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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 592321" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there and welcome (sorry you have to be here). </p><p></p><p>Pardon me for backtracking. Can you tell us more about his early development and early years? The screaming kind of brings up a red flag. Does he just randomly make loud noises or blurt things out? Does he make weird noises, like odd throat noises? I am wondering what sort of professional diagnosed him with ADHD/ODD. This is often a first diagnosis, and often rarely a last one. Do you think ADHD is the big issue here or that maybe more is going on? How does he do in school? Does he know how to make same-age peer friends? Does he get into other kid's space or blurt at them or make poor eye contact with strangers? Does he know how to play with toys or d oes he just dismantle them? Does he have a great rote memory, able to recite cartoons in their entirty? Did he reach his major milestones on time? Speech problems, even if he caught up? Any odd quirks or obsessive interests to the exclusion of all others?</p><p></p><p>On this forum most of the oldies kind of disregard ODD because all it means is "defiant c hild." That refers to all of our kids, but does not explain the root cause and it has no real treatment and is often used as a garbage/trash can diagnosis when the doctor himself isn't sure what is going on. Has he ever been diagnosed by a neuropsychologist? You probably sadly can't afford one now, but I think that the local county mental health clinic can probably serve you better than Dr. Quack!</p><p></p><p>in my opinion the best way to address this is to take him away from quack doctor and go to a good one/the best one you can afford. in my opinion the doctor has not nailed his problems correctly and that's why the medication isn't helping. As for the people w ho just knock on your door to complain, put them on disregard. Why do you even care w hat Joe Nobody says about your kid? He doesn't get it.</p><p></p><p>As for living spaces, an apartment is never the best place for a loud difficult child. I can't help you with this apartment manager, unless you get a doctor to try to help him understand by writing a letter, b ut I do suggest maybe renting a mobile home, where there is no up or downstairs and the price is still relatively cheap. Hub and I are close to our youngest moving out and we're moving to a mobile home park because it's cheaper and we don't want neighbors who are upstairs and downstairs (we have dogs). It's an option to think about...or renting a cheaper home. Don't know w here you live. We have great deals here because we are far from a major city...hope you have options where you live as well.</p><p></p><p>Hugs and welcome again <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 592321, member: 1550"] Hi there and welcome (sorry you have to be here). Pardon me for backtracking. Can you tell us more about his early development and early years? The screaming kind of brings up a red flag. Does he just randomly make loud noises or blurt things out? Does he make weird noises, like odd throat noises? I am wondering what sort of professional diagnosed him with ADHD/ODD. This is often a first diagnosis, and often rarely a last one. Do you think ADHD is the big issue here or that maybe more is going on? How does he do in school? Does he know how to make same-age peer friends? Does he get into other kid's space or blurt at them or make poor eye contact with strangers? Does he know how to play with toys or d oes he just dismantle them? Does he have a great rote memory, able to recite cartoons in their entirty? Did he reach his major milestones on time? Speech problems, even if he caught up? Any odd quirks or obsessive interests to the exclusion of all others? On this forum most of the oldies kind of disregard ODD because all it means is "defiant c hild." That refers to all of our kids, but does not explain the root cause and it has no real treatment and is often used as a garbage/trash can diagnosis when the doctor himself isn't sure what is going on. Has he ever been diagnosed by a neuropsychologist? You probably sadly can't afford one now, but I think that the local county mental health clinic can probably serve you better than Dr. Quack! in my opinion the best way to address this is to take him away from quack doctor and go to a good one/the best one you can afford. in my opinion the doctor has not nailed his problems correctly and that's why the medication isn't helping. As for the people w ho just knock on your door to complain, put them on disregard. Why do you even care w hat Joe Nobody says about your kid? He doesn't get it. As for living spaces, an apartment is never the best place for a loud difficult child. I can't help you with this apartment manager, unless you get a doctor to try to help him understand by writing a letter, b ut I do suggest maybe renting a mobile home, where there is no up or downstairs and the price is still relatively cheap. Hub and I are close to our youngest moving out and we're moving to a mobile home park because it's cheaper and we don't want neighbors who are upstairs and downstairs (we have dogs). It's an option to think about...or renting a cheaper home. Don't know w here you live. We have great deals here because we are far from a major city...hope you have options where you live as well. Hugs and welcome again :) [/QUOTE]
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