SOUNDS LIKE YOU JUST DESCRIBED MY SON TO A "T"! I HAVE BEEN GOING THRU A MILLION AND ONE DIAGNOSIS' AND FINALLY FOUND IT--HE HAS BIPOLAR, AND ODD OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER--HE IS ON RISPERADAL FOR THE BIPOLAR AND PROZAC FOR THE ODD, HE HAS ALSO BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH NVLD, OCD, AND HE HAS SENSORY INTEGRATION DYSFUCTION. LOOK UP THE BIPOLAR CHILD ONLINE--MY SON HAD EVERY SYMPTOM--THEY HATE THE WORD NO VERY DEFINANT, AND THE SWINGING IS DEFINATELY SENSORY--YOU WILL NEED TO GET HIM TO AN OT-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPSIT FOR SENSORY ASAP! ODD IS DEFINANCE WITH EITHER EMPATHY OR NO EMPATHY AND CAN LEAD TO CONDUCT DISORDER(SWEARING)....HOPE THIS HELPS--GETTING THE RIGHT DIAGNOSIS HELPS CAUSE MY SONS DOING GREAT ON HIS MEDS BUT HE HAS DEVELOPED A SMALL TIC IN HIS HEAD NOW--THAT'S WHY I'M ON HERE--LOOKING UP THAT!! I KNOW BIPOLAR KIDS GET THE TIC EVENTUALLY HE IS 7 YEARS OLD NOW WAS DIGNOSED AT 5 YEARS !