When does it stop?
03/04/2004 03:01 p.m.
*More behavioral observations and notes (mostly)

Today I'm leaving work early picking up the boys, and driving across town for a psych. eval for my oldest son. The goals are a) to determine if he is bi-polar (or some is it something else causing all these problems) b) to determine if he qualifies for a study that is currently being conducted.

The past few weeks have been very difficult, as his behavior, at home especially, has become increasingly erratic and out of control. As his behavior gets more out of control, my youngest son gets caught up in it, and he becomes over-stimulated and hyper-active.

The last two nights they haven't gone to bed before midnight. I've put them in bed, but no sooner do I get in my bed, than they are fighting, have the TV turned up loud, the radio turned up loud, or are running around the house and fighting. Going on 6 hours of sleep or less a night, trying to catch up on housework, cleaning, and keep my children from killing one another.... I could feel my brain frying last night, my head started to spin, vision getting fuzzy, and no drugs or alcohol were involved at all.

I sure hope that, if nothing else, even if they determine that my son is not bipolar, they can give me some kind of idea what is going on here, because I know this can't be normal. I know other people don't go through these problems with their children, so what's the cause here?


I am currently Frustrated