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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 362340" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>You know, I grew up where summertime was staying up late and playing flashlight tag, late nights at the pool, etc. We did get to sleep in a little more in the summer. I'm in the same mind set with difficult child. He gets to stay up much later in the summer and sleep in for a reasonable amount of time. </p><p></p><p>I have always chosen not to medicare my son in the summer and on holiday breaks. I medicate him for school because of the focus issues, and when he was younger, for the hyperactivity and impulse control as well. But when he's home, he is not required to sit and do tasks that require a lot of concentration or he's not required to so formally adhere to a schedule. For school, he can't do without it. For summer and breaks, I let him take a break. When he was younger, it actually took about the first two weeks of summer for me to keep reminding him, "difficult child, you are not taking your medications, take it easy", or, "pipe down", or "think about what you are doing". He adjusted. I would start him back about a week before school started so his body could adjust a little to the side effects of low appetite, etc...</p><p></p><p>At almost 15, I think if I woke him to give him his meeds at 7, he would go right back to sleep - but that's a teenager for you!</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 362340, member: 805"] You know, I grew up where summertime was staying up late and playing flashlight tag, late nights at the pool, etc. We did get to sleep in a little more in the summer. I'm in the same mind set with difficult child. He gets to stay up much later in the summer and sleep in for a reasonable amount of time. I have always chosen not to medicare my son in the summer and on holiday breaks. I medicate him for school because of the focus issues, and when he was younger, for the hyperactivity and impulse control as well. But when he's home, he is not required to sit and do tasks that require a lot of concentration or he's not required to so formally adhere to a schedule. For school, he can't do without it. For summer and breaks, I let him take a break. When he was younger, it actually took about the first two weeks of summer for me to keep reminding him, "difficult child, you are not taking your medications, take it easy", or, "pipe down", or "think about what you are doing". He adjusted. I would start him back about a week before school started so his body could adjust a little to the side effects of low appetite, etc... At almost 15, I think if I woke him to give him his meeds at 7, he would go right back to sleep - but that's a teenager for you! Good luck. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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