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<blockquote data-quote="Running_for_the_shelter" data-source="post: 50188" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>I haven't been around much lately (lots of reasons) but here's my two cents, anyway. In my family's experience, a label doesn't mean squat. My son (now 6) ended up with an ODD diagnosis, another "mood disorder - not otherwise specified", and a bunch of docs who wouldn't commit on him. The school district declared him within normal limits -- that's a hoot and a half. [Survey says they liked this conclusion so they didn't have to offer him any services. Whatever.] Anyway, my son's current doctor, whom I like a great deal, says there really isn't a good label for people like him yet and this I believe. They tried "hyperactive" on me back in the 60's; didn't stick. My father, back in the 20's and 30's, didn't get a nice label at all, just the "rotten kid" sort of thing. If my son has children (and karma says he'll get them), he will have one just like him and me and my father and guess what? That cub will have a different label we don't even have today. </p><p></p><p>I think the label is only as good as the help you get with it. Some folks can't get any treatment unless they are called x, y or z. I understand "mood disorder - not otherwise specified" is a label my insurance company understands, so yeah, I go with it. If the letters get you your medications or services, take 'em, is my opinion. But in the case of my own genetic line, the only label that led us to useful information was the ODD one. I hear the "ODD doesn't walk alone" but all I can say is that it (and it alone) is the closest fit there currently is for three generations of extremely similar people. [I also have the opinion that there is some significant advantage to this personality we have or it wouldn't present itself so strongly over the generations but that's a thread for another day.]</p><p></p><p>Research is always progressing, so labels and treatments are going to change. That's good! I have full faith that eventually -- probably not with my son's children, but maybe with that child's -- we will have a good idea of what's happening upstairs and how to handle it. In the meantime, I live with the imperfect tools and remember that none of those diagnosis's and treatments came down from the mountaintop written on stone tablets. We are what we are .. and the labels and treatments just aren't there yet for some of us.</p><p></p><p>Heck, I typed so much, I think that was really worth a nickel. Anyway, good luck to everyone here, regardless of viewpoint -- we all need it! Much love to everyone -- I've missed you folks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running_for_the_shelter, post: 50188, member: 2960"] I haven't been around much lately (lots of reasons) but here's my two cents, anyway. In my family's experience, a label doesn't mean squat. My son (now 6) ended up with an ODD diagnosis, another "mood disorder - not otherwise specified", and a bunch of docs who wouldn't commit on him. The school district declared him within normal limits -- that's a hoot and a half. [Survey says they liked this conclusion so they didn't have to offer him any services. Whatever.] Anyway, my son's current doctor, whom I like a great deal, says there really isn't a good label for people like him yet and this I believe. They tried "hyperactive" on me back in the 60's; didn't stick. My father, back in the 20's and 30's, didn't get a nice label at all, just the "rotten kid" sort of thing. If my son has children (and karma says he'll get them), he will have one just like him and me and my father and guess what? That cub will have a different label we don't even have today. I think the label is only as good as the help you get with it. Some folks can't get any treatment unless they are called x, y or z. I understand "mood disorder - not otherwise specified" is a label my insurance company understands, so yeah, I go with it. If the letters get you your medications or services, take 'em, is my opinion. But in the case of my own genetic line, the only label that led us to useful information was the ODD one. I hear the "ODD doesn't walk alone" but all I can say is that it (and it alone) is the closest fit there currently is for three generations of extremely similar people. [I also have the opinion that there is some significant advantage to this personality we have or it wouldn't present itself so strongly over the generations but that's a thread for another day.] Research is always progressing, so labels and treatments are going to change. That's good! I have full faith that eventually -- probably not with my son's children, but maybe with that child's -- we will have a good idea of what's happening upstairs and how to handle it. In the meantime, I live with the imperfect tools and remember that none of those diagnosis's and treatments came down from the mountaintop written on stone tablets. We are what we are .. and the labels and treatments just aren't there yet for some of us. Heck, I typed so much, I think that was really worth a nickel. Anyway, good luck to everyone here, regardless of viewpoint -- we all need it! Much love to everyone -- I've missed you folks. [/QUOTE]
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