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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 370169" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>I hate to say this, but I would probably sit down with her and tell her you are starting over. Give a reward for taking the medicine. Act as though she is going to go to her extra activities but when it is time to go, if she hasn't, tell her you will go as soon as she takes her medications. Otherwise, she isn't quite ready to go. You will go when she is.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the timing won't be exactly right at first, but hopefully, she will feel enough better that she will realize she needs them.</p><p></p><p>As it is now, you are locked in a battle of wills. The important thing is to get her take the medications.</p><p></p><p>My mother tells a story of my sister refusing to do homework. My sister loved TV so my mom told her that if she didn't do her homework, she couldn't watch TV. My sister gave up her TV and still didn't do her homework. Then, my mom told her she could watch TV if she did her homework. Just like that, my sister started doing it. The same idea and consequence, but a little different spin on it, and it made all the difference.</p><p></p><p>Have you talked to her about what the medications might do for her? make her feel less angry, less anxious, etc,, not just about how she will get in less trouble?</p><p></p><p>My daughters never totally refused their medications. They did sometimes say they weren't going to take them, but I left them there for them and disengaged and they eventually took them. If I tried to convince them, it would have been a long battle that I am not sure I would win. For the older one, I am sure I had to reward her with candy at first for taking them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 370169, member: 1792"] I hate to say this, but I would probably sit down with her and tell her you are starting over. Give a reward for taking the medicine. Act as though she is going to go to her extra activities but when it is time to go, if she hasn't, tell her you will go as soon as she takes her medications. Otherwise, she isn't quite ready to go. You will go when she is. Maybe the timing won't be exactly right at first, but hopefully, she will feel enough better that she will realize she needs them. As it is now, you are locked in a battle of wills. The important thing is to get her take the medications. My mother tells a story of my sister refusing to do homework. My sister loved TV so my mom told her that if she didn't do her homework, she couldn't watch TV. My sister gave up her TV and still didn't do her homework. Then, my mom told her she could watch TV if she did her homework. Just like that, my sister started doing it. The same idea and consequence, but a little different spin on it, and it made all the difference. Have you talked to her about what the medications might do for her? make her feel less angry, less anxious, etc,, not just about how she will get in less trouble? My daughters never totally refused their medications. They did sometimes say they weren't going to take them, but I left them there for them and disengaged and they eventually took them. If I tried to convince them, it would have been a long battle that I am not sure I would win. For the older one, I am sure I had to reward her with candy at first for taking them. [/QUOTE]
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