Children and adolescents stricken with Bipolar Disorder look just like other young people, but they suffer unfathomable, often constant pain. What one can not see is any outward evidence of the terrible torment raging within. There are no visible signs of the pain, the self-hatred, the terrifying nightmares, the racing thoughts and suicidal ideation. It is impossible for those who have not had a child with bipolar illness to understand the daily, often hourly, battles parents have to wage on behalf of their children.