Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Support Group

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. When a child cannot seem to control his anger or frustration, even over what seems to be trivial or simple to others, the child will often react in violent or negative ways to his own...

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I'm so sick and tired

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Our 7 yr old son has really bad odd, his behaviors is like that of a 12 yr old and positive reinforcement deffinately does NOT work...My husband and i are seriously at our wits end on what to do...He lies all of the time, steals, abuses(himself and others), he's extremely loud when he talks(like he doesn't know when to be quiet)...He takes ritalin 3x/day @ 15mg 3x/day, risperidone .25mg in am and .75mg at 6pm. I've all ready talked to his psychiatrist about taking him off of his risperidone and trying something different, and he said that if it doesn't change before i take him back at the beginning of december than he will change his meds...
I am just wondering what meds are out there that has a good success rate in dealing with odd?? And what ppl have realized that works in regards to disciplining, and just generally dealing with odd kids??
Thank you for your help, i appreciate it!
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My son just started seroquel about 1 1/2 months ago and I am starting to see a change in his behavior. I am also going to a support group (well started last night) and learned a few things that I am going to start implementing into our daily lives.
My son was on risperdal for two, almost three years and I found that it didn't work very well for him.
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thank you for your advice...we have no support system here for parents where i live. I will be asking my son's psychiatrist about that other medication...I'm not sure what medication his psychiatrist will put him on for some meds you guys have in the states we don't have here in Canada.
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I know different dr's say different things but I've had 3 doctors tell me that there is no drug for ODD because it is a behavioral issue. After two years they finally gave me risparadone but for the aggression. My boy is physically aggressive with younger children and has very unnerving sexual exploits. (acting them out for the past two years and he's just turned 9) He's been on the drug since September and it really doesn't change his day to day behavior but it has eliminated the sexual deviation. I'll take anything at this point!
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you are right slt, my son takes the seroquel for two reasons: the bipolar and the explosive disorder.
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My son has taken me to the end of my rope i feel like just running away . no meds work and the doctors think i am the one with the promblem b/c he acts like an angel when ever we go but i am going to insist that some one help me or that he is removed from myh home he is very angry and has tried to hit me and family members can't feel unsafe in my own home an 11 year old is not going to control me and not follow my rules . i feel like screaming !
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I totally understand!! I'm in Canada, and in September we were at the end of our rope. I actually called Children's Aid and told them hysterically to get him out of our house. I don't care where you take him, what you do with him, just get him out.

They told me NO, beat him then we'll take him but unless you abuse him no deal. So now every three weeks they come to the house and talk to him. What a joke, the minute they address his behaviour he just tunes them out, turns his head like they aren't there. (which is exactly what we told them he would do) They have been very nice to us, empathetic even, but that doesn't help our quality of life. Any program they want him in, is a waiting list of four months to two years. Yeah, I look forward to waking up everyday :(
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