GREGORY HEISLER FOR TIME
  Ian Palmer, 9
HOMETOWN: Wayland, Mass.
BIO: His condition misdiagnosed twice, Ian was put on Ritalin and Prozac but spun out of control. Now well-medicated, he avoids the cafeteria where noise can trigger mania. Sand in his eye while playing with his dad, above, can still spark an episode.

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 FROM THE AUG. 19, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, AUG. 11, 2002

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