ajsoftware
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Hi all, I'm Anita, and I just found this board. My 10 year old son has ODD, with no apparent other diagnosis. We've been doing a social communication group, and therapy, but are wondering if there is any kind of "mood stabilizing" medication that might help. B is such a nice boy on a day to day basis, but then something will set him off and we have meltdowns to the nth degree, and everything else. On Saturday he pushed a boy who was laughing because B got out in a dodgeball game. He just lashed out. Then, when we got home, I told him he had to go to his room and clean it, and the end result was stomping up the stairs, slamming the door, and at one point going in to my bedroom and taking my cordless phone, TV remote, and hubby's slippers, and hiding them (that's his standard M.O. -- hiding our stuff). Later in the evening when all was calm, we asked him if he took the stuff, and he lied. When we caught him in the lie, he said he was afraid he'd get in more trouble for hiding the stuff. Getting in trouble for the lie didn't occur to him at all.
He's having trouble in all aspects of his life, and he's supposed to go to sleep-away camp for 4 weeks this summer. I'm afraid he's going to get kicked out if we don't get this more under control. He went for 2 weeks last summer, and the parent liaison called me almost every day. We have a meeting with the camp director at the end of the month, and I don't know what's going to happen. He's a twin, and she's going to camp, as are all of their friends, and their cousins. He loves the camp and had a blast last summer. He just isn't able to see the potential disaster.
I don't necessarily want to drug my kid (at least not more than he already is, as he has food and environmental allergies, and takes medications for that), but I want him to have a successful summer camp experience, too.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
-Anita
He's having trouble in all aspects of his life, and he's supposed to go to sleep-away camp for 4 weeks this summer. I'm afraid he's going to get kicked out if we don't get this more under control. He went for 2 weeks last summer, and the parent liaison called me almost every day. We have a meeting with the camp director at the end of the month, and I don't know what's going to happen. He's a twin, and she's going to camp, as are all of their friends, and their cousins. He loves the camp and had a blast last summer. He just isn't able to see the potential disaster.
I don't necessarily want to drug my kid (at least not more than he already is, as he has food and environmental allergies, and takes medications for that), but I want him to have a successful summer camp experience, too.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
-Anita