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Parents, how did you respond when your adult children stopped medication?
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<blockquote data-quote="mindinggaps" data-source="post: 762677" data-attributes="member: 29823"><p>Dear all, thank you very much for your thoughts and comments - it is extremely insightful and helpful to hear input from those who have been on the other side.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Copabanana, I appreciate you sharing this and it was a helpful reminder that while I may find what I perceive to be badgering somewhat annoying, they are coming from a place of love and caring. I have never doubted this but it can be easy to forget the challenges they have faced along their journey.</p><p></p><p>We have discussed the topic further in a calm and healthy way over the past couple of days. My parents now understand that I am using other therapies to manage things and do agree that I have been coping well. They expressed that their main concerns are simply me making my life more difficult than it needs to be, which I do respect. I also explained to them that this decision was made in collaboration with a psychiatrist who continues to monitor things and I am not resistant to medication if needed. Since I was 18 they have had a strict policy that if I am accepting any financial help from them or living with them, I must be medicated and they said that will remain in place. Fortunately, this hasn't been an issue since I have been totally independent since I left for school. I completely understand and respect their viewpoint on that and believe we've reached a place where this topic doesn't need to be a source of tension moving forward.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER], it sounds like your daugther has done very well in adulthood and is independent and adjusted. I am extremely curious if you as her parent have ever felt that she would do better on her medications as an adult? Have you ever felt that despite her doing well, she could be better with medications?</p><p></p><p>I know how much Prozac helped me throughout my life and won't hesitate to get back on it if required. I am very much in the process of figuring out to what extent medications were still helping and how they will be needed moving forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindinggaps, post: 762677, member: 29823"] Dear all, thank you very much for your thoughts and comments - it is extremely insightful and helpful to hear input from those who have been on the other side. Copabanana, I appreciate you sharing this and it was a helpful reminder that while I may find what I perceive to be badgering somewhat annoying, they are coming from a place of love and caring. I have never doubted this but it can be easy to forget the challenges they have faced along their journey. We have discussed the topic further in a calm and healthy way over the past couple of days. My parents now understand that I am using other therapies to manage things and do agree that I have been coping well. They expressed that their main concerns are simply me making my life more difficult than it needs to be, which I do respect. I also explained to them that this decision was made in collaboration with a psychiatrist who continues to monitor things and I am not resistant to medication if needed. Since I was 18 they have had a strict policy that if I am accepting any financial help from them or living with them, I must be medicated and they said that will remain in place. Fortunately, this hasn't been an issue since I have been totally independent since I left for school. I completely understand and respect their viewpoint on that and believe we've reached a place where this topic doesn't need to be a source of tension moving forward. [USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER], it sounds like your daugther has done very well in adulthood and is independent and adjusted. I am extremely curious if you as her parent have ever felt that she would do better on her medications as an adult? Have you ever felt that despite her doing well, she could be better with medications? I know how much Prozac helped me throughout my life and won't hesitate to get back on it if required. I am very much in the process of figuring out to what extent medications were still helping and how they will be needed moving forward. [/QUOTE]
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