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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 399654" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>I am as convinced it is the food as it is possible to be without following her around constantly. I think it is like a drug for her, in the way it affects her. I just don't know what I can do to get her to stop since she can get it at school. </p><p></p><p>If it were drugs, I could drug test her and send her off to rehab or an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or something if she didn't stop. That isn't an option here, so I have to treat her like she is just a defiant child, I think. Because, even if diet caused it, that is what she is.</p><p></p><p>Normally, I would tell people with ODD to look for the cause and when that is corrected, the ODD might go away. In her case, we know the cause but it is out of our control. </p><p></p><p>She could get so out of control that she will turn to drugs, but I don't think that has happened yet. </p><p></p><p>I can only hope she pulls herself together and starts staying on her diet before she makes things even worse. In the past, I would have waited it out and thought she would get over it, but since I found that food in her room, I think it is more than a one time incident.</p><p></p><p>We may have to go back to the psychiatrist again for her. She was the worst ever though when we forgot to give her a dose of Lexapro. Very violent and I had the psychiatric hospital # taped to my cabinet in case I needed it for months after that. I hate to think we are going back to that kind of thing happening if she doesn't take her medications. I can't see her cooperating with that idea anyway. </p><p></p><p>It is so sad because she just turned 15. We were thinking she would be getting her permit and learning to drive. Instead, she is up in her room, isolated from friends and family, and snarling at anyone that tries to reach out to her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 399654, member: 1792"] I am as convinced it is the food as it is possible to be without following her around constantly. I think it is like a drug for her, in the way it affects her. I just don't know what I can do to get her to stop since she can get it at school. If it were drugs, I could drug test her and send her off to rehab or an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or something if she didn't stop. That isn't an option here, so I have to treat her like she is just a defiant child, I think. Because, even if diet caused it, that is what she is. Normally, I would tell people with ODD to look for the cause and when that is corrected, the ODD might go away. In her case, we know the cause but it is out of our control. She could get so out of control that she will turn to drugs, but I don't think that has happened yet. I can only hope she pulls herself together and starts staying on her diet before she makes things even worse. In the past, I would have waited it out and thought she would get over it, but since I found that food in her room, I think it is more than a one time incident. We may have to go back to the psychiatrist again for her. She was the worst ever though when we forgot to give her a dose of Lexapro. Very violent and I had the psychiatric hospital # taped to my cabinet in case I needed it for months after that. I hate to think we are going back to that kind of thing happening if she doesn't take her medications. I can't see her cooperating with that idea anyway. It is so sad because she just turned 15. We were thinking she would be getting her permit and learning to drive. Instead, she is up in her room, isolated from friends and family, and snarling at anyone that tries to reach out to her. [/QUOTE]
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