Hi I'm donna and I have 3 grown son's.

One of which is now 31 he has a form of bipolar. Which is Intermittant
Explosive Disorder. Which was helping raise the issues of the Bipolar
issues. We had gone through all the types of drugs which none were
working.

And then at 16 he had a incident that placed him, with the court system.
That I personally believe saved his life. They had to figure out whether
he was just a bad egg, so to say. Or if he really had a disorder, that
he needed treated for.

With all the information I could share showing that we had tried everything,
even though the place they had sent him to for assessment. Said that he
could easily be a bad egg. They chose to take my word, and the probation
department. That he had been in at one point already. And placed
him in a residential program. And he was put on a medication (Depakote)
that turned out to be what he needed. I personally believe it was the
savior for him. He spent 6 months in this program, when we had been
told at the least he would be there for 12 months.

The thing I want to really bring out here. He had 2 really good friends. That
even went down on weekends, with us to visit. They didn't forget him.
They made sure he knew they were still there for him. These particular
2 were ones I could trust.

HE also had a few that wrote to him. And of course I wrote to him weekly.

I have a family that stood by me from the time he was a little guy. THey
saw the tantrums, not knowing like I didn't at 6 they were anything
else. To the fact that he was to strong for me at 13.

Wow, he is now a young man that holds down a job and is doing well.

Donna