The Medicated Child

More kids are being diagnosed bipolar. More than 1 million children are now being diagnosed with bipolar. One of the kids, Jacob, that is on this Frontline episode was believed to suffer from ADHD and his parents decided to put him on Ritalin and over the next 5 years he was put on one drug after another. His mood over the years improved on multiple medications but they left him with a severe tic which the doctors have trouble fully explaining. Another child on this show, DJ Koontz, was diagnosed with bipolar at age 4. He had temper tantrums and they became more frequent and explosive. He got prescribed a drug that was a powerful antipsychotic.