i know it is hard when you are against meds to choose that option. i was totally against them. i still am. i am bp and suffered many years but broke down and took them against my will, but using my better judgment, and it changed my life. i continue to take them, even though i dont like them, but the difference they have made i cannot dispute. i only wish my parents would have done something so i did not suffer all my life. i imagine how different life could have been. the manner years spent suffering when they could be free from that as they are today. the different choices and opportunities i could have had if my life were free of the chaos of the rapid cycles that held me back for all those years. my life is such a success since i have been on meds. if only i had made this choice sooner. he is not of an age or mentality to make this choice. it is your job to make it for him. you can change his life for the better. you have that power.