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<blockquote data-quote="jamrobmic" data-source="post: 83860" data-attributes="member: 1412"><p>A good psychiatrist or therapist will listen to what you, the parent, have to say. I never had one who accepted my son's explanations about what was going on with him while ignoring my input (I did have a couple who didn't listen to either one of us, unfortunately). It's helpful to do a parent report; it makes it easier to keep from forgetting the things you want to make sure the doctor or therapist considers. Here's a link to help prepare one, along with info regarding a multidisciplinary evaluation:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/parent-input-multi-disciplinary-evaluation.10/" target="_blank">http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/parent-input-multi-disciplinary-evaluation.10/</a></p><p></p><p>You said you think your son has ODD; the one diagnosis everyone agreed my son definitely had was ODD. However, once he had been on a mood stabilizer for a few months (Lamictal, in his case), he didn't exhibit ODD behaviors at all. Now that he has been off of a mood stabilizer for a year, his behavior once again is extremely oppositional. I'm not saying your son is or isn't bipolar, but most of us (not all) have found ODD behaviors to be a sx of another underlying condition. When that condition (and it's not always bipolar) is correctly diagnosis and treated, the ODD behavior improves or disappears altogether.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jamrobmic, post: 83860, member: 1412"] A good psychiatrist or therapist will listen to what you, the parent, have to say. I never had one who accepted my son's explanations about what was going on with him while ignoring my input (I did have a couple who didn't listen to either one of us, unfortunately). It's helpful to do a parent report; it makes it easier to keep from forgetting the things you want to make sure the doctor or therapist considers. Here's a link to help prepare one, along with info regarding a multidisciplinary evaluation: [url]http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/parent-input-multi-disciplinary-evaluation.10/[/url] You said you think your son has ODD; the one diagnosis everyone agreed my son definitely had was ODD. However, once he had been on a mood stabilizer for a few months (Lamictal, in his case), he didn't exhibit ODD behaviors at all. Now that he has been off of a mood stabilizer for a year, his behavior once again is extremely oppositional. I'm not saying your son is or isn't bipolar, but most of us (not all) have found ODD behaviors to be a sx of another underlying condition. When that condition (and it's not always bipolar) is correctly diagnosis and treated, the ODD behavior improves or disappears altogether. [/QUOTE]
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