I am so glad to have found a site for parent support. We have a 13 yr old that has just been diagnosed with ODD and possibly CD. He is explosive, refuses authority, school work, chores or anything that he doesn't want to do. This is complicated with having a daughter with Cerebal Pulsy. We have a structured enviornment, been happily married 18 years, the only tramadic event in our lives was the lose of our 3 1/2 month old daughter when our son was 2. We are at our ropes end! We even moved from a big school that was not interested in helping either of our children to a small school that is friendly, helpful and the teachers love being there. We gave up our house, put it on the market, moved into a tiny apt. that we hate, just to put them in a great school. He was excited to move, but has caused so much trouble! He was the first student ever in his jr. high to be exspelled and was almost placed in alternative schooling. He hates his sisters, he use to have a sweet heart, but that has seemed to change recently. He is being bullied at school, buy only because he is so mean to others and won't leave other kids alone. We just learned about ODD about a year ago. His dr. told us it was ADHD until the past month when he suggested ODD and a new dr., but at an early age his was so violent that I would have to physically restrain him to keep him from hurting himself or others, all because of his homework. I don't know what to do! We are now starting therapy, and I pray it works, but he scares me. I love my son. He is a miracle to us, but his is distroying the family and the other children are really starting to suffer! Has anyone gone through this and if so what have you done? We have no family close by so we NEVER get away, and the first time in 2 years that we spent 1 night away we had to come home early because he had his Grandmother in tears and she didn't know what to do with him. We really need help!
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