Aries2756,
“I don’t see any signs here of bipolar disorder. I see signs of alcohol and or drug abuse. I dont’ see signs of mood swings or going from one extreme to the other.”
Most people wrongly assume that by definition bipolars “go from one extreme to the other”. This is not the case. Many bipolars suffer with chronic irritability as their cardinal symptom, with extremes to speak of.
WOW has indicated in her posts that her sons moods do fluctuate quite a bit and that she needs to catch him in a good mood to have any type of civil interaction with him. More importantly, he is depressed which is obviously a component of the illness. Lastly, WOW has indicated that her other son is ADD, which adds a genetic predisposition towards mental/behavioural conditions to the picture. The evidence is overwhelming.