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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 250353" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there, hon. Take a deep breath. WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE.</p><p></p><p>A few questions:</p><p>1/Has he ever been evaluated? If not I highly recommend taking him to a neuropsychologist to find out what is really going on. ODD rarely stands alone. But the ODD behavior is very difficult. Often when you find out the cause of the ODD behavior (the disorder causing it) things get much better and the ODD gets much better or even goes away. This happened in our house. It turned out that my son was difficult because he had high functioning autism and nobody caught it. Once we got him interventions and learned about it, his entire little life turned around (as did ours). </p><p></p><p>2/Are there are psychiatric problems or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? Substance abuse is often a sign of an undiagnosed mental illness in which the person is self-medicating to feel better so it is a red flag for, say, a mood disorder.</p><p></p><p>3/How was his early development? Did he have any speech problems or trouble making eye contact? Could he make transitions well? Did he freak out over crowds, noise, lights? Any obsessive interests? How is school? And finally can he relate well to his same-age peers?</p><p></p><p>4/Are you positive he isn't using recreational drugs? My daughter started at 12. I didn't know kids that young took drugs, but I found out the hard way. They can and do. And it causes the kid to totally change for the worse. Do you like his friends?</p><p></p><p>Others will come along. I'm a very early riser. You may want to do a signature like I did below.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 250353, member: 1550"] Hi there, hon. Take a deep breath. WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE. A few questions: 1/Has he ever been evaluated? If not I highly recommend taking him to a neuropsychologist to find out what is really going on. ODD rarely stands alone. But the ODD behavior is very difficult. Often when you find out the cause of the ODD behavior (the disorder causing it) things get much better and the ODD gets much better or even goes away. This happened in our house. It turned out that my son was difficult because he had high functioning autism and nobody caught it. Once we got him interventions and learned about it, his entire little life turned around (as did ours). 2/Are there are psychiatric problems or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? Substance abuse is often a sign of an undiagnosed mental illness in which the person is self-medicating to feel better so it is a red flag for, say, a mood disorder. 3/How was his early development? Did he have any speech problems or trouble making eye contact? Could he make transitions well? Did he freak out over crowds, noise, lights? Any obsessive interests? How is school? And finally can he relate well to his same-age peers? 4/Are you positive he isn't using recreational drugs? My daughter started at 12. I didn't know kids that young took drugs, but I found out the hard way. They can and do. And it causes the kid to totally change for the worse. Do you like his friends? Others will come along. I'm a very early riser. You may want to do a signature like I did below. [/QUOTE]
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