I know this sounds funny, but my son finally got a diagnosis of bipolar. This has been a long time coming, and he has been in denial. He is 27 years old and has been different all his life, and I finally talked his into going to a psyc doctor for at least four years. The porblem was he comes from a family of bp. My mother, sister and me, and my sister is way out of control and he said that if he was bp he would be like her. I told him she is an extreeme case. How I got him to go was his axiety had gotten so bad he couldn't function at work, he works at a group home for mental illness. Yesterday was the best day for me. He is finally getting help and maybe I can stop waiting for another thing to happen. They started him on Resperital and neurontin. So today is a good day!