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<blockquote data-quote="2daughters" data-source="post: 386206" data-attributes="member: 7134"><p>My 6 year old has been diagnosed with stand alone ODD. Hers came on when she was 4 years old. I say "came on" because there was a serious incident that happened to her that caused something in her little brain to trip. She's not on medication for it, but it's a daily struggle with her. She was seeing a child psychologist, which helped until they declared her "cured" and didn't want to see her anymore. She's not cured, and will be living with ODD for the rest of her life. She started school, things were going great for her at school but the meltdowns at home were escalating. I've been, and continue to work close with the school. She's got a therapist there that's been working wonders for her anger outbursts. That is, until summer and she wasn't in school. I actually had to call the police on my daughter because she attempted to stab me with a steak knife! Yeah, it got that bad, and the cop that came out made it worse by telling her it was my fault. I've got her seeing the therapist at school again and I've just started seeing improvements again but she still has the angry outbursts. </p><p></p><p>My daughter is now at the point where she'll explode (exploding for her is screaming and yelling in my face, smacking and punching me, threatening physical harm to me, and threatening to call the police). I'll try to hold her as close as possible to me, hugging her, stroking her hair and murmuring repeatedly that I love her. When she calms down she usually starts crying and telling me she's sorry and that she can't stop herself. She'll also think that I hate her, and that she should just kill herself (which she's tried to do once - I caught her with a knife on her wrist). However, I have been monitoring what she eats, sugars/wheats/glutens etc and have noticed a pattern with her. The more sugar she has, the more meltdowns she has and the more violent the meltdown is. She seems to crave sweets, and a few times I've caught her literally eating sugar straight from the sugar bowl! I do lock my kitchen all the time when she's home now.</p><p></p><p>I definitely recommend reading the Explosive Child. It helps to give you a better understanding of what's going on with your child. </p><p></p><p>One thing I've noticed, and that I've done that's helped, is printed off what ODD is so that I can give a copy to her teachers, the police and anyone else that has contact with her that should know about it. It's our daily life having to deal with ODD, but it's not very well known in the general public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2daughters, post: 386206, member: 7134"] My 6 year old has been diagnosed with stand alone ODD. Hers came on when she was 4 years old. I say "came on" because there was a serious incident that happened to her that caused something in her little brain to trip. She's not on medication for it, but it's a daily struggle with her. She was seeing a child psychologist, which helped until they declared her "cured" and didn't want to see her anymore. She's not cured, and will be living with ODD for the rest of her life. She started school, things were going great for her at school but the meltdowns at home were escalating. I've been, and continue to work close with the school. She's got a therapist there that's been working wonders for her anger outbursts. That is, until summer and she wasn't in school. I actually had to call the police on my daughter because she attempted to stab me with a steak knife! Yeah, it got that bad, and the cop that came out made it worse by telling her it was my fault. I've got her seeing the therapist at school again and I've just started seeing improvements again but she still has the angry outbursts. My daughter is now at the point where she'll explode (exploding for her is screaming and yelling in my face, smacking and punching me, threatening physical harm to me, and threatening to call the police). I'll try to hold her as close as possible to me, hugging her, stroking her hair and murmuring repeatedly that I love her. When she calms down she usually starts crying and telling me she's sorry and that she can't stop herself. She'll also think that I hate her, and that she should just kill herself (which she's tried to do once - I caught her with a knife on her wrist). However, I have been monitoring what she eats, sugars/wheats/glutens etc and have noticed a pattern with her. The more sugar she has, the more meltdowns she has and the more violent the meltdown is. She seems to crave sweets, and a few times I've caught her literally eating sugar straight from the sugar bowl! I do lock my kitchen all the time when she's home now. I definitely recommend reading the Explosive Child. It helps to give you a better understanding of what's going on with your child. One thing I've noticed, and that I've done that's helped, is printed off what ODD is so that I can give a copy to her teachers, the police and anyone else that has contact with her that should know about it. It's our daily life having to deal with ODD, but it's not very well known in the general public. [/QUOTE]
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