I'm new here too. I have a 15 yr old son wth bipolar and ADD. Getting ready to change his meds. I'm a little nervous about it. He seems to have calmed down a lot since I took him out of school. He has social anxiety and his therapist put on homebound school wth a tutor until I can enroll him in an online high school. I still keep firm boundaries and rules. When he was first diagnosed last April I didn't discipline him for anything and he just acted worse. I have found that if I he breaks the rules we both do a lot better if I wait an hour or so until I discipline him. It gives us time to cool down so that we can handle it without screaming at each other and making the situation worse. As for handling my own stress...I'm still trying to figure that one out myself...if you have any good ideas let me know. Hang in there.