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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 703415" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello. I do second what HMBgal said - do get hold of a copy of "The Explosive Child" or, if you have the means and time to do it, try and go see Dr Greene (in Boston, I believe) in person. I also have a son who throws terrible fits of anger and/or distress and who is also as sweet, funny and loving as they come. He is now, at nearly 10, a lot older than your son... In my personal experience, the medications made the anger much WORSE and I am now wary of them. He has been off all medications since April of this year and while I can't say his concentration has not suffered, his mood is generally more equable - though we still have big upsets when he is hurt or sad. My son has never done things like go up to another child and slap them for no reason so I am wondering how much of this is due to the medications. I would just be SO wary of these for a four year old child!! Heaven knows what they are doing to his little system. Here in Europe medications are almost never prescribed for a child under six but I do understand that the situation was pretty desperate at school and that there is a lot of pressure and incentive to medicate. I probably should not stick my neck out but personally speaking I wish you could take him off them and just monitor the situation. Is he being assessed for ADHD? ODD as a diagnosis on its own is pretty meaningless, I think. He is very perceptive for saying that his brain gets all crazy and that is probably much how it is... it is hard to know whether discipline is appropriate or not. Probably some, yes, gently reinforcing the notion that there are other ways to deal with things, that hitting is not okay. Please keep posting and I hope others have some advice/support also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 703415, member: 11227"] Hello. I do second what HMBgal said - do get hold of a copy of "The Explosive Child" or, if you have the means and time to do it, try and go see Dr Greene (in Boston, I believe) in person. I also have a son who throws terrible fits of anger and/or distress and who is also as sweet, funny and loving as they come. He is now, at nearly 10, a lot older than your son... In my personal experience, the medications made the anger much WORSE and I am now wary of them. He has been off all medications since April of this year and while I can't say his concentration has not suffered, his mood is generally more equable - though we still have big upsets when he is hurt or sad. My son has never done things like go up to another child and slap them for no reason so I am wondering how much of this is due to the medications. I would just be SO wary of these for a four year old child!! Heaven knows what they are doing to his little system. Here in Europe medications are almost never prescribed for a child under six but I do understand that the situation was pretty desperate at school and that there is a lot of pressure and incentive to medicate. I probably should not stick my neck out but personally speaking I wish you could take him off them and just monitor the situation. Is he being assessed for ADHD? ODD as a diagnosis on its own is pretty meaningless, I think. He is very perceptive for saying that his brain gets all crazy and that is probably much how it is... it is hard to know whether discipline is appropriate or not. Probably some, yes, gently reinforcing the notion that there are other ways to deal with things, that hitting is not okay. Please keep posting and I hope others have some advice/support also. [/QUOTE]
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