Hello, Bren.

Well, when he acts out, it is pretty much like a very long temper tantrum. In school, he has been known to kick, scream, curse, bite, etc. His school has what they call the Behavior Recovery Room (BRR). It's like a rubber room where kids go when they are acting out and just totally out of control. CJ knows the BRR very well.

The list just goes on and on. At home, it's pretty much the same thing, only he's destroyed property as well. He throws furniture (the table my computer sits on, chairs, etc). He has pushed the television off the stand a few times. He has kicked the car, slammed the door really hard, etc.

Normally, when a child acts out, a parent can use discipline and loss of privileges to control this type of behavior, but when a child has Bipolar Disorder, no one type of discipline works all the time, if at all.

The story is ongoing. Like I said in my blog, every day is a new type of experience. We have good days and we have bad days. The blog you read was only an introduction. I didn't really want to get to the heart of the story until after the introduction has sunk in. I will probably be making weekly entries.

Thanks.