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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 19670" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Adding my welcome too! I'm glad you were able to find us for support.</p><p></p><p>Goose sounds like a great kiddo. I'm sorry you're struggling with him so.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't surprise me much that you're having a hard time with the ODD diagnosis. Although there are some people here on the board that have a child that is ODD alone, most have a diagnosis of ODD comorbid with other things. The ODD behaviors can stem from other disorders, hence making it look like ODD, when it is actually something else.</p><p></p><p>My son, Dylan, is a perfect example. Head banging. Raging. Out of control behaviors, emotions. Destruction of property. Crying, screaming. Calls from the school. Impulsive. 17 medication trials, 7 psychiatrists, countless psychologists, TSS's, mobile therapists, counselors, etc.</p><p></p><p>Once diagnosed ADHD and "severe" ODD.</p><p></p><p>Some of his ODD stuff was because of my poor parenting skills (and NOT implying at all that is the case here). Some of his ODD stuff was because he was not medicated properly (stimulants, antipsychotics alone, etc), and/or we were just working with the wrong diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>Interesting, once we had him diagnosed right, medicated right, in conjunction with the right diagnosis'es, the right medications, the right interventions in school, my better parenting skills, etc, his ODD went away. It took a long time, alot of work, patience, persistence, etc.</p><p></p><p>I guess my little bit of advice would be A) keep a journal of daily behaviors, positive and negative, and any problems in school B) make sure you're consistent with discipline and C) find a good, board certified MD psychiatrist, not psychologist to observe your difficult child. The multidisciplinary evaluation could be great, too, although I have never gone that route. We did do the neuropsychologist evaluation, but that is because Dylan is on the Autism Spectrum.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to you.</p><p></p><p>Janna</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 19670, member: 2737"] Adding my welcome too! I'm glad you were able to find us for support. Goose sounds like a great kiddo. I'm sorry you're struggling with him so. It doesn't surprise me much that you're having a hard time with the ODD diagnosis. Although there are some people here on the board that have a child that is ODD alone, most have a diagnosis of ODD comorbid with other things. The ODD behaviors can stem from other disorders, hence making it look like ODD, when it is actually something else. My son, Dylan, is a perfect example. Head banging. Raging. Out of control behaviors, emotions. Destruction of property. Crying, screaming. Calls from the school. Impulsive. 17 medication trials, 7 psychiatrists, countless psychologists, TSS's, mobile therapists, counselors, etc. Once diagnosed ADHD and "severe" ODD. Some of his ODD stuff was because of my poor parenting skills (and NOT implying at all that is the case here). Some of his ODD stuff was because he was not medicated properly (stimulants, antipsychotics alone, etc), and/or we were just working with the wrong diagnosis. Interesting, once we had him diagnosed right, medicated right, in conjunction with the right diagnosis'es, the right medications, the right interventions in school, my better parenting skills, etc, his ODD went away. It took a long time, alot of work, patience, persistence, etc. I guess my little bit of advice would be A) keep a journal of daily behaviors, positive and negative, and any problems in school B) make sure you're consistent with discipline and C) find a good, board certified MD psychiatrist, not psychologist to observe your difficult child. The multidisciplinary evaluation could be great, too, although I have never gone that route. We did do the neuropsychologist evaluation, but that is because Dylan is on the Autism Spectrum. Good luck to you. Janna [/QUOTE]
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