I am a single parent of an 11 year old boy. I have a BSBA Hotel/Restaurant Mgmt. with a minor in Business from Denver University. Having worked for many years in Hotel & Rest. Management, I moved into outside sales in order to have a more flexible schedule to care for my son. That was one of the wisest things I ever did because of what lay ahead for us. Sean was always a high-maintenance, curious and clingy child. By age 4, school suggested he be tested for ADHD. The only ADHD medicine that worked for him was the short acting one, the others causes such mood swings and aggression in him. At that time, his pediatrician and a child psychologist suggested that he may have a “mood disorder”. By age 8, my son had his first full-blown mania episode and didn’t sleep for 4 days straight and he had to be hospitalized for several weeks to get him under control. This became a pattern for us for the next couple of years where he would become unstable, suicidal and not safe to himself. After three separate hospitalizations, I finally chose a more aggressive option of putting him in a Children’s Residential Treatment Program which lasted for 9 months. There he got 24/7 care and they were finally able to get him stabilized with the proper medication regime.