I'm so happy to hear that you got off it. It's the worst drug I can think of, I hate what it has done to my son, to my family. I started going to Alanon and that helps a lot. At least half the folks in there are there cuz their kids are on drugs or alcohol. And I do think he's self-medicating like you say you were. But he's been clean off meth for about 6 weeks, we've tested him, so that is awesome. He's still smoking pot, hash, cigs, but therapist is aware and working on it with him. The first step was getting him away from the meth. Now he has a probation officer who will make sure he goes to school. They also want to mandate him to take psych meds... he's prescribed lithium and clonopin. He doesn't want the meds, and I don't think I'm going to force him into taking them at this time. We'll see if he goes manic, then I probably will. It's been so hard to tell what behavior is biological/BP and what is from the drug use.