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How to get teens to take medications?!
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 322796" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Your thinking on giving them the old college try is reasonable. That is what I did with my son.</p><p></p><p>When my son was under 18 he had to take medications...no two ways about it. He lived here and he had to take his medications. I did tell him he had the right to not feel bad on medications because I took medications and I knew that some just plain made me feel bad on them. What we worked out was that if they didnt have any immediate horrible side effects such as nausea, vomiting, or something like that, he would stay on them for a month to six weeks to give them a try. If they seemed to be working OK, he would continue if he felt they were working. If he didnt like them, he had the option to try something else. Some things were too sedating for his liking. OK...we would try something different. He had the right not to be a zombie. I dont want to live like a zombie. </p><p></p><p>Because I did this, and he trusted me that I would listen to him, he went through several medication trials. He isnt on medications now and doesnt want to be on them. I dont blame him but I do think eventually he will probably end up back on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 322796, member: 1514"] Your thinking on giving them the old college try is reasonable. That is what I did with my son. When my son was under 18 he had to take medications...no two ways about it. He lived here and he had to take his medications. I did tell him he had the right to not feel bad on medications because I took medications and I knew that some just plain made me feel bad on them. What we worked out was that if they didnt have any immediate horrible side effects such as nausea, vomiting, or something like that, he would stay on them for a month to six weeks to give them a try. If they seemed to be working OK, he would continue if he felt they were working. If he didnt like them, he had the option to try something else. Some things were too sedating for his liking. OK...we would try something different. He had the right not to be a zombie. I dont want to live like a zombie. Because I did this, and he trusted me that I would listen to him, he went through several medication trials. He isnt on medications now and doesnt want to be on them. I dont blame him but I do think eventually he will probably end up back on them. [/QUOTE]
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