Take care of yourself-your son needs you. He does sound bipolar to me-I was like that at 8 too. There was an excellent article in the weekly newsletter that PC puts out called "Symptoms of Childhood Bipolar Disorder" by Dr. John Grohol. I think he is indeed the DocJohn who runs this website. My print date was 12/10 of 2008 so you may be able to find it if you can figure out where to look for it. It was an eye opener because I wasn't diagnosed as bipolar until 2000&I've had it all my life&it's been a real source of pain&agony. What is good is that you can empathize with your son from 1st hand experience. Don't let this Doc treat him for ADD-the meds for ADD will only make him feel worse. Don't know what else to tell yu except to maybe PM DocJohn&ask if he knows of any resources if you can't find anything here on PC. Best wishes to you&your son