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<blockquote data-quote="stiggysgirl" data-source="post: 206470" data-attributes="member: 6200"><p>Ok hopefully I can answer some of your questions. And thank you all for welcoming me. DS was offically diagnosed with ADHD and ODD 1 yr ago but have been dealing with his moods since he was born bascially. He was a difficult baby. He developed normally. He had a severe case of colic when he was a baby and did not sleep through the night until he was 3 yrs old. He would scream for hours at a time when he was new born because of the colic and the only way I could get him to stop was to run the vacumn clean or a hand held mixer next to his crib. By the time he was 4 yrs old he became very abusive to me and our pets and I didn't know what to do. The doctor kept telling me just keep up with the time outs. He finally referred me to a psychologist. She was a morone. She did nothing for him but make his anxiety worse. He was anxiety about school to the point of being sick at times. Last year was the worst due to a bully in his class. So we stopped going to her because she was not helping the anxiety and not addressing the issue of him hitting me. Now we are going to another psychiatrist to try again for more tests for another set of diagnosis due to when the doctor put him on a medication it brought out a whole new bundle of issues that the doctor said a 7 yr old should not be doing. Like having an obsession with fire so all the lighters I had in the house to light candles had to go. And all the sharp knives had to go out of his reach because he also because obsessed with using sharp objects. So the doctor go very nervous. Because DS always takes his moods out on me. So we was real worried that because he get physical theses new symptoms would become harmful. So he took him off the medication and told me to take him to this psychiatrist to have further diagnotic testing done. I sit and cry at times because I just don't understand what is happening to my baby. He is an only child and I guess I thank God for that I don't know what would happen if there were more. As for other family memebers my husband has 2 newfews that have ADHD and are very distructive both been in jail and are only 20 and 21 but were in jail at 18 and 19. My side of the family I have 2 cousins with bipolar disease. I worry at times he has that because of the mood swings. Someone asks if he talks like a professor yes he is very verbal and very very smart but just isn't able to apply it at school due to not being able to stay focused long enough. He does seem to act better at school then at home at this point. So far he has not gotten in any trouble at school. Hopefully I was able to answer everyones questions so you all can offer advise. But thank you all for the support that is really what I am looking for. He goes back to the psychiatrist on Nov. 6th. This place says that I have a whole team working for us and that if I ever feel unsafe that I can talk to any of them even the secretary. I told husband that and he said DS has never been unsafe well there have been a few times that I have but I don't always tell husband everything I figure its hard enough on him being out of town. So I thank you for listening to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stiggysgirl, post: 206470, member: 6200"] Ok hopefully I can answer some of your questions. And thank you all for welcoming me. DS was offically diagnosed with ADHD and ODD 1 yr ago but have been dealing with his moods since he was born bascially. He was a difficult baby. He developed normally. He had a severe case of colic when he was a baby and did not sleep through the night until he was 3 yrs old. He would scream for hours at a time when he was new born because of the colic and the only way I could get him to stop was to run the vacumn clean or a hand held mixer next to his crib. By the time he was 4 yrs old he became very abusive to me and our pets and I didn't know what to do. The doctor kept telling me just keep up with the time outs. He finally referred me to a psychologist. She was a morone. She did nothing for him but make his anxiety worse. He was anxiety about school to the point of being sick at times. Last year was the worst due to a bully in his class. So we stopped going to her because she was not helping the anxiety and not addressing the issue of him hitting me. Now we are going to another psychiatrist to try again for more tests for another set of diagnosis due to when the doctor put him on a medication it brought out a whole new bundle of issues that the doctor said a 7 yr old should not be doing. Like having an obsession with fire so all the lighters I had in the house to light candles had to go. And all the sharp knives had to go out of his reach because he also because obsessed with using sharp objects. So the doctor go very nervous. Because DS always takes his moods out on me. So we was real worried that because he get physical theses new symptoms would become harmful. So he took him off the medication and told me to take him to this psychiatrist to have further diagnotic testing done. I sit and cry at times because I just don't understand what is happening to my baby. He is an only child and I guess I thank God for that I don't know what would happen if there were more. As for other family memebers my husband has 2 newfews that have ADHD and are very distructive both been in jail and are only 20 and 21 but were in jail at 18 and 19. My side of the family I have 2 cousins with bipolar disease. I worry at times he has that because of the mood swings. Someone asks if he talks like a professor yes he is very verbal and very very smart but just isn't able to apply it at school due to not being able to stay focused long enough. He does seem to act better at school then at home at this point. So far he has not gotten in any trouble at school. Hopefully I was able to answer everyones questions so you all can offer advise. But thank you all for the support that is really what I am looking for. He goes back to the psychiatrist on Nov. 6th. This place says that I have a whole team working for us and that if I ever feel unsafe that I can talk to any of them even the secretary. I told husband that and he said DS has never been unsafe well there have been a few times that I have but I don't always tell husband everything I figure its hard enough on him being out of town. So I thank you for listening to me. [/QUOTE]
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