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'Nother Newbie - ODD for 4 years
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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 192930" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>VidQueen,</p><p></p><p>Another Mom here whose difficult child has ODD and yes it stands alone. Many difficult child's have ODD symptoms associated with other disorders. There is a big difference between defiant behavior that many call ODD that are part of something else, and a child like mine and perhaps yours that is just defiant in nature and doesn't fit into any other category. Some want to insist that there is an underlying issue and it is wise to check out everything. But in the end you may just have a child that is defiant by nature and that defiance will make it look like other things.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child's therapist insists that most kids diagnosed with ODD do not have bipolar or autism. Some will debate that, but in all the therapists and diagnosticians we have had our difficult child to, none of them can find anything other than ODD, although they list nonspecific mood disorder on the insurance claims for medication. In our case her ODD is inherited (we adopted her and know from the birthmother's history). But it can also be caused by environment.</p><p></p><p>It will take a great deal of patience to deal with her defiance. Read everything you can and impliment what you feel is right for your family. Don't feel like you have to convince us your child is not bipolar. I believe you. Every child is not bipolar. </p><p></p><p>We have been through a lot with our difficult child. We were in juvenile court last week for about the fifth time and the magistrate told us that we are doing everything right and there was no need for court interference because there is nothing they would or could do that would help her any more than we are doing. We are still hopeful that with maturity she will be OK. She has outgrown many of her previous defiant ways, but as you know with adolescence there are a lot of bigger issues to deal with.</p><p></p><p>Keep reading and searching for what will help your child.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 192930, member: 59"] VidQueen, Another Mom here whose difficult child has ODD and yes it stands alone. Many difficult child's have ODD symptoms associated with other disorders. There is a big difference between defiant behavior that many call ODD that are part of something else, and a child like mine and perhaps yours that is just defiant in nature and doesn't fit into any other category. Some want to insist that there is an underlying issue and it is wise to check out everything. But in the end you may just have a child that is defiant by nature and that defiance will make it look like other things. My difficult child's therapist insists that most kids diagnosed with ODD do not have bipolar or autism. Some will debate that, but in all the therapists and diagnosticians we have had our difficult child to, none of them can find anything other than ODD, although they list nonspecific mood disorder on the insurance claims for medication. In our case her ODD is inherited (we adopted her and know from the birthmother's history). But it can also be caused by environment. It will take a great deal of patience to deal with her defiance. Read everything you can and impliment what you feel is right for your family. Don't feel like you have to convince us your child is not bipolar. I believe you. Every child is not bipolar. We have been through a lot with our difficult child. We were in juvenile court last week for about the fifth time and the magistrate told us that we are doing everything right and there was no need for court interference because there is nothing they would or could do that would help her any more than we are doing. We are still hopeful that with maturity she will be OK. She has outgrown many of her previous defiant ways, but as you know with adolescence there are a lot of bigger issues to deal with. Keep reading and searching for what will help your child. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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