Benro, I'm sorry you and your wife are dealing with a painful situation.
A little more than four years ago during a family camping vacation, my daughter experienced a manic episode which resulted in her eventual arrest and commitment to a mental health facility in Florida. The memory of seeing her handcuffed and put into the back of a cruiser to be taken to the facility still makes me to cry. She looked so defeated.
It is normal that you want to protect your wife, and you are to be commended for wanting to help her. Our latest episode with our daughter involved her bringing more animals into our house. When I protested that we couldn't live with more animals, she chased me through the house and knocked me down, kicking, punching, and pulling my hair. She was at the end of a manic episode.
Thank god my husband was there, I don't know what I would have done had he not been there to pull her off me. I most certainly would have sustained more injuries, I simply don't have the physical strength she does.
You are doing what you must while he is young and still impressionable. This is the best time to make a difference, even though it is painful to witness him going through this. Lots of parents here to help, keep posting, this is a good place to seek advice.
