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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 585750" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>WTW, my very first reaction is "I smell a rat." Only my opinion, and I could very well be wrong and your difficult child is completely ready to be responsible for his medications. My second thought was, "he'll sell them." If he isn't taking drugs like you believe, then selling them will turn him a pretty good profit, at least as much as he gets for his "<em>couch surfing government stipend, </em>if not more, likely much more.<em>" </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>I would feel as you do,I would want to believe that he would be consistent, that he would be on the case because after all it's his health we're talking about, <strong>but...</strong>..........I've learned from my own experience that for the most part, they just don't think that way. And, as IC said, how is the school administering the medications having to see you? You said it yourself, he certainly can't be trusted to take these medications when he doesn't take his Wellbutrin consistently. Plus, he said he doesn't think there is anything wrong with his life............well then, why take medications? None of it makes any sense to me. Sounds to me like he wants them just to have them and get one over on you and everybody, or he is going to sell them. Somehow taking them doesn't seem to be one of the options he's looking at.</p><p></p><p>If it were me, I would say, "when you are ready to address this in an adult fashion, which means to take the medications for your health, regardless of how they are administered or who administers them, get in touch with me. You have not proven to be responsible enough to be in charge of something as important and valuable as your health." I'm sorry, I know you want him to get better and take responsibility, but it doesn't sound as if that is the direction he is going. (I don't think the phone went dead, my guess is he hung up, my difficult child has been doing that to me for years, they just don't want to listen to what we have to say anymore......................)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 585750, member: 13542"] WTW, my very first reaction is "I smell a rat." Only my opinion, and I could very well be wrong and your difficult child is completely ready to be responsible for his medications. My second thought was, "he'll sell them." If he isn't taking drugs like you believe, then selling them will turn him a pretty good profit, at least as much as he gets for his "[I]couch surfing government stipend, [/I]if not more, likely much more.[I]" [/I] I would feel as you do,I would want to believe that he would be consistent, that he would be on the case because after all it's his health we're talking about, [B]but...[/B]..........I've learned from my own experience that for the most part, they just don't think that way. And, as IC said, how is the school administering the medications having to see you? You said it yourself, he certainly can't be trusted to take these medications when he doesn't take his Wellbutrin consistently. Plus, he said he doesn't think there is anything wrong with his life............well then, why take medications? None of it makes any sense to me. Sounds to me like he wants them just to have them and get one over on you and everybody, or he is going to sell them. Somehow taking them doesn't seem to be one of the options he's looking at. If it were me, I would say, "when you are ready to address this in an adult fashion, which means to take the medications for your health, regardless of how they are administered or who administers them, get in touch with me. You have not proven to be responsible enough to be in charge of something as important and valuable as your health." I'm sorry, I know you want him to get better and take responsibility, but it doesn't sound as if that is the direction he is going. (I don't think the phone went dead, my guess is he hung up, my difficult child has been doing that to me for years, they just don't want to listen to what we have to say anymore......................) [/QUOTE]
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