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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 260139" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hi Still--</p><p> </p><p>As far as I'm concerned--a diagnosis of ODD means "We don't know....so we're labelling your child ODD. Next patient please...". It is an EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>My daughter...."classic ODD"....is now medicated--but before medication she was ANGRY. Just ANGRY. At everything....all the time. Chores--ANGRY. School--ANGRY. Chocolate ice cream--ANGRY. There was NO pleasing her....no entertaining her....no distracting her....no "letting her cool off"....she was just an angry, irritable, miserable child...and mostly at ME.</p><p> </p><p>Naturally, since I was the target for most of her aggressive behaviors--therapists all figured that I must be the problem. I must have done something to cause her terrible rage. I was counseled to "be more loving" with my daughter and "do special things" with her. They didn't realize that there was nothing I could do with her that could be "loving"--even simple things like reading a story book. I vividly remember her refusing to sit in my lap and instead sitting on the floor alternating between kicking my shins and throwing blocks at my head while I tried to read her the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". I can't tell you how many times I cried myself to sleep at night....</p><p> </p><p>I hope you can find the right therapist or psychiatrist that can help you uncover what is troubling your child.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime...((((Hugs)))) and support.</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 260139, member: 6546"] Hi Still-- As far as I'm concerned--a diagnosis of ODD means "We don't know....so we're labelling your child ODD. Next patient please...". It is an EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL diagnosis. My daughter...."classic ODD"....is now medicated--but before medication she was ANGRY. Just ANGRY. At everything....all the time. Chores--ANGRY. School--ANGRY. Chocolate ice cream--ANGRY. There was NO pleasing her....no entertaining her....no distracting her....no "letting her cool off"....she was just an angry, irritable, miserable child...and mostly at ME. Naturally, since I was the target for most of her aggressive behaviors--therapists all figured that I must be the problem. I must have done something to cause her terrible rage. I was counseled to "be more loving" with my daughter and "do special things" with her. They didn't realize that there was nothing I could do with her that could be "loving"--even simple things like reading a story book. I vividly remember her refusing to sit in my lap and instead sitting on the floor alternating between kicking my shins and throwing blocks at my head while I tried to read her the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". I can't tell you how many times I cried myself to sleep at night.... I hope you can find the right therapist or psychiatrist that can help you uncover what is troubling your child. In the meantime...((((Hugs)))) and support. --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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