Thanks everyone. I guess my post wasn't very clear. It's really not about taking medication's. It just happened to be the issue yesterday morning. At any given time, there is some basic thing she will not do, brush her teeth, take a bath, wash up, go to bed, put on PJ's, get dressed, etc. And not only will she not do whatever it is that needs to be done, she will not move onto anything else. She climbs into bed, into the closet, behind furniture, etc. And then there are the days where she just refuses to go to school--and she does go eventually but every step of every moment is a struggle. Either she is oppositional or too manic to follow anything without looking like she is drunk (laughing silly falling all over the place, etc). And my favorite and her yelling at me like she is the adult and I'm the child. A lot of what she says are the same things s2bx used to say to both of us. They are things I've never said. And that's frustrating too.
Specifically regarding the medication's she knows that she needs to take them. In fact she often yells at me for not giving her the "old" medication's (which had too many side effects to continue) because she knows how much they did help. The one she is taking now barely touch her.
And yes, I am on medication's. For me, it's not a need for more medication's it's just this situation that is overwhelming at times. I can handle the stressful job, and moving, and the large pile of bills, and my step mom being very sick (transplants and cancer) and all the rest of the struggles life has, but difficult child (Abbey) is just too much sometimes. This morning is better because we don't have to go anywhere. She's been up since 8am and it's almost 12, she's eaten, taken her medication's and is in the bath. I don't have 4 hours to get her ready in the morning. She is already getting up 45 minutes earlier than she used to and we are still late.
I"m just exhausted. Even when I've been at work all day and pick her up, she is just so needy and anxious and talkative and nonstop whining and refusals that I am instantly overwhelmed. I would just like some average time with her.