Hi I'm Amanda mother of Nick. New here and looking for help I have read a few post and it seems now like I am not alone with this. Nick is 8 years old and has been diagnosed with Bi-Polar and ODD. He has been in and out of hospitals about 4 different times and still we have not seen any improvements. He just came home from the hospital yesterday. Last night was just a complete nightmare kept cussing me out hitting my walls we had to leave and he then continued to punch my car windows trying to break them. He threw clothes up at me while I was driving. Got home he locked us outside my husband had to crawl in his window to get in the house. He just has been real defiant, self destructive, and aggressive and only seems to get worse. He is on Depakote, Seroquel, and Focalin. He sees a psychiatrist continuously and a mental health counselor. We have done intensive in home treatment, therapy, hospital visits, parenting classes. Almost everything possible. I think he would be better in a residential setting but getting him there is the hard part. I have a 3 year old in the home also and afraid he will end up hurting her bad. I just don't know what else to do.
Thanks for reading this and any input anyone has sorry so long.
Thanks for reading this and any input anyone has sorry so long.
Amanda(26)
Tim(31)
Nick(7)
Bella(2)
Tim(31)
Nick(7)
Bella(2)


