Is My Child Normal or Having Symptoms?

Symptoms kids and teens experience with a mood disorder impact behaviors, social relationships, school work, and more. But your child is still there.

What’s a Mixed State?

In kids, teens, and adults with bipolar a mixed state can be a dangerous time with depression and mania happening all at once.

The Difference Between Mania and Hypomania?

Mania and hypomania can be hard to tell apart because they are similar, especially in kids and teens. But there are clear differences you can see in children and adults.

What’s Mood, Bipolar, or Fear of Harm FOH?

It can be hard to tell with kids and teens who have bipolar and FOH what’s mood instability versus what’s the chaotic, anxious, defensive, angry symptoms caused by FOH.

Poor Hygiene with Mood Disorders

Children and teens with mood disorders often struggle to take baths, showers, and brush their teeth. For these kids it’s a symptom of their illness.

Fear of Harm FOH and Sleep Problems

Parents report children with FOH have always had trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up in the morning, and having horrible nightmares way worse than other kids.

Fear of Harm FOH and Aggression

Kids and teens with FOH experience frustration, anger, and aggression directed at themselves or others that they wish they could stop.

Fear of Harm FOH and Temperature

Children, teens, and adults with FOH have trouble with body temperature. There’s overheating, tolerance to cold, lots of sweating that other kids don’t have.

Fear of Harm FOH and Fears

Everyone has fear of being harmed, but for kids with FOH they live in a state of fight or flight or freeze all the time because of this disorder.

Fear of Harm FOH and Moodiness

Kids with FOH have changes in mood including depression, mania, hypomania, irritability, oppositional and defiant behaviors more than other children.