with my difficult child there are alot of different things as with many of us i'm sure. she has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), adhd, anxiety disorder, depression and manic episodes. so i'm not quite sure if it's bi polar. there's alot going on. yet the way we are going to proceed seems to be thorough enough so that if it is bi polar it would still be handled. so we're giving it a year and hoping by next end of this coming school year there is some marked improvement if there isn't then finding a private school for her and fighting board of ed to pay may be an option. what you explained does go hand in hand with many of the bi polar books.