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I haven't ranted on here for a long time. Things are much better than they used to be. But, there are still some times........ I am so sick of it. I am living here with my daughter because she asked me to help her raise her ODD son. She is on medication for bi-polar disorder and he is for ODD. (Oh, yes! I am too. For anxiety although they can't find one that helps my depression.) My daughter gives him his moring pills first thing in the morning which help him concentrate better and act appropriately. Then in the evening she gives him his evening pills which help him get to sleep at night and help his anger. He knows they are of first priority in his life. Or, he should. His outrageous behavior in the past really has taught us all that they shoud be. A few summers ago he beat his mom around her lower legs because she wouldn't do something he asked of her. He was charged and put on probation for a period of time. And, back in October of last year he pushed me and I dislocated my shoulder. He wasn't charged because I felt it was something anyone would have done. In other words, it wasn't done with mean intent. So, fast forward to today. He was doing something on his computer( we later found was erasing viruses from it which I feel was a bunch of hooey) and wouldn't come and take his evening pills when his mom asked him to. She got upset with him becasue it was getting late and he really needed to get them taken or he wouldn't get to sleep until late and another possibility of him not going to school again. So, I then I started telling him he needed to get this done. He doesn't like it when I come into the mix but that is what I am here for. To be the bad guy when his mom isn't able to be. I come from a generation when children did what adults told them to do. It didn't have to get to the point of orders or "ya just need to do this and get it done". I knew I should just do it. Josh isn't that way at all. He won't do what we ask him to do. We have to keep on him, beg him, and it gets to a bad mark. Why can't he just do it? But no, what he is doing is all important and he can't pause it or step away a moment. We waited afew minutes and then asked him again. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Josh, you need to get these taken." "NO! I'm not going to now!" It's not like he isn't used to taking medication either. He has been on some since he was about five or six. He used to have really bad fits and through tantrums. Now, with the meds he is more under control. He is scary when he hasn't. It's just that simple. Sigh. Thanks for reading.