Kymaro - thank you for your thoughts. sadly, our son is in denial about the magnitude of his illness. we visited him last night in the hospital. my only way to describe him would be "wired" / wound up. after a mere 48 hours, he wants to be released. when asked if he recalled how he got in the hospital, he believes it was for mania, just b/c he wasn't sleeping (we actually bonded him out of jail and transfered him two days earlier; it was WAY more serious than lack of sleep). Since he slept the last two nights in the hospital, he thought he was well and needed out.

when my husband began to approach him with some of the other decisions he has been making and statements he has been claiming, he became irritable and abruptly ended our visit. he is clearly not stable.

we have been here to help him and guide him, but it is beyond emotionally draining. and we are learning we can only do so much. we need him to step up and accept the help that is in front of him... but it has to be him.