I am worried about my 13 year old son. My father is bipolar and I have 3 uncles and 2 aunts and my grandmother ( on my dads side) who are schizophrenic. Ever since I can remember, my son has been "different". When he was younger( around 6), he had displays of rage that were unbelivable. Anything could set him off. Since then he has become more and more antisocial, not being able to enjoy anything, only being able to wear certain clothes and not able to function normally without overwhelming stress. Over this past year, things have been worse than ever. He is extremly intraverted, he will only speak a few words at a time, if that, he does not show pleasure in anything, he isolates himself in his room and he is failing school. He'll have a friend one day and drop them later with no explanation. When you try to talk to him, he makes no eye contact, just holds his head in his hands as if his head hurts. When he meets new people, he looks down, becomes fidgety and again, holds his head and rubs it with his head,whispers hi, then leaves. His ambivelance has worried his teachers at school. An example of this at home is : he has not had new sneakers in about a year. I have asked and asked, but he just says no, then he'll curse at me. Anyway, he finally asked me the other day to take him for new sneakers. We got to the store, his foot was measured ( a size 12) and as soon as he tried the sneakers on, he took them off and demanded that we leave the store immediatley. He put his old sneakers on ( which are a size 9!) and left. He did this the other day also with guitar lessons. He has a guitar and had been going to lessons for over a month. The other day, he packed up his guitar, got in the car, but when we got there, he got this weird look on his face, held his head again and said he would not go in, he did not need lessons anymore. When I ask him why all of a sudden, he'll just tell me to shut up. He does not speak unless spoken to, and when he does, he barely says anything. Understandbly, I am worried considering my family history. He has had tics since he was 7 and we were told he may have Tourettes. The tics do not seem to bother him, and are pretty unnoticable so I am not sure he even has Tourettes. His teacher told me he is very withdrawn in school, she might have to tell him 10 times to do one simple task like taking out his planner. I am worried that he will start to refuse to go to school, because he tells me he does not care about school, does not need it . Please help.Thanks