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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 218945" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Welcome JLady,</p><p></p><p>Take heart!</p><p>A lot of us begin with a diagnosis of ADHD/ODD and then start wandering down the diagnostic path from there. When doctors see hoofprints, they assume they're dealing with horses rather than zebras. Unfortunately many of our children are zebras. The hoofprints look the same, but they're caused by a totally different animal, if you get my drift.</p><p></p><p>To put it in plain English...</p><p>ODD rarely stands alone. It is often a symptom of an underlying disorder that doesn't yet have the right interventions and accommodations.</p><p></p><p>As for ADHD, several other childhood disorders (including Autism Spectrum Disorders, mood disorders and other conditions) display behaviour that is a lookalike to ADHD behaviour. Hyperactivity, inattentiveness, inability to be still or focus...blah, blah, blah. The trick is to determine what is the disorder that's causing the behaviour. One big clue is that stimulants (which work well for true ADHD) don't work. They seem to make your child's behaviour worse, or he still seems unstable even with an increased ability to focus, etc.</p><p></p><p>I am not a doctor, and none of us here can diagnose, but it smells like you have something more than just ADHD/ODD going on. Like the others, I highly recommend a neuropsychologist evaluation that will help you start teasing apart the different strands until you have the correct diagnosis for your son.</p><p></p><p>It can be a long hard road, but it is worth it in order to find the right interventions. </p><p></p><p>You've found a great place. This really is a soft place to land, and the women and men of the board have saved my sanity more than once.</p><p></p><p>So glad you found us, but sorry you had to.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 218945, member: 3907"] Welcome JLady, Take heart! A lot of us begin with a diagnosis of ADHD/ODD and then start wandering down the diagnostic path from there. When doctors see hoofprints, they assume they're dealing with horses rather than zebras. Unfortunately many of our children are zebras. The hoofprints look the same, but they're caused by a totally different animal, if you get my drift. To put it in plain English... ODD rarely stands alone. It is often a symptom of an underlying disorder that doesn't yet have the right interventions and accommodations. As for ADHD, several other childhood disorders (including Autism Spectrum Disorders, mood disorders and other conditions) display behaviour that is a lookalike to ADHD behaviour. Hyperactivity, inattentiveness, inability to be still or focus...blah, blah, blah. The trick is to determine what is the disorder that's causing the behaviour. One big clue is that stimulants (which work well for true ADHD) don't work. They seem to make your child's behaviour worse, or he still seems unstable even with an increased ability to focus, etc. I am not a doctor, and none of us here can diagnose, but it smells like you have something more than just ADHD/ODD going on. Like the others, I highly recommend a neuropsychologist evaluation that will help you start teasing apart the different strands until you have the correct diagnosis for your son. It can be a long hard road, but it is worth it in order to find the right interventions. You've found a great place. This really is a soft place to land, and the women and men of the board have saved my sanity more than once. So glad you found us, but sorry you had to. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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