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<blockquote data-quote="Mary A." data-source="post: 100212" data-attributes="member: 4308"><p>I'm so thrilled to find this forum and know that I am not alone...or crazy, but I'm surprised to see people saying that ODD isn't a cause of the behavior, but a symptom of other problems. My now 13-year-old son is, and has always been, ODD...and that's all. He's intelligent, witty, perceptive, personable, humorous...and ODD. He has uncontrollable tantrums. His dad is the same way.</p><p></p><p>I homeschool him because I fear the drug and alcohol exposure at school. With his attitude, I know that's exactly what he would go for. So, right now stealing money from me to sneak junk food is his "high." We eat an all-organic, additive-free, optimal nutrition diet...so of course he wants to eat only junk food. The doctor I took him to when he was one (because I thought maybe an ear infection was causing his abnormal screaming) advised me to start with his diet. He does have more difficulty controlling his mood when he has been eating junk, but it didn't cure him. </p><p></p><p>The problems have escalated drastically since he became a teenager, so I'm still trying to chart and figure out how to navigate this new person, but what I have found works best is routine. If the routine dictates a chore or school task, he is more likely to do it than if I told him to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mary A., post: 100212, member: 4308"] I'm so thrilled to find this forum and know that I am not alone...or crazy, but I'm surprised to see people saying that ODD isn't a cause of the behavior, but a symptom of other problems. My now 13-year-old son is, and has always been, ODD...and that's all. He's intelligent, witty, perceptive, personable, humorous...and ODD. He has uncontrollable tantrums. His dad is the same way. I homeschool him because I fear the drug and alcohol exposure at school. With his attitude, I know that's exactly what he would go for. So, right now stealing money from me to sneak junk food is his "high." We eat an all-organic, additive-free, optimal nutrition diet...so of course he wants to eat only junk food. The doctor I took him to when he was one (because I thought maybe an ear infection was causing his abnormal screaming) advised me to start with his diet. He does have more difficulty controlling his mood when he has been eating junk, but it didn't cure him. The problems have escalated drastically since he became a teenager, so I'm still trying to chart and figure out how to navigate this new person, but what I have found works best is routine. If the routine dictates a chore or school task, he is more likely to do it than if I told him to do it. [/QUOTE]
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