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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 188606" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Right off the bat CUTE DOG! ( love dogs!)</p><p> Next: I didn't have time to read all the responses, so please excuse me (I hope) if I repeat something somebody else said.</p><p>Is there any psychiatric or substance abuse problems on bio. dad's side of the family? Genetically that is as important as you. And the post partum CAN mean your son is more prone to a mood disorder (it sounds like it could be something l ike early onset bipolar, but you need more testing in my opinion). </p><p>First of all, I was sort of like your son as a child, not as violent, but certainly I raged and I could go long times in between rages. They WERE triggered by things like being told "no" or just perceived slights or almost anything when I was unstable so I don't know if I believe he can control it. When it was time for me to rage, I just couldn't stop it and any little thing could set it off, and I'd feel horrible afterward--crazy and bad and even suicidal. I don't believe kids go to this extreme to get their way...it's just not "normal" meaning something more is going on than just willful disobedience. Plus it is common for kids (at least before they get worse) to be able to hold their anger in, say, during school--but then it was so hard to do that that they just ERUPT at home, where they feel the safest and know they are loved. Seems unfair, but it happens.</p><p>If you have gotten an alphabet soup of diagnosis., that means nobody knows what is wrong. Rather than give him medications that nobody knows if they'll help or not, I'd take him to a neuropsychologist for that sort of uber-intensive evaluation that you won't get even in a hospital. That's what finally did it for MY complicated little guy. He's been doing great since, although he's not little anymore. What a difference the right diagnosis. makes! I'd especially be leery of catch-all diagnosis. such as ODD (which rarely stands alone) and CD (which is really for kids over 18). Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 188606, member: 1550"] Right off the bat CUTE DOG! ( love dogs!) Next: I didn't have time to read all the responses, so please excuse me (I hope) if I repeat something somebody else said. Is there any psychiatric or substance abuse problems on bio. dad's side of the family? Genetically that is as important as you. And the post partum CAN mean your son is more prone to a mood disorder (it sounds like it could be something l ike early onset bipolar, but you need more testing in my opinion). First of all, I was sort of like your son as a child, not as violent, but certainly I raged and I could go long times in between rages. They WERE triggered by things like being told "no" or just perceived slights or almost anything when I was unstable so I don't know if I believe he can control it. When it was time for me to rage, I just couldn't stop it and any little thing could set it off, and I'd feel horrible afterward--crazy and bad and even suicidal. I don't believe kids go to this extreme to get their way...it's just not "normal" meaning something more is going on than just willful disobedience. Plus it is common for kids (at least before they get worse) to be able to hold their anger in, say, during school--but then it was so hard to do that that they just ERUPT at home, where they feel the safest and know they are loved. Seems unfair, but it happens. If you have gotten an alphabet soup of diagnosis., that means nobody knows what is wrong. Rather than give him medications that nobody knows if they'll help or not, I'd take him to a neuropsychologist for that sort of uber-intensive evaluation that you won't get even in a hospital. That's what finally did it for MY complicated little guy. He's been doing great since, although he's not little anymore. What a difference the right diagnosis. makes! I'd especially be leery of catch-all diagnosis. such as ODD (which rarely stands alone) and CD (which is really for kids over 18). Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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