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ryzgal
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I found this site while investigating symptoms of ODD and Bipolar in teens. And then I wept with gratitude! My husband and feel as though we've gone a few rounds with a prize fighter after daily episodes with our teen son. He is a wonderful child, and we truly are blessed. But by golly, he is exhausting and exasperating, and we thought it was 'just him', and 'just us'! I'm not meaning to sound callous by saying I'm grateful to read others problems, but grateful that there is hope and resources out there for us!
Our son was diagnosis with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (he also has slight tics with this) by age 7 (he had signs of it at 3 but they wouldn't diagnosis him that early). He was also diagnosis with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Attention Deficit Disorder without Hyperactivity. Shortly after he was diagnosis with Oppositional Defiance Disorder. He has always had strong opinions, been extremely willfull, and always liked to push boundaries. He is not a bad kid, just a little more difficult than most. When not in one of his moods, he is kind, thoughtful, funny, witty, exremely bright, and caring. The last few years (since around 10-11) the behavior has progressed to include more attacks of moodiness, anger & rage, resentment, delusions, over exagerated grandiosity, inflated sense of entitelment etc. To me it seems more than just Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ODD or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). We have been asking about bipolar, but keep hitting a wall because his psychiatrist feels that he doesn't have the mania of elation or giddiness. Otherwise he has all the other symptoms. We are by no means perfect parents, and have made many mistakes, but we are loving parents, devoted and dedicated, but feel like utter failures at this point. Our son can go from being loving and sweet to absolutely vicious and hateful at the drop of a dime, and usually following any type of what he perceives as an attack on his intelligence or 'specialness'. He cannot tolerate being told what to do, he tells us he is our 'equal', and therefore he can do whatever we do and should only have to abide by laws of the country not laws of our household (his reasoning).
I just realized I went on a rambling stretch there. Sorry I won't post all of our issues in this one thread!
I really just wanted to introduce myself (and my family), say hi, and get to know more about this board.
I am open to any info on ODD and Bipolar, including personal experiences, that you feel could help us gain some footing here. We really feel as though we've been floundering for the last few years. We are hoping this site can help us!
Hugs,
Stac
PS, please let me know if I've posted this thread in the wrong place lol
I found this site while investigating symptoms of ODD and Bipolar in teens. And then I wept with gratitude! My husband and feel as though we've gone a few rounds with a prize fighter after daily episodes with our teen son. He is a wonderful child, and we truly are blessed. But by golly, he is exhausting and exasperating, and we thought it was 'just him', and 'just us'! I'm not meaning to sound callous by saying I'm grateful to read others problems, but grateful that there is hope and resources out there for us!
Our son was diagnosis with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (he also has slight tics with this) by age 7 (he had signs of it at 3 but they wouldn't diagnosis him that early). He was also diagnosis with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Attention Deficit Disorder without Hyperactivity. Shortly after he was diagnosis with Oppositional Defiance Disorder. He has always had strong opinions, been extremely willfull, and always liked to push boundaries. He is not a bad kid, just a little more difficult than most. When not in one of his moods, he is kind, thoughtful, funny, witty, exremely bright, and caring. The last few years (since around 10-11) the behavior has progressed to include more attacks of moodiness, anger & rage, resentment, delusions, over exagerated grandiosity, inflated sense of entitelment etc. To me it seems more than just Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ODD or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). We have been asking about bipolar, but keep hitting a wall because his psychiatrist feels that he doesn't have the mania of elation or giddiness. Otherwise he has all the other symptoms. We are by no means perfect parents, and have made many mistakes, but we are loving parents, devoted and dedicated, but feel like utter failures at this point. Our son can go from being loving and sweet to absolutely vicious and hateful at the drop of a dime, and usually following any type of what he perceives as an attack on his intelligence or 'specialness'. He cannot tolerate being told what to do, he tells us he is our 'equal', and therefore he can do whatever we do and should only have to abide by laws of the country not laws of our household (his reasoning).
I just realized I went on a rambling stretch there. Sorry I won't post all of our issues in this one thread!
I really just wanted to introduce myself (and my family), say hi, and get to know more about this board.
I am open to any info on ODD and Bipolar, including personal experiences, that you feel could help us gain some footing here. We really feel as though we've been floundering for the last few years. We are hoping this site can help us!
Hugs,
Stac
PS, please let me know if I've posted this thread in the wrong place lol