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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 711986" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I will also say that the main reason we kept my son on medications was that he liked himself more on medications. He didn't always like himself, but he liked himself more. He has been on the same medications for over a decade now, and they work. I was shocked to realize it, but he never once fought us about his medications. Never cheeked them, or spit them out, or flat out refused them. He even would call from school if we forgot in the morning. </p><p></p><p>I do think that it is very important to keep an open and honest discussion about medications going from the time the child starts taking them. My oldest son was in second grade. My youngest son was actually 2 when he had to take asthma medication and we started discussing his medication. I discussed what would happen if they took drugs that someone else gave them, even at a very young age. I kept it age appropriate, but I was honest. </p><p></p><p>My oldest son says that having me tell him what each of his medications was supposed to do, and listen to him when he said that he felt something was off or wrong in his body, was largely what made him stick with his medications and stay away from illegal drugs. He has seen a few friends get messed up on drugs and he thinks that they are the most evil plague the world has seen. A direct quote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 711986, member: 1233"] I will also say that the main reason we kept my son on medications was that he liked himself more on medications. He didn't always like himself, but he liked himself more. He has been on the same medications for over a decade now, and they work. I was shocked to realize it, but he never once fought us about his medications. Never cheeked them, or spit them out, or flat out refused them. He even would call from school if we forgot in the morning. I do think that it is very important to keep an open and honest discussion about medications going from the time the child starts taking them. My oldest son was in second grade. My youngest son was actually 2 when he had to take asthma medication and we started discussing his medication. I discussed what would happen if they took drugs that someone else gave them, even at a very young age. I kept it age appropriate, but I was honest. My oldest son says that having me tell him what each of his medications was supposed to do, and listen to him when he said that he felt something was off or wrong in his body, was largely what made him stick with his medications and stay away from illegal drugs. He has seen a few friends get messed up on drugs and he thinks that they are the most evil plague the world has seen. A direct quote. [/QUOTE]
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