Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if your bipolar child is hard to wake up. I have read this on several websites and it is not something my child has at all. He is hard to get to bed and often doesn't get enough sleep, but he hops out of bed without a problem in the morning.

We have not been formally diagnosed. I was back at the therapist yesterday and we have completed at home and teacher assessments but don't have the results in. We have on the table right ADHD, bipolar and ODD. I spoke at length with his teacher, and as with past teachers, they don't feel it is ADHD, nor do I. He is oppositional, especially when raging or in one of his moods, but is usually very remorseful and almost destroyed at times by the things he has said and done to hurt us. He can be very oppositional though.

Anyway, as I read symptom lists and I am amazed at how much like him this sounds, the only thing that doesn't fit at all is the hard to wake up part.

Thanks so much. I hope you all have a wonderful day today.