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Last nite I couldn't sleep. My son kept coming in my room standing over me as I slept. It was the creepiest thing I ever experienced. I asked him what he was doing and he left. Later on he came back and I saw him at the door. I yelled out his name and he rushed into the bathroom and closed the door. Then I stood up at the door, with the light off and he started to come back. He was startled. He always had a pad and pen in his hand. Then I propped the dog cage against the door. He came back, and I yelled out his name to go to bed. During the morning I asked him why he kept coming to my room. He said he wanted to write down some answers to the family secret. But earlier he said I was trying to sabotage him. I was so frightened. As I write this, I want to throw up. I am fighting for him but I feel like I'm losing the battle.

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@amotherslove2 This is similar to how it started off with my son, when he was 21, on Xmas break from college, right before his diagnosis of bipolar 1 disorder. He was acting very strangely, not sleeping and kept coming into our room during the night telling us he wanted to talk to us about a secret or something. We kept telling him to go to bed to no avail. It was like he was on drugs but he wasn’t. We took him to hospital in the mornin for an evaluation and that was the start of this long 10 yr journey through mental illness. I’m not saying that your son has the same thing, but I think you should get him evaluated and he can get treatment, if necessary. Please stay in touch, sending prayers your way.