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<blockquote data-quote="notnowkids" data-source="post: 350033"><p>@Hound Dog: She hasn't been diagnosed with anything other than ODD, but we haven't seen anyone except this psychologist. He mentioned that she had a lot of overlap with ADHD and depression, but that the core of her symptoms indicated ODD. </p><p></p><p>To answer your questions, her grades were fine until we moved, and then they just tanked. They've improved a lot over the last few weeks, which is positive. We're hoping that keeps up, but only time will tell. She has NEVER been good at socializing with her peers. She tries to boss them around, then gets mad when they don't listen to her. Every day, she comes home with some story about how So-and-So was mean or What's-Her-Face did something disrespectful and the like. It's maddening. I can't really speak to the developmental milestones, although I know she walked and potty-trained early. She didn't start speaking until really late though, sometime after age 2.</p><p></p><p>@Allan: I agree with you to a point, that there are tricks and then there are treatments. We just don't know which is which, and we would settle for any form of compliance at this point, because we're at the ends of our ropes.</p><p></p><p>@MidwestMom: Yes, her bio mom did have substance abuse problems, including alcohol during the pregnancy. She was also a hellraiser, but wasn't diagnosis'd with anything. husband's mom is ... a nutjob. Not diagnosis'd, as she refuses to see a doctor for anything (sunflower oil fixes everything), but she is an alcoholic, agoraphobic, and completely self-involved and narcissistic. No one can tell her what to do, and if someone disagrees with her, she just cuts them out of her life. She has no friends, little family that talks to her, and basically wastes her conversation on the cat. Oh, and did I mention that she tried to club husband's father in the head in his sleep? Crazy psycho.</p><p></p><p>To answer the other questions, though, she can make eye contact if forced, but generally prefers not to. Her conversation skills are questionable; she often jumps into a conversation with a complete non sequitur that halts the original conversation because it's so off-topic or ridiculous. She can transition without raging, but we very often have to deal with 10-15 minutes of whining. She does fine in noisy, crowded places. She often has a spaced-out look; we routinely have to focus her. She LOVES being touched and held, to the point that she will invade everyone and anyone's personal space. She's particularly bad with her father, and will hang on him if he lets her. She didn't really have a constant, stable caregiver--after bio mom left, husband's grandmother moved in for a few months, followed by a couple of unaccompanied months, husband's crazy mom, and so on and so forth until we got married. I'm the first full-time, stable, live-in caregiver that she's had aside from husband.</p><p></p><p>For the time being, we're going to give behavior therapy a chance, but I'm already not thrilled with it. Our psychiatric keeps suggesting things that we've already tried, and they haven't worked. It's worth another shot, but damn if my patience isn't tried every single day. I'm worn out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="notnowkids, post: 350033"] @Hound Dog: She hasn't been diagnosed with anything other than ODD, but we haven't seen anyone except this psychologist. He mentioned that she had a lot of overlap with ADHD and depression, but that the core of her symptoms indicated ODD. To answer your questions, her grades were fine until we moved, and then they just tanked. They've improved a lot over the last few weeks, which is positive. We're hoping that keeps up, but only time will tell. She has NEVER been good at socializing with her peers. She tries to boss them around, then gets mad when they don't listen to her. Every day, she comes home with some story about how So-and-So was mean or What's-Her-Face did something disrespectful and the like. It's maddening. I can't really speak to the developmental milestones, although I know she walked and potty-trained early. She didn't start speaking until really late though, sometime after age 2. @Allan: I agree with you to a point, that there are tricks and then there are treatments. We just don't know which is which, and we would settle for any form of compliance at this point, because we're at the ends of our ropes. @MidwestMom: Yes, her bio mom did have substance abuse problems, including alcohol during the pregnancy. She was also a hellraiser, but wasn't diagnosis'd with anything. husband's mom is ... a nutjob. Not diagnosis'd, as she refuses to see a doctor for anything (sunflower oil fixes everything), but she is an alcoholic, agoraphobic, and completely self-involved and narcissistic. No one can tell her what to do, and if someone disagrees with her, she just cuts them out of her life. She has no friends, little family that talks to her, and basically wastes her conversation on the cat. Oh, and did I mention that she tried to club husband's father in the head in his sleep? Crazy psycho. To answer the other questions, though, she can make eye contact if forced, but generally prefers not to. Her conversation skills are questionable; she often jumps into a conversation with a complete non sequitur that halts the original conversation because it's so off-topic or ridiculous. She can transition without raging, but we very often have to deal with 10-15 minutes of whining. She does fine in noisy, crowded places. She often has a spaced-out look; we routinely have to focus her. She LOVES being touched and held, to the point that she will invade everyone and anyone's personal space. She's particularly bad with her father, and will hang on him if he lets her. She didn't really have a constant, stable caregiver--after bio mom left, husband's grandmother moved in for a few months, followed by a couple of unaccompanied months, husband's crazy mom, and so on and so forth until we got married. I'm the first full-time, stable, live-in caregiver that she's had aside from husband. For the time being, we're going to give behavior therapy a chance, but I'm already not thrilled with it. Our psychiatric keeps suggesting things that we've already tried, and they haven't worked. It's worth another shot, but damn if my patience isn't tried every single day. I'm worn out. [/QUOTE]
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