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<blockquote data-quote="mindinggaps" data-source="post: 763951" data-attributes="member: 29823"><p>Dear [USER=18958]@Copabanana[/USER] - this description is <em>exactly </em>correct. The set of behaviors which we associate with ODD such as anger, aggression, poor emotional regulation, rejection of authority, desire to disobey and so on continue into aduthood. However, the label of ODD is a temporary placeholder and once the patient turns 18, these symptoms are usually bucketed under a different diagnosis or classification once the prognosis and situation are easier to assess and more well understood. In my case, most of what we would associate with ODD would fall under my Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) diagnosis which was formally applied in my teens.</p><p></p><p>For those less familiar, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is characterized characterized by explosive outbursts of anger and rage that can be triggered by small things leading to violence, impulsive screaming and verbal and physical aggression. These aggressive acts usually cause both enjoyment, pleasure and relief but are usually followed by remorse. Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is almost always comorbid with other mood disorders, frequently anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), as is my case. In contrast with something like bipolar, mood is not cyclic and there is risk of explosions equally across all situations including during positive and neutral situations. However, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is a severe situation that usually requires multiple pharmaceutical treatments. I view Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) as very much a continuation of my ODD diagnosis.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[USER=3305]@lovemysons[/USER] Managing psychiatric treatments is very hard and I am sorry to hear that things were a challenge for your son. Drug addictions are scary and one reason I have survived is that I have never fallen victim to drugs. Personally, I can say that the psychiatrists I have worked with have been excellent in managing things and none of the medications I took carried significant risk here, but this is hard to find. </p><p></p><p>One thing to note is that most of my symptoms were managed with a single medication until my early teens. Only then were more experimental things introduced. This is contextual as I was a teen in the mid 90s and very few medications were really trusted to be safe. Nowadays it's easier to manage things in young kids with these symptoms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindinggaps, post: 763951, member: 29823"] Dear [USER=18958]@Copabanana[/USER] - this description is [I]exactly [/I]correct. The set of behaviors which we associate with ODD such as anger, aggression, poor emotional regulation, rejection of authority, desire to disobey and so on continue into aduthood. However, the label of ODD is a temporary placeholder and once the patient turns 18, these symptoms are usually bucketed under a different diagnosis or classification once the prognosis and situation are easier to assess and more well understood. In my case, most of what we would associate with ODD would fall under my Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) diagnosis which was formally applied in my teens. For those less familiar, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is characterized characterized by explosive outbursts of anger and rage that can be triggered by small things leading to violence, impulsive screaming and verbal and physical aggression. These aggressive acts usually cause both enjoyment, pleasure and relief but are usually followed by remorse. Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is almost always comorbid with other mood disorders, frequently anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), as is my case. In contrast with something like bipolar, mood is not cyclic and there is risk of explosions equally across all situations including during positive and neutral situations. However, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is a severe situation that usually requires multiple pharmaceutical treatments. I view Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) as very much a continuation of my ODD diagnosis. [USER=3305]@lovemysons[/USER] Managing psychiatric treatments is very hard and I am sorry to hear that things were a challenge for your son. Drug addictions are scary and one reason I have survived is that I have never fallen victim to drugs. Personally, I can say that the psychiatrists I have worked with have been excellent in managing things and none of the medications I took carried significant risk here, but this is hard to find. One thing to note is that most of my symptoms were managed with a single medication until my early teens. Only then were more experimental things introduced. This is contextual as I was a teen in the mid 90s and very few medications were really trusted to be safe. Nowadays it's easier to manage things in young kids with these symptoms. [/QUOTE]
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