I had certain defined symptoms at 5, for good or ill though, I was too frail physically to turn them into real problems until about 25 yrs old. By that time I had built some degree of anger/stress management; though not great. By my 30s I knew what auditory hallucinations were and why you don't ask people if they heard something. Diag and medicated at 51, now I get to see what living without paranoia and without being a rag doll in the face of mood, rage, impulsivity, and hypersexuality; is like. Oh, and no invisible pixie with a school bell either. :/

Its only my first year of control though and my insight may still be poor so I might be mistaking one thing for another. What is clear to me is that kids don't attempt *that* without there being a problem, and I foolishly avoided turning that failure into help at the time.