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My difficult child 2 had a terrible reaction to Zoloft and it caused something to snap in him. He has always had ODD, but it just got WAY worse since we tried that medication. This horrible reaction caused the psychiatrist to Rx Risperdal, which I detest, but which has helped my difficult child 1 a lot. My problem is, I...

Its only been two months into the school year and my son has refused to work,has beEN Suspended off the bus. BeEN in In School Suspension,aall becauwe of his behavior.Yesterday,I found out that he got into an argumend with-a neighbor kid on the bus,that esculaTED To a fight off the bus.BUt what...

I feel totally defeated by my 13 year old son. He has always been difficult to deal with mentally, but when he was younger I could handle it. The last 2 years have been exhausting. Every day is a battle to get him up and to school. He has been suspended numerous times for disrespecting...

What is the consequences of when u tell your child no and he doesn't take it as an answer.My son got an early b/day gift and I told him that he was not going to get another gift on his birthday.He agreed to it.Its been about a week now,finished the game and now he is begging for another one.I...

How can I tell if my teens sons behavior is normal,a sign of ODD,or other behavior disorder or out of control?He is going to be 16,has special needs and is medically disabled.His behavior is at home,with his sister and little nefews ,me and when he was at school.I am needing help as to knowing...

I just want your opinions. difficult child is diagnosed autistic and adhd (siggy might not be current). Dr thinks there may be some under lying personality disorder and might fit ODD diagnosis but doesn't want to officially label at this time, and I think personality disorders cant be diagnosed until...

My son has ADHD and takes medications for this. He was diagnosed 4 years ago at age 8. He has been through 6 different medications which all have the same effect on him. They work for a month and then he begins to talk about killing himself and detaching from the family. He has problems in school mostly just...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I have a 17 year old son who has ruined my life. To type that sounds awful, but its true. And the guilt tears me up for thinking these thoughts, but it doesn't make it any less true. I have raised him as a mostly single mother. He is an only child. His dad has...

My difficult child just turned 9 in January. She started her rages when she was 5. The first time she had a rage, it scared the day lights out of me! I looked in her eyes and she just wasn't there. That rage lasted 3 hours. Her first doctor was a neuro psychiatric who said she was ADHD and potentially bipolar. I...

Please inform me if I am wrong here about the age and tantrums. I opened the car door not knowing he had a bag of popcorn leaning against it and the Popcorn fell on the floor spilling out most of it. He yelled at me that he told me to wait but I honestly did not hear him say that or anything...

So Sprite is getting all A's, no worries there. But Knight has 2 D's...one in Science and one in Band. He says both cases are due to teachers not giving him makeup worksheets/tests from when he was suspended or without his ipad. "So it's their fault!" I tried to explain to him that makeup...

I'll try and keep this fairly concise. (well I tried but it's a book, I'm hoping someone with take the time to read it :) I have four sons, one of them is a challenge, very more difficult than the other three. My difficult child started becoming difficult at about age 3. He wasn't a difficult baby, and he...

My difficult child 2 is NOT in a good place right now. His medications aren't helping at all, so we're trying to get a 2nd opinion with-another psychiatrist about what our alternatives might be. Also, our therapist gave us the name and number of a neuropsychologist. I called them and the intake person would NOT even do an...

Hi! I am new here...have just read around the forums on a few threads and already know this is a place I need to be. I am a mother of four...have had all four of my kids on the spectrum to some degree, but my youngest, who just turned 12, is affected the worst. I had him when I was almost 40...

I am literally sick to my stomach right now! We have a meeting on Monday to go over the 3 yr re-evaluation results. I requested a copy of the evaluation report today so I would have the weekend to look it over. If you remember from my other posts - I requested he be evaluated in many areas - they...

Hi, I just joined this forum out of final desperation and am really happy to find it and hope it helps. Here is our story... My husband and I adopted a 4 year old (now 7). 2 months after he was placed in our home we got pregnant (he is now 22mo). When we chose to adopt we knew he had...

omg.... i am in so much need of advice/help... our 15 year old daughter is getting worse by the day.. been through 4 pyschologists... diagnosed at age 5 with ADHD and medicated and it did nothing... at age 8 went to another doctor and they said she isn't ADHD, only that she is ODD... put us on wait...

This is my very first post. My 5 year old son is what has brought me to this site. I'm not even sure where to begin. I will give you a little background on him.. He didn't talk until he was 2.5 (with the help of a speech therapist). He received speech for 3 years (finished last September). He...

My difficult child is a wonderfully softhearted child who seems to cycle about every 6 weeks. Normally his mean, behavior last for about two weeks then we are OK for a while. He can get violent when confronted but with age the violence has lessened. When he gets in his moods if I say white its black, if I...

I want to know if anyone else is going through what I am going through and if so if anyone has any advice as i am lost. I apologize in advance for the grammar and spelling as it's the least of my concerns. I'm a 28 year old single mother with 3 kids. My kids are 6, 7 and 8. 2 years ago my...