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<blockquote data-quote="Jeppy" data-source="post: 284438" data-attributes="member: 7564"><p>Thanks jcox and susiestar for your stories of having been there. Today is the court date and I am nervous. </p><p> </p><p>Yesterday we met with a child psychiatrist who confirmed diagnosis of ODD - difficult child has every symptom listed in the book, and when asked by the doctor, "Is this an accurate description of you?" difficult child stated that it is. So no doubt there. He also has some symptoms of pre-schizophrenia but it is too early to tell if that will develop. His father is paranoid schizophrenic and bipolar, so that is something to continue monitoring going forward. Anyways, the psychiatrist said there are no medications for ODD; there are some for anger/impulsivity, but difficult child doesn't want to take anything and I know I cannot force him - I have tried that in the past. And we also discussed how ODD involves choice - he is much more oppositional at home than at school, for instance. It's not that difficult child's brain chemicals are out of whack and he can't control what he does. So court involvement is an appropriate way to go rather than just treating this as a medical issue. So that puts my mind at ease that I am doing the right thing.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you all so much for listening and responding. There is only one parent support group in my area and it meets during regular business hours when I am work so I can't attend it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeppy, post: 284438, member: 7564"] Thanks jcox and susiestar for your stories of having been there. Today is the court date and I am nervous. Yesterday we met with a child psychiatrist who confirmed diagnosis of ODD - difficult child has every symptom listed in the book, and when asked by the doctor, "Is this an accurate description of you?" difficult child stated that it is. So no doubt there. He also has some symptoms of pre-schizophrenia but it is too early to tell if that will develop. His father is paranoid schizophrenic and bipolar, so that is something to continue monitoring going forward. Anyways, the psychiatrist said there are no medications for ODD; there are some for anger/impulsivity, but difficult child doesn't want to take anything and I know I cannot force him - I have tried that in the past. And we also discussed how ODD involves choice - he is much more oppositional at home than at school, for instance. It's not that difficult child's brain chemicals are out of whack and he can't control what he does. So court involvement is an appropriate way to go rather than just treating this as a medical issue. So that puts my mind at ease that I am doing the right thing. Thank you all so much for listening and responding. There is only one parent support group in my area and it meets during regular business hours when I am work so I can't attend it. [/QUOTE]
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