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How Do You Know When You're Ready For Residential Treatment Center (RTC)?
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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 474888" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Pam...</p><p></p><p>When did he get the diagnosis of anxiety? and of ODD?</p><p></p><p>Because... </p><p>Way too often, ODD is just a list of symptoms with some other cause... and can't be addressed without finding and addressing the original problem.</p><p></p><p>Plus... anxiety is often a secondary diagnosis - not that it can't be primary, it can. But more often, its because "other stuff" exists, and isn't being dealt with...</p><p></p><p>The picture of him holding it together at school... and then being a problem at home. Hmmm... sounds a little familiar, from years back. What I'm thinking is, you might be dealing with some hidden disabilities that are subtle, and that are not affecting school performance - BUT in working through his school day he may be coming home with "burn-out".</p><p></p><p>Burn-out can be daily - or intermittent. It may be worse on the weekend/holidays, because difficult child finally relaxes and then can't cope with the fatigue/anxiety/any other emotional or mental red flags.</p><p></p><p>By any chance, are evenings worse than mornings?</p><p>Does he have trouble going to sleep? or hard to wake? or seems to sleep "enough" but has dark circles under his eyes?</p><p>What are his favorite activities?</p><p>What are his least-favorite parts of school?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 474888, member: 13003"] Pam... When did he get the diagnosis of anxiety? and of ODD? Because... Way too often, ODD is just a list of symptoms with some other cause... and can't be addressed without finding and addressing the original problem. Plus... anxiety is often a secondary diagnosis - not that it can't be primary, it can. But more often, its because "other stuff" exists, and isn't being dealt with... The picture of him holding it together at school... and then being a problem at home. Hmmm... sounds a little familiar, from years back. What I'm thinking is, you might be dealing with some hidden disabilities that are subtle, and that are not affecting school performance - BUT in working through his school day he may be coming home with "burn-out". Burn-out can be daily - or intermittent. It may be worse on the weekend/holidays, because difficult child finally relaxes and then can't cope with the fatigue/anxiety/any other emotional or mental red flags. By any chance, are evenings worse than mornings? Does he have trouble going to sleep? or hard to wake? or seems to sleep "enough" but has dark circles under his eyes? What are his favorite activities? What are his least-favorite parts of school? [/QUOTE]
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