I am sorry to hear that your dealing with this.I have my own version of this going on at home.My oldest son is 16 and was diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder after years of misdiagnosis.He was being treated for ADHD and yes ADHD meds helped a bit with his percieved hyper activity and he was able to focus on schoolwork but it left him completely emotionally unbalanced.He began to develop OCD and boy was he moody.At night I would pray for him to fall asleep because the meds gave him insomnia.Eventually after years of testing and therapy he was finally diagnosed correctlly.The hyper activity was actually the manic side of the bi-polar disorder.There is also some possiblity of some low level Aspergers which my sisters 17yr old son has as well.I have to stay on top of basic things most 16yr olds will do automatically like brushing teeth, using soap in the shower,using deoderent,not putting dirty clothes back on.....the list goes on.But with medication(Seroquel)he is like a totally different kid.If he misses just a few doses he is not ok.Just this weekend he was visiting with my mother and she didn't give him his medication.She said he told her I was saving them because they are expensive and for some reason she believed him.She stopped by my classroom today and says "God I am so tired, Michael was up at 5a.m chatting up the neighbors out for their morning walk".I knew right away he was off his meds.I had to tell her if she is not going to make sure he takes his meds he can't stay for overnight visits with her.Needless to say life isn't always easy but over the years we have developed some good stategies that make life easier.The best piece of advice I ever got was his body may be one age but his brain is much younger.This became more obvious to me as his almost 4yr younger brother can do so much more at 12.5 and how much more mature he is than his brother.He already feels at just 12 a huge sense of responsability for his brother.I wish you the best,hopefully things will get easier soon.
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