oppositional defiant disorder

Hi there. An introduction and seeing if this would be a good place for sharing our story. I have a daughter who's been diagnosed with atypical mood disorder, anxiety disorder, ADD (which I don't believe) and we're still thinking possibly bi-polar or depression. She's been tested for many things but...

Yet another day trashing everything in difficult child's room. It's like a quarterly thing around here for years. She's taken more money from my purse and stolen all the change husband has from his (deceased) bro. Plus some other stuff. It's been a very tough day and I hate having to do this to difficult child. I'm sure...

difficult child 1 used to be on Lexapro (for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)) and Elavil (for IBS) up until last Spring. I dropped the Elavil (low dose of 10mg) because I figured he wouldn't need it during the less stressful days of Summer. At our July check-in, psychiatrist said he thought some of the previous ODD behaviors we'd had in...

Well, my difficult child had his psychiatry appointment. yesterday. He and I both feel that maybe since NONE of the medications he's tried for ADHD have been well tolerated (Concerta, Adderral, Straterra, the patch, and Straterra again, in that order), that maybe we're treating the wrong thing. So, we're now looking at...

Hello all I am new to this board and really glad I found this site. I hope someone can help me understand all of this as it is new to me. I was not sure where to post this, so please direct me to the right forum for the future if you can. Thanks First off my name is Christine, I have two...

Got the letter today that difficult child 1 has been denied for SSI. "The medical records do not show marked and severe functional limitations." This is a kid that won't remember to eat unless I make him (only 70 lbs at the age of 14), can't be left home unsupervised (don't get me started), doesn't think to...

Sugar is 17, 18 in February: Bipolar I, Severe ADHD, ODD, Anxiety & Depression. She has a terrible time focusing in school, teachers and Sp. Ed. teachers are awesome and understanding. Sugar gets all hyped to go to school, picks out her outfit, checks the weather, etc.. then gets up and tells...

HAs anyone here had success with adding an anti-depressant to a mood stabilizer (the issue is cycling- not seizures)? Is it very common? TIA

for getting difficult child back on schedule? He stays up later and later and sleeps later and later and doesn't care, much less make any effort to change it. If you recall, he only went to school about one day a week the last few weeks before holiday break. It appears to me that not only is this...

Hello, I am here with difficult child who is soon to be 6. He has diagnosis' of Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP), ADHD, ODD, sensory processing disorder (SPD), Separation Anxiety, and celiac disease. He will choose to not eat for days, and literally starve himself. He has had a feeding tube until this last August and we are praying to keep it out. difficult child is...

Hi, I am new to this board. I have a 14 yr old daughter with the "alphabet soup" of diagnoses. Started out of age 3 with- ADHD and PPD-not otherwise specified. Age six, added Bipolar. Since then (15 hospitalizations and 3 RTCs later) she carries the following diagnoses: ADHD, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, ODD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), complex partial seizure...

I am new to this forum but so relieved to find other parents going through the same types of issues...My 7 yr old daughter has always been challenging but the last couple of years have been awful. When she started 1st grade last year she started getting really aggressive with other kids, and one...

Hi again... This will be my 3rd post on my easy child/difficult child... 6 year old not diagnosed with anything but has extreme behavior issues. This started last year in Kindergarten, mostly in school. Summer was good and now that school is in session I am keeping my fingers crossed. Problem is, since summer...

Hello everyone. I am looking for some perspective. The Difficult Child in question is that of my sadly former long-term partner. He has been diagnosed with ODD since very early childhood, and now at 12 years old (12!), he has full-blown Conduct Disorder. His symptoms in the last year read like a sad...

Well bio mom called us last night when SS was in the middle of another rage. She says she is going down to file unruly child charges against him this afternoon. Which she really needs to do because he is becoming so violent. He is totally out of control, and was delusional last night. Said he...

First post! Every forum has its own unwritten rules, so please be patient with me as I learn the ropes!! Thanks! Help! Hubby was the one who found this forum and suggested I join. My difficult child has been on Risperidone for a bit over a year. Her serious Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is nearly controlled, but she is still very...

Hi Ladies – I had another physical altercation with my son last night. He was being a jerk and laughing in my face so I tried to pull him out of the car and he slapped/hit me in the face. I thought for sure I was going to have a black eye today but I didn’t. Maybe it’s my fault for trying to...

I feel like ahuge weight has been lifted since finding this forum. I am married to awonderful man and we are raising our 7 children together. I have 3 from aprevious marriage and he has 4. We both have sole custody with no involvement ofthe other biological parents. The oldest2 are adults so we...

Halo, all I am not new to this forum, but I am new to Easy Child......I had posted often on the GP side :) We have been having more and more school issues with my little dude, who is 4 and a halve years old! Please could you give me a reality check on this situation! I posted before about little dude...

Hello I am new to this forum and so excited to finally find some support from people who have been in my shoes. I have a four year old little boy who I truly love with all my heart. He has always been a more challenging child, which I realize now that I have a two year old girl who has been so...