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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 213384" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If he's doing drugs, there's not a whole lot you can do. Straterra won't do any good if he's taking recreational drugs and drinking.</p><p> If he was younger, I'd recommend another evaluation because it's hard to believe he only has ADHD, but he's 16, non-compliant and using substances. I have a daughter who did this--trust me, you don't know what he is really using. I never guessed. It wasn't until after she cleaned up that she told us the whole ugly story. Under no conditions would I get him a driver's license. I let my daughter get one. Three car accidents later, in which it was fortunate she hadn't killed anyone or herself, she learned the healthy benefits of walking. That was after we had to throw her out of the house for her sake as well as our own as she was not motivated to get clean while she had our roof over her head (even though she got no money from us). I think you're doing about as much as you can for a kid his age. We did the same. Daughter still found ways to be non-compliant, including climbing out of her window at night to run around town. As he gets older, you should maybe alert him that he either needs to shape up or get ready to move out, even if he has no diploma, no job, or nowhere to go. Tough Love worked for us. Nothing else did. (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 213384, member: 1550"] If he's doing drugs, there's not a whole lot you can do. Straterra won't do any good if he's taking recreational drugs and drinking. If he was younger, I'd recommend another evaluation because it's hard to believe he only has ADHD, but he's 16, non-compliant and using substances. I have a daughter who did this--trust me, you don't know what he is really using. I never guessed. It wasn't until after she cleaned up that she told us the whole ugly story. Under no conditions would I get him a driver's license. I let my daughter get one. Three car accidents later, in which it was fortunate she hadn't killed anyone or herself, she learned the healthy benefits of walking. That was after we had to throw her out of the house for her sake as well as our own as she was not motivated to get clean while she had our roof over her head (even though she got no money from us). I think you're doing about as much as you can for a kid his age. We did the same. Daughter still found ways to be non-compliant, including climbing out of her window at night to run around town. As he gets older, you should maybe alert him that he either needs to shape up or get ready to move out, even if he has no diploma, no job, or nowhere to go. Tough Love worked for us. Nothing else did. (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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