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How to get teens to take medications?!
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<blockquote data-quote="Iamwipedouttoo" data-source="post: 322780" data-attributes="member: 7829"><p>Thank you all for your suggestions. I really appreciate them.</p><p> </p><p>I am so at my wits end with the medications thing because I want her to at least give them an honest try to see if they will help her, that is it.</p><p> </p><p>I really feel that I have expressed over and over that she should at least give them a try and if they make her feel bad we can ask the doctor to find something else for her but that she had to start somewhere - the doctor can begin to make changes to medications if she doesn't have a starting point. All reasonable requests in my opinion. The problem is she doesn't have a "problem", we have the problem.</p><p> </p><p>The mood chart is an excellent idea IF I can get her to fill it out. I don't want her to continue if they are making her feel bad from side effects.</p><p> </p><p>She said that the Lexapro made her feel like crying all the time (she only took it maybe two-three days - maybe). The psychiatrist encouraged her to give them at least two weeks, but she refused.</p><p> </p><p>I think I'm going to just do my best to encourage her to give the medications a try. I honestly have no way of enforcing the medications other than to tell her that she can forget to be driving with me unless she gives them a fair shake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iamwipedouttoo, post: 322780, member: 7829"] Thank you all for your suggestions. I really appreciate them. I am so at my wits end with the medications thing because I want her to at least give them an honest try to see if they will help her, that is it. I really feel that I have expressed over and over that she should at least give them a try and if they make her feel bad we can ask the doctor to find something else for her but that she had to start somewhere - the doctor can begin to make changes to medications if she doesn't have a starting point. All reasonable requests in my opinion. The problem is she doesn't have a "problem", we have the problem. The mood chart is an excellent idea IF I can get her to fill it out. I don't want her to continue if they are making her feel bad from side effects. She said that the Lexapro made her feel like crying all the time (she only took it maybe two-three days - maybe). The psychiatrist encouraged her to give them at least two weeks, but she refused. I think I'm going to just do my best to encourage her to give the medications a try. I honestly have no way of enforcing the medications other than to tell her that she can forget to be driving with me unless she gives them a fair shake. [/QUOTE]
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