, realized that Service & Support Dogs/Animals would probably go there best, not under general. So ignore what I said earlier. Wrong place to consider placing it.

Thanks again.
Theresa

Thanks to MrsD for requesting the great name change for what was once "Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies" -- and is now "Vitamins, Nutritients, Herbs and Supplements". Tip of the hat to DocJohn too, of course. Truly 1-Stop shopping for all our questions. :)

Rose is a great Vitamin E resource person, and MrsD is a licensed pharmacist and long-time investigator/speaker for non-pharmaceutical approaches to patient care. I know there will soon be others who have special knowledge to share. - Theresa