I understand this post on points. I get those "hypo mania" traits. They are pleasant for the most part. Wish I could stay like that without all of the depression and anxiety mixed in. I crave the alcohol, the dancing and yes, the sex. I want more than sex, but that is what I crave.

What is going on with you son, I have been there. It is so hard knowing he has this illness and can still catch a charge especially a felony charge. I went through it. I fought juvenile court from the time he was 12 until he was 17. Then I fought adult court for 2 years. They never got him help. My baby went to prison for a year and a half. I begged both judges to help him and the juvenile Judge told me they were helping him. Sending him to YDC, wilderness camps, and finally a state YDC(kids prison). The adult judge ordered him to a psychiatrist and ordered him to take medicine. That was the only help they offered. I hope you have more luck. Get letters from psychiatist and therapist and doctors, anything you can think of that might get him help instead of punishment.

Big Hugs and you and your son will be in my thoughts as you seek to get him help.