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17 yr old daughter with ODD, YIKES
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 342288" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well, I had a daughter who did drugs and by seventeen she WAS out of my control. The police weren't very firm because of her age...almost being an adult. You can call them before she runs away and they may talk to her, but they can't do anything about "intent." My guess is she is doing a lot more drugs than just pot. My daughter, who is now clean, gave me the rundown on drug use and she told me all kids fess up to pot, but if they REALLY get into serious trouble...they are probably into a lot more than pot, like meth or ecstasy or cocaine. My daughter was and we sure didn't know it until she straightened out and told us the whole story. She also used to sneak out at night and was on parole twice, but it didn't stop her until she was ready to make changes.</p><p></p><p>I wish I could be more helpful. Perhaps there is an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) you can put her in to keep her safe? I don't know if you can do that against her will at her age. All I can say is, when she's eighteen, if you don't like her lifestyle, you can make her leave. We had to do that. My daughter was very lucky because she had somewhere to go in a whole other state and started over (and decided to quit...she is doing very well now...there is hope).</p><p></p><p>But until she quits the drugs, and it has to be HER decision or she won't, there is really nothing I know of that you can do. She is past the grounding age...what I mean is, she will leave even if you ground her. Do you live with her father? Does she listen better to him? As for her ODD diagnoses, that's not usually a very useful diagnosis and I'm guessing more is going on than that. But until she is clean, taking medication and going to therapy probably won't do much good and I'm guessing that she won't even go. Are there any psychiatric problems on either side of the family tree? Substance abusers?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 342288, member: 1550"] Well, I had a daughter who did drugs and by seventeen she WAS out of my control. The police weren't very firm because of her age...almost being an adult. You can call them before she runs away and they may talk to her, but they can't do anything about "intent." My guess is she is doing a lot more drugs than just pot. My daughter, who is now clean, gave me the rundown on drug use and she told me all kids fess up to pot, but if they REALLY get into serious trouble...they are probably into a lot more than pot, like meth or ecstasy or cocaine. My daughter was and we sure didn't know it until she straightened out and told us the whole story. She also used to sneak out at night and was on parole twice, but it didn't stop her until she was ready to make changes. I wish I could be more helpful. Perhaps there is an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) you can put her in to keep her safe? I don't know if you can do that against her will at her age. All I can say is, when she's eighteen, if you don't like her lifestyle, you can make her leave. We had to do that. My daughter was very lucky because she had somewhere to go in a whole other state and started over (and decided to quit...she is doing very well now...there is hope). But until she quits the drugs, and it has to be HER decision or she won't, there is really nothing I know of that you can do. She is past the grounding age...what I mean is, she will leave even if you ground her. Do you live with her father? Does she listen better to him? As for her ODD diagnoses, that's not usually a very useful diagnosis and I'm guessing more is going on than that. But until she is clean, taking medication and going to therapy probably won't do much good and I'm guessing that she won't even go. Are there any psychiatric problems on either side of the family tree? Substance abusers? [/QUOTE]
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