OK, this is the first time i have EVER done anything like this! I dont even usually talk to anyone about my son because I really didnt think anyone else could understand. My son is 12 years old. He has always been a "difficult" child. He was not diagnosed until fall of 2006 with ADHD. Last year ODD was added. Unfortunately, his Pediatrician never actually verbalized the ODD diagnosis with- me. I just found this out by reading his file @ the docs office. It problem sounds crazy but I didnt know he had ODD. Ive never even heard of it before! Ive been just thinking he had ADHD & trying to deal with that! I avoided medications for as long as I could. Finally gave in over the summer after I had my daughter in August of 2007. Started him on Ritalin. It was unbelievable the difference I saw in him! It was wonderful, for about 3 months. Slowly it seemed as if the medications werent working anymore?? Changed to adderall. Same thing, worked good but insomnia was so bad I had to take him off it. Tried Melatonin, didnt work. Now on Concerta, it "works" but Im begining to wonder if there really is any medications that can do what I thought they were supposed to do! After reading some of the threads here I think I have been looking at this all wrong. Its so hard because people act like they know where your coming from when you "vent" about your child but I cant really tell people what really goes on most of the time. Swearing at me, throwing things, constantly aggrevating me, his brother etc. The unbearable needy-ness he has with me. 20-30 phone calls a day from him all summer while im at work. His bio dad is absolutely usless. wont even acknowledge that he has a problem. Thinks he needs a "good *** whoopin" and that will straighten him out! Im at the end of my rope. I am so scared of what is coming in the future. He just got caught stealing from his step-dad(money). Last week I found out he was smoking pot. Hes 12 years old! He has had his cell taken away, XBox taken, and he has not seen the light of day since I caught him. Now what??? I will be drug testing him weekly. But how can I ever trust him again? Just looking for some input