memason
My daughter is now 11 and was diagnosed with bipolar when she was 8. When they put her on a mood stabilizer there was a complete turnaround in her behavior within 48 hours! When she is manic, nothing can get her down, she is up all night, changes her room around, cleans, sings, hums, can't seem to stop. but when she crashes watch out, unlike adults she doesn't get boo-hooey and cry and sleep, she gets MAD, screams, yells, cusses, kicks things, throws things, hurts people, animals, etc. THis is a very real diagnosis and until you live in my shoes with my daughter 24/7 nobody knows what we go through