I also have 5 kids. Yes I worry about them. Especially 16 yo dd. I already know she is bipolar. Undiagnosed. I don't think children should be on psych meds. Just my personal opinion. She knows she's bipolar, and we have other ways of handling her mood swings. When they get bad, or she gets older, we will get her diagnosed. Right now, she has the right to walk away from any situation that is a trigger for her. My other kids walk away from me when I am chewing on them, I will cause them bodily injury. She locks herself in her room and stays as long as necessary. Before we figured out that she is bipolar, and before she had options, she tried to kill her brother.....litterally. There is a body shaped indention in the wall in my hallway. She nearly put him thru the wall.

~BARB~