Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Support Group

I am feeling your pain, our daughter was the same way, we too had other children and it was a never ending cycle.,. and I was her target too,. 1 because she was safe with me being her target, I wa still going to be there,, it is hard to not talke what they ay personaly, and to not react, they love reaction, and they love to argue,, and push buttons, therapy and meds can work and sometimes they quit working too, a lot of patience and trying new things, they take our energy and patience and we have nothing left for anyone else. a god support system in vital for you and someone to help you learn to deal with it and also the other kids in the house, so family therapy could help,, it was so bad here and it wa becoming daily for her to have major aggression and outbusrt and become physically abusive to us and herself we finally did our last and very hard option that was to have her placed in a residential treatment center,, a very good one that came highy reccomendeed,, it was the hardest things as a parent we had to do and a day i will never forget,, she has been there for 4 mos, and she is learning coping skills and safety plans and she has daily therapy,. it was hard but it was the right thing to do,, I did not realize how much control she had over all uf us until she was not here, we miss her and it is hard to have fun sometimes because you feel bad for her,, but we love her and want her to be a successful adult and have a chance at a future, and so that was the main reason we did it, I do not know how old you daughter is but i know the older they get it is harder to controil them and stuff when our daughter was smal lwe could hold her until she calmed down, but at the age of 13 we could not,and she was really doing a lot more harming so for ehr safety and the safety of the others and the above reason i mentuioned earlier we placed her,, it is hard but sometimes love can be very hard, and we will do anything to help our young ones. think about it,, and if therapy and meds are not working you might talk to a therapist about other options, make sure though that if placement becpomes a thing to do that the place you choose you still have custody of her and has family therapy and works with the family closley,, i am not telling you thisis your only option, i am only sharing with you what we ended up doing, there may be something esle that would work better for you ,, good luck,

If this helps I went through the same thing with my 14 yr old when he was younger and now my 6 year old my 14 year ole has outgrown most of it alot better now