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This post is quite interesting.
A few thoughts:

Your daughters symptoms signify seriousy mental instability as other posters have noted. Her symptoms remind me heavily of myself at a younger age, struggling with ADHD and misbehavior at school as well as at home.

Your daughter is very likely suffering from depression, which is a VERY serious thing. I have experience with long bouts of depression and it is seriously terrible and no one should have to continue to suffer through it.

The social inabilities of your duaghter could very well be caused by asperger's syndrome, or some other disorder. My brother has asperger's; as he only talks about whats going in his mind (sports trivia) he has difficulty making friends and other social bonds.

Lastly, this excerpt from your post is very troubling: "She has always been defiant and required lots of punishments of varying levels to keep her in line." Kids do NOT need to be kept 'in line' via lots of punishment. Punishment will only lead to mental issues later on. If the punishments are physical (spanking etc.) the child may have issues with violence later on. If the punishments are mental (scolding, grounding) the child may develop anger issues and mental instability. As a parent you mold your child's psyche, please do your best to contribute to their well-being only and not just continue to do what your parents did to keep you 'in line'.

hope shes doin better soon [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]