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<blockquote data-quote="LauraK" data-source="post: 117462" data-attributes="member: 4525"><p>Omigosh!!</p><p></p><p>You have NO IDEA how incredible it feels to be acknowledged so soon after my original post!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! (I am a new-ish member on a few boards that relate to my health issues and I'll be danged if I can get a reply to my posts! Was beginning to think I was doing something wrong!)</p><p></p><p>I will try to answer the questions you asked, smallworld:</p><p></p><p>difficult child #1 was seen by a psychologist for the first time as a 3rd grader (8 yrs ago) and diagnosis'd with a learning disorder. As a fifth grader, a counselor loosely diagnosis'd her with Attachment Disorder. (The therapist we saw this past summer - who diagnosis'd the ODD - 'poo-pooed' that diagnosis.) She was also diagnosis'd just a month or so ago with mild depression.</p><p></p><p>None of them are on any medications, nor have they been. husband just reminded me that our family dr told us to use Benadryl to get them to relax and go to sleep about 13 yrs ago. (Needless to say, we tried that for a while, but are not currently doing that! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p><p></p><p>husband has had mild depression on and off since adolescence. Had MAJOR anger issues until 2005. Still struggles with anger sometimes, but handles it much more appropriately. Is in recovery for sex addiction. My mom, I believe, suffers from and undx'd eating disorder. My dad is a raging alcoholic/sex addict. husband's parents are fairly dysfunctional,as well. (I hesitate to label them and husband has a hard time with that, too.)</p><p></p><p>In school, they are well-behaved. They do not apply themselves academically...at most, they do so sporadically. When they do, they get awesome grades! Socially, none of them - with maybe the exception of difficult child #4, who is a social butterfly - have any real friends outside of the school walls. difficult child #1 is on staff of her school's newspaper and does fairly well socially with them. She has always struggled, though. </p><p></p><p>No real developmental or speech delays. If anything, they were always right on track or ahead of the curve as tots.</p><p></p><p>They ALL suffer with what I have coined Twisted Sock Syndrome - my way of trying to use humor to diffuse their screaming sensitivity to tags, seams, smells, sounds, tastes. Actually, difficult child #1 and difficult child #3 were the most screamy (that is an understatement). difficult child #2 and difficult child #4 were more subtle in their protests. As they have all gotten older, they are all less vocal about it, but it is still there. And the emotional scars inflicted upon my psyche still remain. :frown:</p><p></p><p>I don't really want to think about them having to be on medications. Are there really medications that treat ODD? I thought it was treated with behavior modification.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the warm welcome, all!</p><p>LauraK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraK, post: 117462, member: 4525"] Omigosh!! You have NO IDEA how incredible it feels to be acknowledged so soon after my original post!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! (I am a new-ish member on a few boards that relate to my health issues and I'll be danged if I can get a reply to my posts! Was beginning to think I was doing something wrong!) I will try to answer the questions you asked, smallworld: difficult child #1 was seen by a psychologist for the first time as a 3rd grader (8 yrs ago) and diagnosis'd with a learning disorder. As a fifth grader, a counselor loosely diagnosis'd her with Attachment Disorder. (The therapist we saw this past summer - who diagnosis'd the ODD - 'poo-pooed' that diagnosis.) She was also diagnosis'd just a month or so ago with mild depression. None of them are on any medications, nor have they been. husband just reminded me that our family dr told us to use Benadryl to get them to relax and go to sleep about 13 yrs ago. (Needless to say, we tried that for a while, but are not currently doing that! :)) husband has had mild depression on and off since adolescence. Had MAJOR anger issues until 2005. Still struggles with anger sometimes, but handles it much more appropriately. Is in recovery for sex addiction. My mom, I believe, suffers from and undx'd eating disorder. My dad is a raging alcoholic/sex addict. husband's parents are fairly dysfunctional,as well. (I hesitate to label them and husband has a hard time with that, too.) In school, they are well-behaved. They do not apply themselves academically...at most, they do so sporadically. When they do, they get awesome grades! Socially, none of them - with maybe the exception of difficult child #4, who is a social butterfly - have any real friends outside of the school walls. difficult child #1 is on staff of her school's newspaper and does fairly well socially with them. She has always struggled, though. No real developmental or speech delays. If anything, they were always right on track or ahead of the curve as tots. They ALL suffer with what I have coined Twisted Sock Syndrome - my way of trying to use humor to diffuse their screaming sensitivity to tags, seams, smells, sounds, tastes. Actually, difficult child #1 and difficult child #3 were the most screamy (that is an understatement). difficult child #2 and difficult child #4 were more subtle in their protests. As they have all gotten older, they are all less vocal about it, but it is still there. And the emotional scars inflicted upon my psyche still remain. [img]:frown:[/img] I don't really want to think about them having to be on medications. Are there really medications that treat ODD? I thought it was treated with behavior modification. Thanks again for the warm welcome, all! LauraK [/QUOTE]
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