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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 117542" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Welcome. I'm with the others:</p><p></p><p>1) Get a copy of "The Explosive Child". It should help. It's not a cure, it just give you something different to try, that personally I found easier than the previous struggles.</p><p></p><p>2) Consider Asperger's. It can also run in families (it gallops in ours). It can be a useful diagnosis also, in explaining things. </p><p></p><p>3) ODD - Pamela's experience is worth noting. I am one of those of the opinion that maybe not all, but a lot of ODD-like behaviours are secondary to some other disorder, which, if treated or at least managed better, can bring an improvement in the ODD-like behaviours. But yes, it is possible to have a child who has been apparently oppositional since day 1. I still believe that even in these cases, an underlying problem needs to be considered.</p><p>easy child developed severe behavioural problems at about 6 weeks old. Previously a seemingly perfect baby, she began screaming, almost raging, all day every day. She was just impossible. But I was lucky - because I saw that change, and was able to find what caused it, I was able to change her back.</p><p>In her case, the problem was related to a food colouring. She was purely breastfed, but I was taking Vitamin C to dose her through my milk. I was taking a pure ascorbic acid powder, mixed into a glass of orange juice. But one day I ran out, and found a bottle of Vitamin C powdered drink at the back of the cupboard - mix it up and make a litre of pseudo-orange juice. Well, it was still Vitamin C, so I made it up and drank it. Within 8 hours, my angel had morphed into a hellcat. This change in my diet was the only change, so I immediately stopped the coloured drink and easy child slowly changed back over the next three days.</p><p>We later had the same problem when she was put on medicine which had the same colour in it - tartrazine.</p><p></p><p>Now, if I had been taking that particular supplement from Day 1... or if her sensitivity had been to something more universal in my diet... how would I ever have known?</p><p></p><p>Pamela, I'm not saying that this is your problem - only that there are so many factors with our children, it really is hard to know. I am so grateful that I was lucky and able to pinpoint a cause, fast, for easy child. And maybe your difficult child just happens to be one of those for whom it is a primary disorder. I hope this current medication range which seems to be working, can help you get a grip on it all at last.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 117542, member: 1991"] Welcome. I'm with the others: 1) Get a copy of "The Explosive Child". It should help. It's not a cure, it just give you something different to try, that personally I found easier than the previous struggles. 2) Consider Asperger's. It can also run in families (it gallops in ours). It can be a useful diagnosis also, in explaining things. 3) ODD - Pamela's experience is worth noting. I am one of those of the opinion that maybe not all, but a lot of ODD-like behaviours are secondary to some other disorder, which, if treated or at least managed better, can bring an improvement in the ODD-like behaviours. But yes, it is possible to have a child who has been apparently oppositional since day 1. I still believe that even in these cases, an underlying problem needs to be considered. easy child developed severe behavioural problems at about 6 weeks old. Previously a seemingly perfect baby, she began screaming, almost raging, all day every day. She was just impossible. But I was lucky - because I saw that change, and was able to find what caused it, I was able to change her back. In her case, the problem was related to a food colouring. She was purely breastfed, but I was taking Vitamin C to dose her through my milk. I was taking a pure ascorbic acid powder, mixed into a glass of orange juice. But one day I ran out, and found a bottle of Vitamin C powdered drink at the back of the cupboard - mix it up and make a litre of pseudo-orange juice. Well, it was still Vitamin C, so I made it up and drank it. Within 8 hours, my angel had morphed into a hellcat. This change in my diet was the only change, so I immediately stopped the coloured drink and easy child slowly changed back over the next three days. We later had the same problem when she was put on medicine which had the same colour in it - tartrazine. Now, if I had been taking that particular supplement from Day 1... or if her sensitivity had been to something more universal in my diet... how would I ever have known? Pamela, I'm not saying that this is your problem - only that there are so many factors with our children, it really is hard to know. I am so grateful that I was lucky and able to pinpoint a cause, fast, for easy child. And maybe your difficult child just happens to be one of those for whom it is a primary disorder. I hope this current medication range which seems to be working, can help you get a grip on it all at last. Marg [/QUOTE]
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