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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 596042" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>ODD is not a useful diagnosis. It is more a description given to younger kids whose issues haven't been diagnosed yet. There is more going on with him that just ODD.</p><p></p><p>A few things: You have to ask yourself if your kid is doing drugs.</p><p></p><p>Secondly: God helps those who helps himself. Your son is nearly a man and you are not meant to care for him all of his life. He isn't a child anymore and he will have to be the one who agrees to stop his destructive behavior and get help for himself. You can no longer do that at all once he turns eighteen. Whether it's drug rehab or a good psychiatrist that he LISTENS to combined with a therapist that he actually works with, this is going to be on his shoulders soon. As parents, we have to learn how to not enable bad behavior and to detach. It's not easy, but necessary.</p><p></p><p>God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change,</p><p>the courage to change the things I can,</p><p>And the wisdom to know the difference.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to you. At some time, you are going to have to let him go or he will never grow up and you will never have the good, peaceful life that you deserve. You deserve to enjoy those who behave well toward you and love you and treat you well and to go on vacations and do the things YOU like to do without him clouding your life all the time. Yes, it takes time to get used to it, but it can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 596042, member: 1550"] ODD is not a useful diagnosis. It is more a description given to younger kids whose issues haven't been diagnosed yet. There is more going on with him that just ODD. A few things: You have to ask yourself if your kid is doing drugs. Secondly: God helps those who helps himself. Your son is nearly a man and you are not meant to care for him all of his life. He isn't a child anymore and he will have to be the one who agrees to stop his destructive behavior and get help for himself. You can no longer do that at all once he turns eighteen. Whether it's drug rehab or a good psychiatrist that he LISTENS to combined with a therapist that he actually works with, this is going to be on his shoulders soon. As parents, we have to learn how to not enable bad behavior and to detach. It's not easy, but necessary. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Hugs to you. At some time, you are going to have to let him go or he will never grow up and you will never have the good, peaceful life that you deserve. You deserve to enjoy those who behave well toward you and love you and treat you well and to go on vacations and do the things YOU like to do without him clouding your life all the time. Yes, it takes time to get used to it, but it can happen. [/QUOTE]
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