My daughter is 6 years old. She has always been difficult to handle, throwing fits for no reason, becomes overwhelmed quickly, hits, kicks bites, takes hours to calm down, argues with me on a daily basis. For a very long time I worried that my parenting was the problem. I read parenting books, asked people for advice, never give into her fits. Everything I could possibly do. Until a few months ago I had been able to simply blame myself or argue away her behavior and inability to cope (she tired, she doesn't feel well, this is normal for a child her age). As my daughter has become worse we have become more and more isolated from people because of the embarrassment I feel whenever she throws fits I can't control in public. Her behavior has recently turned to unsafe she runs away into the road or parking lot and has attracted the involvement of Social services. Unfortunately she has gotten to a size that I can no longer physically control her alone during these outbursts. As a single mother it has been extremely difficult. I took her to a psychologist and all she did was throw fits and throw things around the office. took her to the neurologist who diagnosed her with ADHD and put her on medicine that only made her worse. I have been doing some research into childhood bipolar disorder and I fully believe this is what she has. Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia run in my family. In the meantime while we search for a medication that works and a diagnosis that fits I am at my wits end I don't no what to do anymore. I feel as if my entire life is lived around my mentally ill child.