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<blockquote data-quote="jewlzfire" data-source="post: 259857" data-attributes="member: 7132"><p>Thanks for your comments. Ok, first off, what is a difficult child and an Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? Sorry, I'm not up with the lingo yet. </p><p> </p><p>About having that heart to heart talk with my husband. Well, it seems that even after all that has happened he is still a bit in denial of the gravity of this situation. In fact, at one time, he actually blamed me for his son's behavior. Because his son did not have his episodes around him he thought I was somehow provoking him. When I described his "episodes" to a doctor, she prescribed an anti-psychotic drug and well, that was just too much for my husband. </p><p> </p><p>I do not have a bond with my stepson and so to my husband he thinks I don't care about him. I was the one who started the ball rolling out here to get help and start going to classes led by a doctor to learn how to cope with ADHD. He got in trouble every day at school. He could not control himself at all. He threw furniture at my daughter and my stepdaughter, his sister. When I had him stay in his room he locked me out and we had to remove the door knob permanently so he couldn't lock the door. In one episode, he was stabbing a stuffed animal with a pin rapidly...it was like the kid was checked out and something else had invaded his body. My husband did not witness these episodes.</p><p> </p><p>By the way, he was diagnosed with ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder) as well.</p><p> </p><p>I'm so angry at both my husband and the mom for being so much in denial of these problems. I just don't get it. </p><p> </p><p>In the classes me and my husband attended the doctor laid out what would happen to the kids if they did not receive treatment via counseling, medications, at home behavior modification practices, etc. Drugs, incarceration, etc. I have been telling my husband this was coming and now that is has, he's still somewhat in denial of how big a problem this really is for his son. </p><p> </p><p>Sorry this was so long. I just feel so helpless!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jewlzfire, post: 259857, member: 7132"] Thanks for your comments. Ok, first off, what is a difficult child and an Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? Sorry, I'm not up with the lingo yet. About having that heart to heart talk with my husband. Well, it seems that even after all that has happened he is still a bit in denial of the gravity of this situation. In fact, at one time, he actually blamed me for his son's behavior. Because his son did not have his episodes around him he thought I was somehow provoking him. When I described his "episodes" to a doctor, she prescribed an anti-psychotic drug and well, that was just too much for my husband. I do not have a bond with my stepson and so to my husband he thinks I don't care about him. I was the one who started the ball rolling out here to get help and start going to classes led by a doctor to learn how to cope with ADHD. He got in trouble every day at school. He could not control himself at all. He threw furniture at my daughter and my stepdaughter, his sister. When I had him stay in his room he locked me out and we had to remove the door knob permanently so he couldn't lock the door. In one episode, he was stabbing a stuffed animal with a pin rapidly...it was like the kid was checked out and something else had invaded his body. My husband did not witness these episodes. By the way, he was diagnosed with ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder) as well. I'm so angry at both my husband and the mom for being so much in denial of these problems. I just don't get it. In the classes me and my husband attended the doctor laid out what would happen to the kids if they did not receive treatment via counseling, medications, at home behavior modification practices, etc. Drugs, incarceration, etc. I have been telling my husband this was coming and now that is has, he's still somewhat in denial of how big a problem this really is for his son. Sorry this was so long. I just feel so helpless! [/QUOTE]
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