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Tonight there was a battle in my house... and no winners... All the trend of the past few weeks, that everything is getting better, that J is no longer impossible, that I know some strategies, that the hideous out-of-control oppositional scenes (involving both of us) are over, all crumbled...

Hi--this is my first time posting. I'm reading the Explosive Child and Parenting Without Power Struggles and trying to implement, but due to a lot of stuff happening in our family, my five year old's tantrums are more frequent. Daily, she hits, kicks, bites, pinches, and spits in both my face...

My wife and I are new to this forum, and after years of doctors shoving ADHD pills down our sons throat, we have just dicovered...Conduct Disorders. I looked over the forum and either dont understand it or simply could not find other parents speaking about Conduct Disorders. Can someone direct...

Okay, things are getting a LITTLE clearer in my mind, largely through reading many of the posts here... It seems that the evaluation of a neuro-psychologist is important if one hopes to get an accurate diagnosis. Part of my problem with "labels" is not just some philosophical objection but...

Good morning everyone! I am hoping someone from this forum, with more experience or knowledge than I, may be able to help my wife and I. Just to give a little background on the situation. We have been together for about 6 years and she has two children (9 and 7) and we have a 1 year old...

I am new to the group and I have a 6yr old that is ADHD/ODD. I have just spent yet another night battling with him, followed by the usual pity party of crying in my bed after he falls asleep, wondering where I've gone wrong.:sigh: He has allways been independant, defiant and willing to say...

My daughter is 5 and has had a good year so far. No discipline issues except I was told in the fall conference she could be bossy at times. A few weeks ago her teacher told me she was being ugly to other little girls in the class, that everyone wants to play with her (which is good, I guess)...

Hi everyone! I am so excited to have found this site. A bit about us - I am very happily married with two kids and live in Ontario. My husband is a teacher and I am a (very unsuccessful) aspiring writer. I have had to take a long-term leave of absence from my "real" job while we try to get...

hi new friends, I posted for the first time last week (reposted it below) and only got a couple replies. I thank you 2 for replying. Our 10 year old son is stealing and lying. This has been confirmed. He keeps finding $, I keep finding stuff that I've never seen before and ask him where he...

Hi all! I was excited to see this website and glad I'm not the only one at my wits end. I'm so frustrated, stressed, annoyed, aggravated, sad, mad, you name it. I'll begin with a little history: My difficult child is now 4 and has always been independent and willful. From very early on he was content...

Do you not let them play outside or go to their extra activities.. no electronics until the grades go up? What do I do? Hes on Daytrana Patch was 10mg over two weeks did nothing, now I put 15mg over a week ago and teacher said no improvement. Im going to his Dr for the new prescription 2morrow...

So lately my 7 yo difficult child has resorted to banging his head against any desk/wall/surface when he is in trouble or frustrated, and has been saying stuff such as "everyone hates me", "everyone wants me dead", "i should just kill myself", etc. Obviously this is heartbreaking and scary for me to hear...

As you know, Im working on the appointment with the Neurologist for official testing ( pediatrician said ADHD/ODD/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)) thats in just over two weeks now!!!! Finally! So anyway, do I trust son to walk 4 house down to play with his new friend? He always threatens about taking off, he started to twice now but I...

I'm getting the hang of all the abbreviations! I was hoping to get a little more information following up on my first post here about the struggles I'm going through with-my daughter. A lot of you here feel that because she has ADHD plus anxiety, plus ODD, and because she is completely hung up on...

My daughter is 5 and was born am unhappy baby. We thought we would die from lack of sleep the first year, we are still exhausted. She it's a sweet girl was a sweet baby until she would get mad and boy we thought she would literally have a stroke when she melted down. At 3 she had to have...

Without a whole back story: My 6 year old ADHD son just about refuses to wipe butt, hands, & boogers. I have to to be right next to him in order for him to attempt it, and have to assist him to do it to completion. If i don't watch him, he lies and says he does it. Also struggling to help...

We finally got a prescription to medications, she's going to start taking guanfacine/tenex. It sounds like this is one of the lower side effects drugs, which is good. The actual assesment said she had ADHD, predominantly inattentive type, ODD, development math disorder, developmental expressive...

Hi, I'm wondering if there are any Young ADult books out there to help kids understand the disorders or themselves? I am looking fo a new way to reach my child and teach him what his behaviour looks like from "the outside". thanks!

I have been constantly researching information on different behavior disorders since Christmas. My 3 year old son has always been a handful. He is not laid back and calm like his older brother and sister. He screamed all the time when he was a baby and now he doesn't stop and sit for a minute...

My almost 6 year old step son was diagnosed with ADHD at 4, (he lives with us full time and has since he was about 18 months old.) we went to the dr to aske them about his behavior because we knew his mother was also adhd. we put him on the lowest dose possible of focalin i was literally taking...