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Just left school after a battle to get him to take medications. I cannot keep doing this.
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 485228" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I would also start with the medication. As others have said, medications are different for everyone. The doctors do their best to figure out which one to prescribe but can not usually know how it will really effect the person taking it. If you have a good doctor, he/she will listen to you for clues on what is and is not working. He/She should be open to your concerns and work on finding something else. Some effects do take time to show and the effectiveness of some medications can change over time (work to start with and then stop working). </p><p></p><p>I am also wondering if your difficult child is having trouble with swallowing the medication? It may be starting to dissolve before it is actually swallowed. Have you tried giving it with applesauce (if it is o.k. to give it with food)? or buried in a spoon of pudding? He is so young that he might not have the swallowing of pills down yet? I know it took me forever to learn how to swallow a pill. Ask the doctor or a nurse for suggestions on helping him learn how to better swallow so it gets down before starting to dissolve - if that is part of the problem.</p><p></p><p>As you have observed, consequences do not work in this type of situation. They usually just set up the power struggle scenario that he is trying to participate in on his harder days. When their feet are set against something, no consequence in the world will matter, in fact, they are usually a more pleasent way of getting out of doing something that is truly hated. He is just as frustrated with this as you are and feels helpless in the whole situation. He hates the medication and knowing he has to take it every day is a huge negative for him. He hasn't accepted it and is trying to find ways to avoid it. If the medication is contributing to his worse behavior, he also has picked up on that and wants to refuse the medications though he is too young to understand it enough to put it in words.</p><p></p><p>I am glad you have a doctors appointment on Monday. If your difficult child's doctor is as wonderful as my difficult child's doctor, you will come away on a different path and feeling confident again. Try to keep things as positive as possible so your difficult child will be more relaxed and draw his strength from you. Find a way to make him understand that you are in this with him and that together you can get through this but he needs to work harder on doing his part - a very big task for such a young person. Spend time each day (especially mornings) pointing out positive things so that his day doesn't revolve around the taking of the medications. (In his mind, that is what mornings are becoming to be all about).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 485228, member: 5096"] I would also start with the medication. As others have said, medications are different for everyone. The doctors do their best to figure out which one to prescribe but can not usually know how it will really effect the person taking it. If you have a good doctor, he/she will listen to you for clues on what is and is not working. He/She should be open to your concerns and work on finding something else. Some effects do take time to show and the effectiveness of some medications can change over time (work to start with and then stop working). I am also wondering if your difficult child is having trouble with swallowing the medication? It may be starting to dissolve before it is actually swallowed. Have you tried giving it with applesauce (if it is o.k. to give it with food)? or buried in a spoon of pudding? He is so young that he might not have the swallowing of pills down yet? I know it took me forever to learn how to swallow a pill. Ask the doctor or a nurse for suggestions on helping him learn how to better swallow so it gets down before starting to dissolve - if that is part of the problem. As you have observed, consequences do not work in this type of situation. They usually just set up the power struggle scenario that he is trying to participate in on his harder days. When their feet are set against something, no consequence in the world will matter, in fact, they are usually a more pleasent way of getting out of doing something that is truly hated. He is just as frustrated with this as you are and feels helpless in the whole situation. He hates the medication and knowing he has to take it every day is a huge negative for him. He hasn't accepted it and is trying to find ways to avoid it. If the medication is contributing to his worse behavior, he also has picked up on that and wants to refuse the medications though he is too young to understand it enough to put it in words. I am glad you have a doctors appointment on Monday. If your difficult child's doctor is as wonderful as my difficult child's doctor, you will come away on a different path and feeling confident again. Try to keep things as positive as possible so your difficult child will be more relaxed and draw his strength from you. Find a way to make him understand that you are in this with him and that together you can get through this but he needs to work harder on doing his part - a very big task for such a young person. Spend time each day (especially mornings) pointing out positive things so that his day doesn't revolve around the taking of the medications. (In his mind, that is what mornings are becoming to be all about). [/QUOTE]
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