It's good that he's on suspension .... Hopefully this will push him into getting the help that he needs
It seems like he's really unwell sadly......xo

I guess even a very intelligent person with a medical background can get blindsided by the effects of mania. Hopefully he didn't do any real damage to his patients or his practice. And hopefully hes getting the help he needs.

None of us are spared the symptoms of BiPolar Disorder, regardless of our Degrees, Medical/Mental Health Licensure/Intelligence. We have to treat, maintain and manage the disease just like everyone else. If a Professional chooses not to treat their BiPolar Disorder then what should happen, is exactly what happened, the only problem is they let it go on far too long.

BiPolar Disorder does not discriminate between race, intelligence or economic status....it takes victims from all groups without prejudice. Everyone has to treat the Disease with Meds and Therapy and strive for longterm Management and Stability.

I completely agree, Cper.

I see the situation as his first sign of bipolar disorder. Maybe it's because it's the way it happened to me, but I was blindsided by a mania I saw nothing wrong with at the time. My irresponsible hurtful behavior was just the new me cultivationg my true happiness and I felt so great it never even occurred to me that I might be mentally ill until after the fact. Way after the fact. After my diagnosis.

While not a psychiatric dr, (I don't know how much expertise a pediatrician would have with mental illness) it's interesting that even a medical dr didn't see it for what it was.

I agree pcer. Well said.

Couldn’t have said it better Cper.

I would be seriously questioning why it took so long for everyone else in the practice to take action in this case. surely when he dropped the child would have been a very good time to step in. this story makes no sense at all. how much of it is true and how much is just made up remains to be seen. there is nothing that would make doctors immune to any diseases any more than the rest of us. and i have met some incredibly stupid doctors too. iq doesn't rule out stupidity!

Irish, I was thinking,...why so long for anybody to get some kind of psych help too. well said

I agree with irishwriter. Seriously what were his staff thinking. Clearly he was having a breakdown so why wait so long to get him help as well as protecting his patients.
Hopefully this will get him the help he needs.

I still feel for the dr. It can be very hard to understand that what you're doing is not normal in the throes of a severe mania. I had several people tell me I was behaving irrationally and asking me if I was ok, insisting I was not. But I continued in my madness.

I do feel for the patients and the family of the patients. What he was doing was not ok and he hurt more people than himself and that's not right. But that's the way with mania.

I agree bipolar definitely doesn't discriminate and no matter how smart someone is, they can fall victim to it. Maybe its comforting to a lay person like me that even a scholarly person can be just as clueless as I was during a manic episode? I

f the dr was off his meds on purpose that's a different story. Like Irish said, who knows how much of the story is true and I'm sure theres much more to it. I guess maybe I'm just more sympathetic to the horrors mania can cause and how hard it is to understand that you need help, and for the people around you to convince you that you need help.

He's the boss..... That was at least part of the problem and a lot of people have no idea how to approach mental illness

People cover for others all of the time.... This isn't new

No one has said what the illness is.... this could be addiction?? perhaps

It's unfortunate for him that it's in the newspaper other then this may push him to reach out for help and I hope that he does

Oh if he were the only doctor who was not mentally sound and practicing medicine. Doctors are only human after all...hope if he goes back to practicing he is diagnosed and treated first. Yikes!

Wow. That’s sure scary. I hope he will get the help he needs. This doesn’t make him a bad person, just a sick one