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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 44266"><p>Welcome to the board. I'm glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>ODD is rarely a stand-alone diagnosis (diagnosis). It is more a basket of symptoms caused by an underlying disorder (such as ADHD, bipolar, etc) and once that underlying disorder is treated the ODD symptoms dissipate. I would believe your daughter when she says she can't help it. I haven't met a kid yet who just wants to be bad for the sake of being bad. Kids, especially at her age, want to please their parents.</p><p></p><p>A book highly recommended here is The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. I think you will find it very helpful. </p><p></p><p>I'm not the first one to jump on the medication bandwagon. It was a long time before I would put my difficult child on medications because noone gave me a firm diagnosis and I didn't want to just medicate symptoms. However, some disorders are biological in nature and some of these kids need medications just like a diabetic needs insulin. And the difference in difficult child with her medications is HUGE. I actually see joy in her face now. I never did before. I encourage you to keep an open mind about that when you meet with the professionals. by the way, a psychologist is not an MD and cannot prescribe medications. A psychiatrist can prescribe medications.</p><p></p><p>It is important for you to take time for yourself and time for just you and husband. As others told me when I first joined, this is a marathon not a sprint. </p><p></p><p>Again, welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 44266"] Welcome to the board. I'm glad you found us. ODD is rarely a stand-alone diagnosis (diagnosis). It is more a basket of symptoms caused by an underlying disorder (such as ADHD, bipolar, etc) and once that underlying disorder is treated the ODD symptoms dissipate. I would believe your daughter when she says she can't help it. I haven't met a kid yet who just wants to be bad for the sake of being bad. Kids, especially at her age, want to please their parents. A book highly recommended here is The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. I think you will find it very helpful. I'm not the first one to jump on the medication bandwagon. It was a long time before I would put my difficult child on medications because noone gave me a firm diagnosis and I didn't want to just medicate symptoms. However, some disorders are biological in nature and some of these kids need medications just like a diabetic needs insulin. And the difference in difficult child with her medications is HUGE. I actually see joy in her face now. I never did before. I encourage you to keep an open mind about that when you meet with the professionals. by the way, a psychologist is not an MD and cannot prescribe medications. A psychiatrist can prescribe medications. It is important for you to take time for yourself and time for just you and husband. As others told me when I first joined, this is a marathon not a sprint. Again, welcome. [/QUOTE]
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