I have two sons who have been diagnosed with bipolar I have done everything in my power to keep them off of medication, from diet adjustments to activity adjustments to tight schedules/routines, anything that I could think of to help give them stability to and structure.

One son is thriving with this the other on the other hand we are having to step back and reevaluate things since he is starting to not be able to handle things, since he is hitting puberty and things are new to both of us.

I guess what I am saying is meds are not always needed for everything. There are ways around it was it hard for me as a parent heck yea. But knowing that they weren't drugged was worth it. I was on some of those medications and they made me feel funky I did not want my child to go through that at all. I will continue to look in to other options though.