The Clouds are Gathering

Daughter number one has been doing well for a few months, keeping her schedule and maintaining a normal approach to life. But I think she's slipping. I see the signs beginning to show their slippery little heads.

For borderline personality disorder, these are the signs I see lining up in her behavior:
phases of mild mania
erratic sleep pattern
failure to do parts of her mandated routine
increasing inattention (taking the night meds in morning, or vice versa, or forgetting to take meds at all)
drop in grades
inadequately doing the parts of her routine she is still doing
asking really dumb questions (is it okay to sleep with hair spray in my hair? is it okay to use this plate instead of the other plate for my hot dog?)

All of these signs are small, but they are gathering up and increasing and coupled with the fact that she has started to stand right in front of me and make faces again, just to literally get me to look at her, I figure this all means that she is cycling and will start inventing ailments again or manufacturing a crisis.

Let's count the days - although her dad and I now have better recognition skills and an arsenal of mental restraints to use to try and contain her through this. Let's hope we're good enough to keep everything under control this time.