Just want to reiterate smallworld and tell you that in my opinion he possibly needs to stay on a mood stabilizer, as in Depakote, and then ADD the Seroquel an AP. They are 2 totally different categories of medications, and sometimes our kiddos need both to curb the mania. His behaviors sound completely like my difficult child at that age. Once we started Lithium, those types of behaviors, over the course of 6 months, completely disappeared. He no longer needs the AP because he is so stable on 2 mood stabilizers, Lithium and Lamictal - but it took 2 years of Seroquel in addition to these 2 to stabilize him.
It is all trial and error, and it takes A LOT of time. Hang in there. And don't give up hope.
