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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 80556" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>Welcome to the board Joskids. Hope you found your post moved here by BBK.</p><p></p><p>I have a 7 year old difficult child that I also felt had ODD by my own diagnosis. I took him to a psychiatrist and he agreed, but he also felt he had ADHD and reactive hypoglycemia. He was put on a very strict diet as well as medication. He got better with the diet, but way worse with the medication changes and upping on dosages. We took him off medications over the summer and had him re-evaluated by a neuropsychologist who thought he may have Aspergers, bipolar, ADHD and some learning disabilties. Then we took him to a new psychiatrist. He started him on risperdal for bipolar. The change was visible the first full day he was on medication. </p><p></p><p>Let me give you some examples of his ODD like symptoms. He would sneak food off his diet and when caught by his teacher and told to spit it out, he refused. When she called me, he threw a huge screaming fit, both with her and the front office. He would take his brothers or sisters things and destroy them, tear them to shreds or break them. He would put clean clothes in the dirty laundry (I thought he did this because he knew I had to wash it and he was mad at me) Now I think it may have been that he just didn't like the way that shirt felt.</p><p></p><p>Since being on his medication, he has had smiley faces on his chart almost daily. If there is no smiley mark, he only has 1 tally mark for behavior that wasn't acceptable. But 1 mark???? That is GREAT for him!</p><p></p><p>I now believe the ODD traits were actually the bipolar traits reacting to the wrong medication. Does he still misbehave, SURE he does! Is it anything like it was? NO! I can handle this kiddo much easier than I could handle the one without this medicine.</p><p></p><p>But to be clear, my oldest difficult child started the same medicine at the same time and is not reacting to it the same. He actually has gotten more of an attitude on it.</p><p></p><p>Everyone is different. See if you can get your son into a neuropsychologist for a multi-disciplinary evaluation. Also check out the natural forum on this site. Great ideas for different natural treatments.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! Welcome again and (((hugs))) We all know how it feels to raise a difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 80556, member: 3837"] Welcome to the board Joskids. Hope you found your post moved here by BBK. I have a 7 year old difficult child that I also felt had ODD by my own diagnosis. I took him to a psychiatrist and he agreed, but he also felt he had ADHD and reactive hypoglycemia. He was put on a very strict diet as well as medication. He got better with the diet, but way worse with the medication changes and upping on dosages. We took him off medications over the summer and had him re-evaluated by a neuropsychologist who thought he may have Aspergers, bipolar, ADHD and some learning disabilties. Then we took him to a new psychiatrist. He started him on risperdal for bipolar. The change was visible the first full day he was on medication. Let me give you some examples of his ODD like symptoms. He would sneak food off his diet and when caught by his teacher and told to spit it out, he refused. When she called me, he threw a huge screaming fit, both with her and the front office. He would take his brothers or sisters things and destroy them, tear them to shreds or break them. He would put clean clothes in the dirty laundry (I thought he did this because he knew I had to wash it and he was mad at me) Now I think it may have been that he just didn't like the way that shirt felt. Since being on his medication, he has had smiley faces on his chart almost daily. If there is no smiley mark, he only has 1 tally mark for behavior that wasn't acceptable. But 1 mark???? That is GREAT for him! I now believe the ODD traits were actually the bipolar traits reacting to the wrong medication. Does he still misbehave, SURE he does! Is it anything like it was? NO! I can handle this kiddo much easier than I could handle the one without this medicine. But to be clear, my oldest difficult child started the same medicine at the same time and is not reacting to it the same. He actually has gotten more of an attitude on it. Everyone is different. See if you can get your son into a neuropsychologist for a multi-disciplinary evaluation. Also check out the natural forum on this site. Great ideas for different natural treatments. Good luck! Welcome again and (((hugs))) We all know how it feels to raise a difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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