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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 469749" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi and welcome to the board, although sorry you have to be here.</p><p></p><p>The first big question I ask of any parent with a child who changes a lot as a teenager is...could it be t hat your child is drinking and/or using drugs? NOTHING will change a child faster (in the wrong direction) than drug use. And often we really don't know if it's going on (often kids will admit to pot but even more is going on). What are his friends like? Are they nice, law-abiding kids or do you suspect they may be dabbling in drugs? Any girlfriend who may be influencing him in a bad way? Any legal problems?</p><p></p><p>Drugs turned my daughter from a sweet girl to a criminal very quickly. Thankfully she quit because she was headed for big trouble.</p><p></p><p>ODD is seen by most of us as a rather useless diagnosis...kind of something that is given when a professional doesn't know what is going on. Also, it is normally given to very young kids, not a seventeen year old. I would not trust the diagnosis. What kind of professional gave him this label? I would take him to a psychiatrist (the guy with the MD), if he is willing to go. If he is using drugs though it is nearly impossible to get an accurate diagnosis. My daughter was diagnosed with bipolar, but that's how she acted while using drugs. She has not used drugs for eight years now and is clearly NOT bipolar. She was an insecure kid who wanted to make friends in a new school and she turned to the drug crowd because they were sadly the most accepting. We had to make her leave at eighteen and she left the state to live with her brother...leaving the state and her "friends" probably saved her. Peer pressure is powerful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 469749, member: 1550"] Hi and welcome to the board, although sorry you have to be here. The first big question I ask of any parent with a child who changes a lot as a teenager is...could it be t hat your child is drinking and/or using drugs? NOTHING will change a child faster (in the wrong direction) than drug use. And often we really don't know if it's going on (often kids will admit to pot but even more is going on). What are his friends like? Are they nice, law-abiding kids or do you suspect they may be dabbling in drugs? Any girlfriend who may be influencing him in a bad way? Any legal problems? Drugs turned my daughter from a sweet girl to a criminal very quickly. Thankfully she quit because she was headed for big trouble. ODD is seen by most of us as a rather useless diagnosis...kind of something that is given when a professional doesn't know what is going on. Also, it is normally given to very young kids, not a seventeen year old. I would not trust the diagnosis. What kind of professional gave him this label? I would take him to a psychiatrist (the guy with the MD), if he is willing to go. If he is using drugs though it is nearly impossible to get an accurate diagnosis. My daughter was diagnosed with bipolar, but that's how she acted while using drugs. She has not used drugs for eight years now and is clearly NOT bipolar. She was an insecure kid who wanted to make friends in a new school and she turned to the drug crowd because they were sadly the most accepting. We had to make her leave at eighteen and she left the state to live with her brother...leaving the state and her "friends" probably saved her. Peer pressure is powerful. [/QUOTE]
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