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When do they take medications on their own?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 235603" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I haven't finished the parenting process with anyone yet, so perhaps some of you more seasoned folks can tell me how your difficult child's evolved to the point where they take their own medications without being reminded (or is this just a pipe dream of mine)?</p><p> </p><p>My oldest difficult child still needs me to give him his first dose of Focalin in the morning, otherwise he does not function. I have to get up early to wake him and give him this, then he goes back to sleep for a bit. When it's time for him to get up, he functions pretty well, gets ready for school, eats breakfast, etc. He puts a Daytran patch on before leaving the house. The Focalin covers him until the patch kicks in.</p><p> </p><p>If he doesn't get that 20mg dose of Focalin in the morning, he is uncooperative, unmotivated, oppositional and generally a PITA. I tried turning the reins over to him for a week and he missed being late for school by seconds (don't know how we managed that).</p><p> </p><p>So I'm sitting here wondering when (and if) the day will finally come that he can be relied upon to handle this part of his care on his own.</p><p> </p><p>There is very little he does without being asked or nagged. He only brushes his teeth if I nag him. He only showers and uses soap or shampoo if I make him go BACK and use it. And this is when he's medicated!</p><p> </p><p>Is it when girls start mattering that he starts caring about being more independent?</p><p> </p><p>(If I should have posted this on the P.E. board, feel free to move this thread.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 235603, member: 3444"] I haven't finished the parenting process with anyone yet, so perhaps some of you more seasoned folks can tell me how your difficult child's evolved to the point where they take their own medications without being reminded (or is this just a pipe dream of mine)? My oldest difficult child still needs me to give him his first dose of Focalin in the morning, otherwise he does not function. I have to get up early to wake him and give him this, then he goes back to sleep for a bit. When it's time for him to get up, he functions pretty well, gets ready for school, eats breakfast, etc. He puts a Daytran patch on before leaving the house. The Focalin covers him until the patch kicks in. If he doesn't get that 20mg dose of Focalin in the morning, he is uncooperative, unmotivated, oppositional and generally a PITA. I tried turning the reins over to him for a week and he missed being late for school by seconds (don't know how we managed that). So I'm sitting here wondering when (and if) the day will finally come that he can be relied upon to handle this part of his care on his own. There is very little he does without being asked or nagged. He only brushes his teeth if I nag him. He only showers and uses soap or shampoo if I make him go BACK and use it. And this is when he's medicated! Is it when girls start mattering that he starts caring about being more independent? (If I should have posted this on the P.E. board, feel free to move this thread.) [/QUOTE]
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