loricbme
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I haven't been on this website for almost three years. At that time I had just been introduced to ODD by a school principal to my then preschooler. When I took difficult child to a psychologist at 4 yrs I was told that she was too young to diagnose and wasn't really offered any help or plan. difficult child went to preschool and it was obvious she had problems. The teachers were wonderful and worked their best with her. The problem is that other kids don't seem to like her much if at all. It's that whole impulsivity thing. difficult child then went to kindergarten last year and I didn't mention anything to her teacher till the first conference. I wanted her honest opinion of how things were without biasing her. I was not surprised at how the conference went. It made me cry. difficult child's teacher had the attitude of it was her way or no way so she wasn't much help to me. However, the school counselor and principal were. Now that it is summertime it is harder than ever for me as a stay at home mom. She is my only and some days she makes me feel like I would if I had six kids. She just wears me down. I started to see a counselor 6 months ago to help me and get support. Counselor finally saw difficult child today and opened her eyes wide and said, "she's got ADD written all over her". So, now we've got the other half to the ODD. I've read The Explosive Child and it hit the nail right on the head. I'm in the process of re-reading it for a refresher. I'm not sure what I need from this site other than maybe to vent to people who REALLY understand. Most of the time when I discuss it with other people I feel like they're looking at me like I have eight heads. I just get to the point where I don't talk about it. But that's hard on me because I really need to discuss it... hence the counselor. husband is anti medications without even fully understanding everything. Any advice? Words of Wisdom? Recipe for some hot mama juice? :smile:
Lori
Lori