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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 213166" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Hi and Welcome!</p><p> </p><p>I am with MWM - you need more evaluations, esp if all the doctor comes up with is ODD/ADHD. I think MOST of us here started with ADHD, and MOST of us found that other things were going on. And ODD is about the most useless diagnosis you can get. It says your kid is behaving badly. Not how to help, how to medicate, how to do ANYTHING.</p><p> </p><p>Neuropsychologists can be a good choice for a new evaluation. SOme people get 8-12 hours of testing, but some only end up iwth 1-4 hours. It ALL depends on the neuropsychologist. We had an EXCELLENT diagnostic procedure with the developmental pedicatrician we took our difficult child to - the neuropsychologist was included, but just part of the 12 hours or so of testing we went through. (It is broken up into chunks). Many here have good results with a multidisciplinary evaluation. Neuropsychs and multidisc evaluations can be found at children's hospital or major university hospitals.</p><p> </p><p>Most of us here have had EXCELLENT results with a book called The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. I also like the Love and Logic books (<a href="http://www.loveandlogic.com" target="_blank">www.loveandlogic.com</a> to get an idea of the different books they have). Explosive Child will help you understand your child and how to handle him.</p><p> </p><p>It may be that in time he is such a threat to the family that he must live at a different address. Is he menacing to his siblings? To you at any time? How is he refusing his medications? Just saying no, cheeking them, ?? What do you do when he refuses? What is his dad's reaction? Many of us have made absolutely EVERYTHING in the child's world STOP until the medications are taken. psychiatric medications often make things worse when not taken every day, so it really is important to have the parents on the same page about medications and the doctor aware of what is going on.</p><p> </p><p>Well, welcome again, hope to see you here often!</p><p> </p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 213166, member: 1233"] Hi and Welcome! I am with MWM - you need more evaluations, esp if all the doctor comes up with is ODD/ADHD. I think MOST of us here started with ADHD, and MOST of us found that other things were going on. And ODD is about the most useless diagnosis you can get. It says your kid is behaving badly. Not how to help, how to medicate, how to do ANYTHING. Neuropsychologists can be a good choice for a new evaluation. SOme people get 8-12 hours of testing, but some only end up iwth 1-4 hours. It ALL depends on the neuropsychologist. We had an EXCELLENT diagnostic procedure with the developmental pedicatrician we took our difficult child to - the neuropsychologist was included, but just part of the 12 hours or so of testing we went through. (It is broken up into chunks). Many here have good results with a multidisciplinary evaluation. Neuropsychs and multidisc evaluations can be found at children's hospital or major university hospitals. Most of us here have had EXCELLENT results with a book called The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. I also like the Love and Logic books ([URL="http://www.loveandlogic.com"]www.loveandlogic.com[/URL] to get an idea of the different books they have). Explosive Child will help you understand your child and how to handle him. It may be that in time he is such a threat to the family that he must live at a different address. Is he menacing to his siblings? To you at any time? How is he refusing his medications? Just saying no, cheeking them, ?? What do you do when he refuses? What is his dad's reaction? Many of us have made absolutely EVERYTHING in the child's world STOP until the medications are taken. psychiatric medications often make things worse when not taken every day, so it really is important to have the parents on the same page about medications and the doctor aware of what is going on. Well, welcome again, hope to see you here often! Susie [/QUOTE]
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