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Mother of Teen (13) with Bipolar and ODD
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<blockquote data-quote="TPaul" data-source="post: 320828" data-attributes="member: 8055"><p><strong><span style="color: darkred">Dear parent,</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">First let me welcome you to the board here. You will find a wealth of info and experience that are shared openly and freely. The weekend are a little slow on the boards. You will find more postings on the weekdays, so don't worry if there are not alot of post until Monday, ok.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">As small stated, ODD is really a bi product of some other condition. My son, who is 11, was given an ODD classification that we soon found out was Bipolar. I suspected this since his mother was BiPolar (BP). He acted just like you are stating that your son is and in addition he was constantly getting in trouble again this year in school, worse than the previous year. The ODD many time is made and it seems to want to blame the parents for lack of parenting skills. I personally think that the ODD should be eliminated from being labeled for a condition that they do not yet know what it is in a child in trouble. </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">Shortly after a psychiatrist,(I always spell that wrong, thank God for spell check, lol) visit with our difficult child he was started on prozac and ambilify. For him, It worked absolutely wonders. After he got adjusted to the side affect of it making him sleepy during they day, there have been no, let me say again, no trouble at school at all. This medication combo for our difficult child has made a change that has been like night and day. He is a different child now. Loving, and wants to be loved. Likes time with Dad now, and likes to be hugged and kissed good night. I shared here on the board how for the first time in years he held my hand while we walked in a store, by his own idea, and how I had to keep from bawling in the store. Still makes me teary eyed.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">Try to get a good doctor and find the right medication combo that will work. Don't give up, but keep trying. </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">I know how we can get at our wits end with these challenges in our home. With a BiPolar (BP) wife and then a BiPolar (BP) child and with 4 other children in the house, I was about to go crazy. Things can and will change, with the right diagnosis and with a good medication combo. Not everyone has a night and day experience but many get at least some help.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">Know that we are always here for you on the board. That we all know and understand all the things that you are feeling. We know the frusteration and anger that these conditions can bring up and out in us. Need to vent a little. Go right ahead, all of us have since being on this board at one time or another. It is suprising how much it helps to just lay everything on the table and get a load off our chest and shoulders.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">So agian welcome and do not give up.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #8b0000">Tpaul</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TPaul, post: 320828, member: 8055"] [B][COLOR=darkred]Dear parent,[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]First let me welcome you to the board here. You will find a wealth of info and experience that are shared openly and freely. The weekend are a little slow on the boards. You will find more postings on the weekdays, so don't worry if there are not alot of post until Monday, ok.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]As small stated, ODD is really a bi product of some other condition. My son, who is 11, was given an ODD classification that we soon found out was Bipolar. I suspected this since his mother was BiPolar (BP). He acted just like you are stating that your son is and in addition he was constantly getting in trouble again this year in school, worse than the previous year. The ODD many time is made and it seems to want to blame the parents for lack of parenting skills. I personally think that the ODD should be eliminated from being labeled for a condition that they do not yet know what it is in a child in trouble. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]Shortly after a psychiatrist,(I always spell that wrong, thank God for spell check, lol) visit with our difficult child he was started on prozac and ambilify. For him, It worked absolutely wonders. After he got adjusted to the side affect of it making him sleepy during they day, there have been no, let me say again, no trouble at school at all. This medication combo for our difficult child has made a change that has been like night and day. He is a different child now. Loving, and wants to be loved. Likes time with Dad now, and likes to be hugged and kissed good night. I shared here on the board how for the first time in years he held my hand while we walked in a store, by his own idea, and how I had to keep from bawling in the store. Still makes me teary eyed.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]Try to get a good doctor and find the right medication combo that will work. Don't give up, but keep trying. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]I know how we can get at our wits end with these challenges in our home. With a BiPolar (BP) wife and then a BiPolar (BP) child and with 4 other children in the house, I was about to go crazy. Things can and will change, with the right diagnosis and with a good medication combo. Not everyone has a night and day experience but many get at least some help.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]Know that we are always here for you on the board. That we all know and understand all the things that you are feeling. We know the frusteration and anger that these conditions can bring up and out in us. Need to vent a little. Go right ahead, all of us have since being on this board at one time or another. It is suprising how much it helps to just lay everything on the table and get a load off our chest and shoulders.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]So agian welcome and do not give up.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#8b0000]Tpaul[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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