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ks_desperate · 10-17-2005, 11:44 PM

I am at my wits end

My daughter has ODD and is bi-polar, I do not know what to do any more I am at the point where we have to seek outside placement...again. Last year we were ready to have her placed, instead we sent her to a treatment center where she was diagnosed with ODD. She came home with Lithium for her Bi-polar disorder. Things were going well until about a month ago. I swear she lost her mind...but we know the truth..ODD. She is 15 and due to the age, she thinks she knows it all anyway, but she goes above and beyond what is expected of a "normal" teen. I have sent her to "her corner" and I have gone to mine, but she follows me...yelling and screaming all the way. She is especially bad when my husband is gone. I lock myself in my room and she will stand at my door and scream at me for 5 minutes. We do rewards, time- ins, respite care, movie night...you name it, and it still hasn't done much good. Tonight I heard about weighted blankets for the first time. What I want to know is...do they work, and where can I get one at a reasonable cost? Suggestions anyone????? I am ready to pull my hair out....help!!!

10-17-2005, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
ks_desperate Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Not the end of the world, but I can see it from here Posts: 5	O.D.D. suggestions please I am at my wits end My daughter has ODD and is bi-polar, I do not know what to do any more I am at the point where we have to seek outside placement...again. Last year we were ready to have her placed, instead we sent her to a treatment center where she was diagnosed with ODD. She came home with Lithium for her Bi-polar disorder. Things were going well until about a month ago. I swear she lost her mind...but we know the truth..ODD. She is 15 and due to the age, she thinks she knows it all anyway, but she goes above and beyond what is expected of a "normal" teen. I have sent her to "her corner" and I have gone to mine, but she follows me...yelling and screaming all the way. She is especially bad when my husband is gone. I lock myself in my room and she will stand at my door and scream at me for 5 minutes. We do rewards, time- ins, respite care, movie night...you name it, and it still hasn't done much good. Tonight I heard about weighted blankets for the first time. What I want to know is...do they work, and where can I get one at a reasonable cost? Suggestions anyone????? I am ready to pull my hair out....help!!!