oppositional defiant disorder

I am 34, a single mother of an 11 year old girl. Over the years it's been difficult trying to balance life while dealing with her behavioral and emotional issues. Things came to a head this year when she became a bully target and added a new level of stress, concern, dysfunction in our lives...

Well, my difficult child is at it again. She is hitting other students (lashing out when angry/frustrated) and her teacher. I can't seem to get a straight answer regarding whether or not this is actually "normal" behavior for her diagnosis. (By normal I mean that it is somewhere on the spectrum of behavior even...

My son is his way or no way, biting himself, demanding, tantrum,peeled the door, kicked me,throws his tpys at us toy guns, hard toys, soft doesnt matter either this kids really hates me or hes mental. And because my "friend" and others say " he doesnt act this way with me, its you" so its all...

Hi, I'm new to this. I found this site yesterday and was excited to find this because I have felt so alone. To tell you a little about my family. I'm a 29 yr old mom of 5. One of my children has been diagnosed with ADHD. He is 8 yr old. I have tried 5 diffrent kinds of medication, but the medication.s...

Hello, My name is Crystal and am in a LTR with a great guy. We both have two kids, so four total. His youngest (11yo) has made it where neither of us want to go home at the end of the day. We have recently found out that he has stolen my oldest daughters scooter from the garage and taking it to...

Hi everyone - Just joined, looking for some advice and support. For the past 7 months I have been living with my girlfriend and her 8 year old son, who I love and care for immensely. He is a sweet, handsome and intelligent boy, but I am insanely worried about the trajectory he is on. He has been...

Ever since we stopped his Concerta and have tapered off his Intuniv it has been beyond AWFUL!!! I don't know what to do. We cannot live like this another day. The only ADHD medication we haven't tried is Straterra. Should we at this point? It isn't going to solve anything quickly. I am so beyond...

Hello everyone. It's been a while since I posted here though I still come occasionally to read posts. We are still in Morocco - after to-ing and fro-ing about where to go, I decided in the end that continuity was the most important thing. J has started at a new school here, kind of...

Hi, I have a 8 year old who has been diagnosed with ADHD although there's probably more to it than that. He is very defiant and gets violent sometimes. The violence comes up a lot when it's time for him to get off the computer or my phone when he's playing a game. He flips out when I take it...

I just got done with another marathon yelling session that once again I'm surprised CPS is not at my door. i don't know how to get through to my 8 year old. He was diagnosed with ADHD-ODD. i don't believe he has ADHD, he does too well in school and is "normal". At home he's the complete...

Well I am new here. I need help with my child I'm not sure who to talk to... My daughter was diagnosed last year with ODD, Asperger syndrome, and anxiety. I understand her disability. I don't understand how to get her to stop abusing me. Sas gets so angry some days and attacks me tells me she...

Hi everyone Myself and my wife have a 7 year old daughter who we believe has Conduct Disorder and/or ADHD and/or ODD. Most days she will be defiant no matter what she is asked to told to do. She will deliberately sometimes do something that she has been told not to do. She doesn't respond to...

My thirteen year old has learning disabilities...most notably an auditory processing disorder. She has always told me she can't pay attention. Everyone said "no" to ADHD. Ok, now she asked me again to test her for it because she has so much trouble paying attention. She also is very disorganized...

When you get a new diagnosis or additional diagnosis - do you notify the school? 3 year re-evaluation is coming up. difficult child just got an additional diagnosis of Cognitive Disorder not otherwise specified (visual processing / executive function) after some psychiatric testing we had done. Should I tell them, or share the report entirely, or what? Thanks!

So difficult child is 7. Officially diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and ADHD. Though the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis is being greatly questioned at this point. doctor believes there may be a personality disorder going on but he's too young to diagnose. He also has issues with anxiety and some Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) traits. We have tried medications to help with...

Hi, I'm brand new. I found this forum today and have spent some time reading through old postings. I'm a little hesitant to post a question that maybe has been answered a zillion times and I just have not found the answer yet, so I appreciate your patience -- and am fine if you just point me...

I figure if they can help shed some free insight into difficult child 2 (and indirectly husband), so much the better for our lives. And it may entail some kind of financial incentive, like the ADHD genetic study we joined several years ago, which is a bonus. The principal investigator emailed me yesterday to...

My 8 year old has been diagnosis with ODD/ADHD. the last year and a half has been nothing short of horrible. She's been on a number of different medications, and nothing is helping. She can't take stimulants, so she's taking strattrea for the ADHD, also depakote and clonidine for aggression. And just came off...

Hello, This is my first post after searching and finding this forum. I don't know where to begin. I will give a little background. My wife and I have two daughters. One birth daughter and one adopted daughter. J is our adopted daughter. She is about to turn 15 in a couple of weeks. We...

Hi All, It's been awhile since I last posted. I need some help with the school and some advice. A little background: -difficult child has had an IEP for his ADHD/ODD since Kindergarten -Executive functioning deficits and visual processing problems were added from our independent evaluation last year -He is in...