2007-02-05 08:54:27 · 5 answers · asked by chris j 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
ODD
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a psychiatric behavior disorder that is characterized by aggressiveness and a tendency to purposefully bother and irritate others. These behaviors cause significant difficulties with family and friends and at school or work.
Description
Oppositional defiant children show a consistent pattern of refusing to follow commands or requests by adults. These children repeatedly lose their temper, argue with adults, and refuse to comply with rules and directions. They are easily annoyed and blame others for their mistakes. Children with ODD show a pattern of stubbornness and frequently test limits, even in early childhood.
These children can be manipulative and often induce discord in those around them. Commonly they turn attention away from themselves by inciting parents and other family members to fight with one and other.
Behavioral Symptoms
Normal children occasionally have episodes of defiant behavior, particularly during ages of transition such as 2 to 3 or the teenage years where the child uses defiance in an attempt to assert himself. Children who are tired, hungry, or upset may be defiant. Oppositional defiant behavior is a matter of degree and frequency. Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder display difficult behavior to the extent that it can interfere with learning, school adjustment, and, sometimes, with the child's social relationships.
Common behaviors seen in Oppositional Defiant Disorder include:
Losing one’s temper
Arguing with adults
Actively defying requests
Refusing to follow rules
Deliberately annoying other people
Blaming others for one's own mistakes or misbehavior
Being touchy, easily annoyed
Being easily angered, resentful, spiteful, or vindictive.
Speaking harshly, or unkind when upset
Seeking revenge
Having frequent temper tantrums
BIPOLAR
Bipolar disorder is an illness that affects thoughts, feelings, perceptions and behavior ... even how a person feels physically (known clinically as psychosomatic presentations). It's probably caused by electrical and chemical elements in the brain not functioning properly (see What Causes Bipolar Disorder? for more information), and is usually found in people whose families have a history of one or more mental illnesses. (While we're at it, let's be clear about something: a mental illness is one that affects the mind, not one that's all in the mind.)
Most often, a person with manic-depression experiences moods that shift from high to low and back again in varying degrees of severity. The two poles of bipolar disorder are mania and depression. This is the least complicated form of the illness.
Depression might be identified by:
Refusing to get out of bed for days on end
Sleeping much more than usual
Being tired all the time but unable to sleep
Having bouts of uncontrollable crying
Becoming entirely uninterested in things you once enjoyed
Paying no attention to daily responsibilities
Feeling hopeless, helpless or worthless for a sustained period of time
Becoming unable to make simple decisions
Wanting to die
Mania might include:
Feeling like you can do anything, even something unsafe or illegal
Needing very little sleep, yet never feeling tired
Dressing flamboyantly, spending money extravagantly, living recklessly
Having increased sexual desires, perhaps even indulging in risky sexual behaviors
Experiencing hallucinations or delusions
Feeling filled with energy
Some people think that they are just "over their depression" when they become manic, and don't realize this exaggerated state is part of the illness - part of bipolar disorder. A person who has depression and mania is said to have Bipolar I.
In addition to Bipolar Disorder I, the American system of diagnosing this disorder also includes Bipolar Disorder II, which involves symptoms of hypomania instead of full-blown mania.
Hypomania - a less extreme form of manic episode - could include:
Having utter confidence in yourself
Being able to focus well on projects
Feeling extra creative or innovative
Being able to brush off problems that would paralyze you during depression
Feeling "on top of the world" but without going over the top.
I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU! GOOD LUCK!
2007-02-05 08:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by journeythroughlife85 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this would be a very complicated answer and i feel the space is limited here. I suggest you click on conduct_disorder.html You will find alot of information to explain it in depth. Briefly, bipolar is mood swings from highs to very lows with fast talking often in the high stage and behaving risky. ODD is more meanness oriented which includes but not limited to cruelly to animals and people, acting out badly, rebellion and defiance of authority.
2007-02-05 09:09:30 · answer #2 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get him to an exceedingly awesome cognitive therapist - do not provide him sugar or caffeinated beverages like coke. attempt him for any nutrition hypersensitive reactions. upload and Bi-Polar labels are what's used for everyone who does not act like they're drugged out - that's a pharmaceutical scam. feed him nutrition w/o preservatives - we live in a extreme tech society that bombards are infants with advance hormones, sugar and synthetic preservatives. you're able to additionally make the main of family individuals counseling so anybody is on the comparable web site - consistency - organic ingredients and hypersensitive reaction sorting out. i'm sorry you and your son are having such a tough time. additionally visual show unit his t-v viewing save it calm - over stimulation can unhinge the two childrens and adults making them adrenaline junkies.
2016-09-28 11:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your twice as odd with BI polar.
2007-02-05 09:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats the best answer i have ever seen
2007-02-05 09:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by Aaron S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋