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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 509304" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>Exhausted - the one good thing is that he did advocate for himself on the medications, it's just that no one, including me, listenned. He has been saying for a couple of months that he doesn't want to take the Celexa anymore. When I told him the doctor won't see him anymore and the reason for it (medication non-compliance) he was angry. He said that he told the psychiatrist honestly that he doesn't want to take it and he doesn't feel he needs it. He said he was honest with him and he knows a lot of kids that just fake taking it. He said "I was honest, I don't feel I need it and I need a chance, if he won't see me now, then I don't want to work with him anymore." I told him that everyone's concerns are that these medications affect the brain and you have to work WITH your doctor to stop taking it, not just decide on your own. He said "well it's been 2 weeks, so it's too late for that, but no one listenned". That is true and whereas I will not take responsibility for his decision to stop on his own, he had been saying it and I should have listenned. My mistake here was not giving him credit for advocating and an opportunity. I did tell him that the major concern is not depression but rather anxiety, his response was that he really believes that the time he went on it was a horrible time in his life and he did need it. He feels better now and wants to see if he's OK without it. I told him that what's most important is to see if things start to go downhill and if they do, he should advocate to go back on it. He assurred me that he would, but you and I know that most likely difficult children cannot see when they are spiraling. IT's a work in progress.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 509304, member: 12490"] Exhausted - the one good thing is that he did advocate for himself on the medications, it's just that no one, including me, listenned. He has been saying for a couple of months that he doesn't want to take the Celexa anymore. When I told him the doctor won't see him anymore and the reason for it (medication non-compliance) he was angry. He said that he told the psychiatrist honestly that he doesn't want to take it and he doesn't feel he needs it. He said he was honest with him and he knows a lot of kids that just fake taking it. He said "I was honest, I don't feel I need it and I need a chance, if he won't see me now, then I don't want to work with him anymore." I told him that everyone's concerns are that these medications affect the brain and you have to work WITH your doctor to stop taking it, not just decide on your own. He said "well it's been 2 weeks, so it's too late for that, but no one listenned". That is true and whereas I will not take responsibility for his decision to stop on his own, he had been saying it and I should have listenned. My mistake here was not giving him credit for advocating and an opportunity. I did tell him that the major concern is not depression but rather anxiety, his response was that he really believes that the time he went on it was a horrible time in his life and he did need it. He feels better now and wants to see if he's OK without it. I told him that what's most important is to see if things start to go downhill and if they do, he should advocate to go back on it. He assurred me that he would, but you and I know that most likely difficult children cannot see when they are spiraling. IT's a work in progress. [/QUOTE]
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